Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"BACK TO GRASS CALF & YEARLING AUCTION" No comparison stated today as the previous special was 3 weeks ago. Available today were high quality, green, home raised fall calves, all LTW'd and double vaccinated and long runs of yearling cattle. Both calves and yearling sold in load lots and smaller packages. Internet bidding very active. Quality heifers returned to the country as replacements. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was very active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $445.98/cwt on 109 head, up $12.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 12 comparable sales and sits +27.70 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.

Average price

$445.98

▲ 12.55 vs prior sale

109 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$20.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs IA average

+21.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	452.71	2,543	74
Medium and Large 1-2	573	431.73	2,474	35

One grade step is worth $20.98/cwt here — about $69 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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.14, low $383.09, median $418.27 across 12 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 sale109 hd

445.98

—

IA average5 barns · 1,360 hd

442.60

+3.38

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

+21.91

This barn, trailing median12 sales

418.27

+27.70

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

30 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	446	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	526.63/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,017	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	467.03/cwt	464.00–472.00	2,466	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	515.81/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,476	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,182	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	366.66/cwt	352.50–373.50	3,227	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	444.96/cwt	434.00–450.00	2,581	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	405.79/cwt	397.00–423.00	2,496	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	357.99/cwt	352.00–358.50	2,703	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	366.46/cwt	357.00–396.00	2,660	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	341.21/cwt	340.50–341.75	2,815	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	602.92/cwt	575.00–613.00	2,538	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	420.25/cwt	420.25–420.25	2,984	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	494.92/cwt	494.00–495.50	2,767	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	349.94/cwt	337.50–357.25	3,244	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	382.61/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,950	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	563.32/cwt	561.00–570.00	2,704	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	436.76/cwt	432.00–439.50	2,883	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	506.32/cwt	493.00–515.00	2,668	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	3,328	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	450.42/cwt	444.00–466.00	2,802	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,801	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	431.73/cwt	430.00–433.00	2,474	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	421.48/cwt	412.00–431.00	2,697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,005	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,812	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,419	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 Apr 29, 2026

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

Receipts 1,845Last week 1,420Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	383	520.00–540.00	526.63
3	400–450	446	445.00	445.00
32	450–500	480	510.00–525.00	515.81
26	500–550	528	464.00–472.00	467.03
48	550–600	580	434.00–450.00	444.96
68	600–650	615	397.00–423.00	405.79
6	650–700	678	393.00	393.00
151	700–750	726	357.00–396.00	366.46
80	750–800	755	352.00–358.50	357.99
172	800–850	825	340.50–341.75	341.21
40	850–900	895	355.50	355.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	573	430.00–433.00	431.73
3	600–650	630	384.00	384.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	336	600.00	600.00
3	350–400	386	520.00	520.00
16	400–450	421	575.00–613.00	602.92
30	450–500	480	561.00–570.00	563.32
58	500–550	527	493.00–515.00	506.32
18	550–600	559	494.00–495.50	494.92
88	600–650	622	444.00–466.00	450.42
44	650–700	660	432.00–439.50	436.76
17	700–750	710	420.25	420.25
19	750–800	771	380.00–385.00	382.61
139	850–900	880	352.50–373.50	366.66
110	900–950	927	337.50–357.25	349.94
59	950–1000	955	348.50	348.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	640	412.00–431.00	421.48
12	700–750	744	376.50	376.50
11	750–800	790	356.00	356.00
7	850–900	871	345.00	345.00

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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