Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2026-02-11

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,658 head
26 vs last sale 2,632 2,658 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder calf auction was in January. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of reputation, home raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Many load lots appeared in today's consignments. Many high quality replacement heifers traded in today's moderate supply. Demand was very good. Active internet bidding. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is Feb. 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $495.25/cwt on 137 head, up $8.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +8.49 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.
Average price
$495.25
8.42 vs prior sale
137 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,750
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.76
vs IA average
+16.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553499.162,762126
Medium and Large 1-2577450.442,60111thin
One grade step is worth $48.72/cwt here — about $161 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

10 sales
518497477457median 486.7601/0701/2103/1104/0805/20
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 sale137 hd
495.25
IA average6 barns · 752 hd
486.49
+8.76
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+16.86
This barn, trailing median10 sales
486.76
+8.49
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1574
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950935313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,92713
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500493472.10/cwt469.00–495.002,32723
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625401.40/cwt399.00–404.002,50951
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670381.86/cwt380.00–383.752,55864
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600583415.21/cwt400.00–427.502,42170
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750726406.46/cwt397.00–412.252,951146
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618452.17/cwt430.00–462.502,79434
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510425.01/cwt415.50–455.002,16875
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850830367.94/cwt359.75–380.253,054184
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800774386.59/cwt367.00–391.252,992406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650632381.01/cwt377.00–386.002,40815
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2504
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,4124
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800786345.96/cwt337.00–350.502,719130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600596441.23/cwt439.00–445.002,6308
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700686414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,84012
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600591465.90/cwt460.00–480.002,75355
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524524.93/cwt520.00–537.502,75171
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450401605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,4263
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900882318.75/cwt318.75–318.752,81176
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850812333.11/cwt323.00–338.002,705108
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670435.50/cwt417.75–447.752,918171
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750711358.42/cwt350.00–379.502,548133
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900861364.21/cwt360.50–366.003,136105
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950943325.97/cwt324.50–328.003,074108

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.