Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Calf Sale one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were mostly steady to 8.00 lower, 600 -700 lb were 5.00 lower and 700 - 800 lbs steady to 7.00 lower. Reputation heavier yearling steers were 4.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifer trade today saw 600 -700 lb calves 4.00 to 7.00 higher with 800 lb 10.00 to 16.00 higher. Standing room only crowd with very active bidders for today's moderate supply. Available today were many quality, green, home raised LTW'd feeder calves. Internet bidding very active. The next scheduled Special Feeder Auction is Feb, 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.83/cwt on 203 head, down $3.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +0.06 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$486.83

▼ 3.36 vs prior sale

203 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$20.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.09

vs IA average

+21.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	489.13	2,616	180
Medium and Large 1-2	555	468.76	2,604	23

One grade step is worth $20.37/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale203 hd

486.83

—

IA average9 barns · 1,603 hd

467.74

+19.09

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+21.50

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

+0.06

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

33 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	550–600	596	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,444	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,149	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,732	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,657	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	380.93/cwt	368.00–387.00	2,385	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	354.72/cwt	349.00–369.00	2,565	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	336.76/cwt	335.75–337.75	3,065	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	319.37/cwt	316.00–319.75	3,085	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	400.81/cwt	385.00–414.00	2,349	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	403.97/cwt	390.00–421.50	2,703	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	382.90/cwt	372.50–393.00	2,795	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	763	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,693	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	481.68/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,418	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,457	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,252	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	426.13/cwt	411.00–437.00	2,706	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	546.28/cwt	527.50–552.50	2,376	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	492.31/cwt	480.00–506.00	2,619	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,602	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	466.92/cwt	456.00–472.00	2,274	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	469.21/cwt	457.00–489.00	2,398	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	370.92/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,463	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	375.37/cwt	368.50–385.00	2,879	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	427.96/cwt	419.00–430.00	2,221	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	476.96/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,657	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,979	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	343.84/cwt	332.00–355.00	2,875	54

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 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,632Last week 2,558Year ago 2,373

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	596	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	495.00	495.00
7	450–500	450	477.50	477.50
42	500–550	511	457.00–489.00	469.21
165	550–600	586	385.00–414.00	400.81
28	600–650	626	368.00–387.00	380.93
73	650–700	664	360.00–373.00	370.92
106	700–750	723	349.00–369.00	354.72
25	750–800	758	350.50	350.50
14	850–900	873	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	750–800	763	353.00	353.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	519	419.00–430.00	427.96
4	550–600	555	377.50	377.50
4	700–750	741	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	435	527.50–552.50	546.28
22	450–500	487	456.00–472.00	466.92
140	500–550	532	480.00–506.00	492.31
31	550–600	557	472.50–490.00	476.96
169	600–650	635	411.00–437.00	426.13
199	650–700	669	390.00–421.50	403.97
143	700–750	730	372.50–393.00	382.90
159	750–800	767	368.50–385.00	375.37
54	800–850	836	332.00–355.00	343.84
29	850–900	856	348.00	348.00
128	900–950	910	335.75–337.75	336.76
132	950–1000	966	316.00–319.75	319.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	502	475.00–485.00	481.68
12	600–650	626	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	520.00	520.00
17	500–550	545	477.50	477.50
6	550–600	585	444.00	444.00
6	600–650	645	401.00	401.00
10	700–750	738	340.00	340.00

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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