Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "ALL VACC CALF AUCTION". No comparison stated today as the previous auction was early December 2025. Many opportunities today for load lots and smaller packages of quality, reputation home raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Groups of fancy replacement heifers returned to the country. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was very active. The next scheduled special feeder calf auction is January 14.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.06/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −15.70 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$471.06

62 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.26

vs IA average

+4.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	471.06	2,657	62

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $471.06, median $486.76 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

471.06

—

IA average8 barns · 1,527 hd

473.32

−2.26

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+4.73

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−15.70

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	742	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	3,005	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	789	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,868	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	742	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,898	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,847	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	391.03/cwt	381.00–404.00	2,061	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	375.91/cwt	359.00–383.50	2,161	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	366.21/cwt	357.00–373.25	2,999	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	713	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	3,123	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	353.36/cwt	348.50–369.00	2,551	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	419.52/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,068	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	377.50/cwt	352.00–422.50	2,390	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	338.40/cwt	338.25–338.50	2,653	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	441.90/cwt	425.00–452.00	2,757	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	347.87/cwt	343.00–351.00	3,016	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	500.24/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,576	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	387.04/cwt	374.00–396.50	2,810	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	417.22/cwt	398.00–429.25	2,787	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	371.36/cwt	354.00–380.50	2,874	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	697	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,753	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	343.95/cwt	341.00–348.00	2,838	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	358.05/cwt	344.50–388.00	2,431	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	575	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,602	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	355.78/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,103	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	365.20/cwt	357.00–373.00	2,239	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	394.84/cwt	390.00–397.50	2,689	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	460.91/cwt	440.00–467.00	2,678	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,345	8

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Wed Jan 7, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 2,820Last week 1,996Year ago 2,884

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	742	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	493	415.00–427.50	419.52
9	500–550	527	381.00–404.00	391.03
108	550–600	575	359.00–383.50	375.91
157	600–650	633	352.00–422.50	377.50
223	650–700	679	344.50–388.00	358.05
89	700–750	722	348.50–369.00	353.36
78	750–800	784	338.25–338.50	338.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	575	452.50	452.50
24	700–750	713	438.00	438.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
23	600–650	613	357.00–373.00	365.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	591	350.00–358.00	355.78
8	700–750	742	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	653	436.00	436.00
27	700–750	742	390.50	390.50
65	750–800	789	363.50	363.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	515	480.00–510.00	500.24
46	550–600	581	440.00–467.00	460.91
72	600–650	624	425.00–452.00	441.90
220	650–700	668	398.00–429.25	417.22
130	700–750	726	374.00–396.50	387.04
277	750–800	774	354.00–380.50	371.36
161	800–850	819	357.00–373.25	366.21
18	850–900	867	343.00–351.00	347.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	565.00	565.00
3	450–500	498	480.00	480.00
12	650–700	697	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	648	409.00	409.00
28	650–700	681	390.00–397.50	394.84
19	800–850	825	341.00–348.00	343.95

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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