Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Feeder Calf Special two weeks ago 500 - 600 lb feeder steers were 10.00 to 19.00 lower, 700 - 800 lb 12.00 to 18.00 lower with no trend stated on heavier yearling steers. Heifer calf trade saw 600 - 700 lb feeders 10.00 - 14.00 lower with heavier yearling cattle steady with a lower undertone. Demand today was only good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding active. Obvious replacement heifer bidding in today's auction. The next scheduled feeder calf special is March 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $479.40/cwt on 39 head, down $7.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 10 comparable sales and sits −7.37 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$479.40

▼ 7.30 vs prior sale

39 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

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

$61.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.61

vs IA average

+7.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	485.73	2,671	35
Medium and Large 1-2	553	424.00	2,345	4thin

One grade step is worth $61.73/cwt here — about $326 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 sale39 hd

479.40

—

IA average5 barns · 354 hd

474.79

+4.61

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+7.20

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−7.37

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,149	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	1,675	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	448.77/cwt	447.00–450.00	2,105	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	374.83/cwt	368.00–381.00	2,339	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	323.32/cwt	318.00–324.50	2,532	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	453.02/cwt	438.00–460.00	2,618	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	339.68/cwt	337.00–344.00	2,439	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	827	379.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	3,142	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,776	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	439.33/cwt	438.00–444.00	2,790	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,226	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,195	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	398.04/cwt	384.50–403.75	2,866	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	321.25/cwt	320.75–321.75	3,100	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	688	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,408	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	372.98/cwt	363.50–374.25	2,883	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,956	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,678	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	520.36/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,706	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	325.98/cwt	324.50–326.25	2,992	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	345.09/cwt	341.75–346.25	3,002	81

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 Mar 11, 2026

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

Receipts 1,499Last week 2,057Year ago 2,077

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	464.00	464.00
4	400–450	412	460.00	460.00
12	450–500	469	447.00–450.00	448.77
4	500–550	501	429.00	429.00
9	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
32	600–650	624	368.00–381.00	374.83
40	700–750	718	337.00–344.00	339.68
84	750–800	783	318.00–324.50	323.32
132	800–850	833	321.50	321.50
58	850–900	880	315.50	315.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	688	350.00	350.00
64	800–850	827	375.00–385.00	379.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	590	372.00	372.00
4	600–650	636	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	520	515.00–525.00	520.36
18	550–600	578	438.00–460.00	453.02
69	600–650	635	438.00–444.00	439.33
9	650–700	686	412.00	412.00
113	700–750	720	384.50–403.75	398.04
68	750–800	773	363.50–374.25	372.98
88	800–850	841	351.50	351.50
81	850–900	870	341.75–346.25	345.09
71	900–950	918	324.50–326.25	325.98
115	950–1000	965	320.75–321.75	321.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	553	424.00	424.00
11	700–750	728	367.00	367.00
12	750–800	781	346.00	346.00

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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