Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago lighter weight feeder steers were steady with a higher undertone with the heavier yearling cattle 850 - 900 lb 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 700 lb feeder calves steady with the heavier yearling cattle 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Very active internet bidding today. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled Feeder Calf Special is March 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.70/cwt on 50 head, down $8.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −0.06 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$486.70

▼ 8.55 vs prior sale

50 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$32.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.60

vs IA average

−0.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	501.78	2,741	27
Medium and Large 1-2	582	469.00	2,730	23

One grade step is worth $32.78/cwt here — about $12 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

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 sale50 hd

486.70

—

IA average6 barns · 512 hd

472.10

+14.60

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−0.32

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

23 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 1Replacement	700–750	728	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,919	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	397.50/cwt	386.00–412.00	2,930	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,730	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,674	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,761	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	361.69/cwt	357.00–377.50	2,452	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	485.25/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,586	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	359.24/cwt	355.00–366.50	2,594	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	362.11/cwt	353.00–370.75	3,121	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	385.00/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,976	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	339.22/cwt	327.00–345.50	3,104	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	464.76/cwt	443.00–469.75	2,858	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,869	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	369.71/cwt	355.00–371.75	3,061	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	422.64/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,895	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	322.41/cwt	321.50–324.00	2,834	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	333.40/cwt	329.50–341.50	2,634	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	398.68/cwt	390.00–408.00	2,504	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	416.27/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,439	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,655	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,542	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,363	4

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Receipts 2,057Last week 2,658Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	700–750	728	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	678	357.00–377.50	361.69
10	850–900	857	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	525.00	525.00
34	550–600	586	410.00–435.00	416.27
81	600–650	628	390.00–408.00	398.68
6	650–700	650	391.00	391.00
141	700–750	722	355.00–366.50	359.24
98	750–800	790	329.50–341.50	333.40
10	800–850	822	323.00	323.00
214	850–900	879	321.50–324.00	322.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	542.50	542.50
12	500–550	533	475.00–515.00	485.25
15	550–600	557	515.00	515.00
121	600–650	615	443.00–469.75	464.76
27	650–700	685	420.00–430.00	422.64
115	700–750	737	386.00–412.00	397.50
269	750–800	773	370.00–391.00	385.00
61	800–850	828	355.00–371.75	369.71
171	850–900	862	353.00–370.75	362.11
220	900–950	915	327.00–345.50	339.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	582	469.00	469.00
29	600–650	642	430.00	430.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Creston Livestock Auction