Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special "All Vacc Feeder Calf Auction" just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were steady to 4.00 higher, 650lb were 8.00 higher and 700 - 800lb calves were fully steady. Heifer trade across all weight classes was fully steady to 7.00 higher. One of the featured consignments was 550 head of fancy, local, home-raised feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade very active. The next scheduled Feeder Calf Special is Jan 21.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.18/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +3.89 against this barn's trailing median of $486.30.

Average price

$490.18

92 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$72.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.42

vs IA average

+18.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	497.25	2,664	83
Medium and Large 1-2	598	425.00	2,542	9thin

One grade step is worth $72.25/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $486.30 across 8 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 sale92 hd

490.18

—

IA average9 barns · 1,953 hd

466.77

+23.42

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+18.20

This barn, trailing median8 sales

486.30

+3.89

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

43 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	791	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,879	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	864	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,981	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	674	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,831	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	727	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	805	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,576	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	681	358.05/cwt	347.50–374.00	2,438	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	319.17/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,601	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	405.14/cwt	386.00–410.50	2,350	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	332.15/cwt	311.00–335.75	2,571	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	365.91/cwt	347.75–379.00	2,463	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	409.07/cwt	396.50–417.50	2,745	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	441.86/cwt	429.00–448.50	2,713	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	425.36/cwt	420.00–448.00	1,991	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	550.27/cwt	549.00–560.00	2,658	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	422.87/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,178	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	376.09/cwt	356.00–391.00	2,313	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	332.68/cwt	319.00–341.25	3,061	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	465.09/cwt	462.00–482.50	2,721	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	369.53/cwt	363.00–374.50	2,860	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,109	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	336.08/cwt	327.50–338.50	2,917	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,975	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	506.80/cwt	495.00–517.50	2,640	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	395.16/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,869	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	412.42/cwt	397.00–440.00	1,947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,858	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	344.57/cwt	330.00–356.00	2,484	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	330.51/cwt	327.50–342.50	2,261	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,542	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	832	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,796	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	335.23/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,038	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,283	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	355.65/cwt	349.50–362.50	2,916	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	418.61/cwt	417.00–420.00	2,692	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	403.84/cwt	397.50–406.00	2,726	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,738	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	337.70/cwt	328.00–346.00	2,317	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,990	3

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 14, 2026

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

Receipts 2,558Last week 2,820Year ago 2,764

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	674	420.00	420.00
16	700–750	727	384.00	384.00
26	750–800	791	364.00	364.00
20	850–900	864	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	540.00	540.00
5	400–450	441	555.00	555.00
41	450–500	483	549.00–560.00	550.27
64	500–550	521	495.00–517.50	506.80
19	550–600	585	462.00–482.50	465.09
201	600–650	614	429.00–448.50	441.86
156	650–700	671	396.50–417.50	409.07
150	700–750	726	375.00–407.00	395.16
153	750–800	774	363.00–374.50	369.53
58	800–850	820	349.50–362.50	355.65
56	850–900	868	327.50–338.50	336.08
34	900–950	920	319.00–341.25	332.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	598	425.00	425.00
32	600–650	643	417.00–420.00	418.61
14	650–700	695	394.00	394.00
12	800–850	848	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	675	397.50–406.00	403.84
3	700–750	715	370.00	370.00
9	800–850	832	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	650–700	681	347.50–374.00	358.05
19	800–850	805	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	403	490.00	490.00
29	450–500	468	420.00–448.00	425.36
57	500–550	515	400.00–430.00	422.87
81	550–600	580	386.00–410.50	405.14
68	600–650	615	356.00–391.00	376.09
242	650–700	673	347.75–379.00	365.91
35	700–750	721	330.00–356.00	344.57
102	750–800	774	311.00–335.75	332.15
18	800–850	815	310.00–321.00	319.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	472	397.00–440.00	412.42
11	500–550	517	408.00	408.00
11	550–600	595	320.00	320.00
14	600–650	604	378.00	378.00
20	650–700	684	327.50–342.50	330.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	412.00	412.00
3	500–550	541	385.00	385.00
13	600–650	608	320.00–340.00	335.23
15	650–700	686	328.00–346.00	337.70

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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