Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated as the previous feeder auction was in April. Available in today's offering were 2 large consignments of quality, reputation yearling cattle selling in load lots. Also, many packages of home-raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated lighter feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding very active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $456.14/cwt on 37 head, up $10.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +37.87 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.

Average price

$456.14

▲ 10.17 vs prior sale

37 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.46

vs IA average

+37.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	456.14	2,472	37

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale37 hd

456.14

—

IA average5 barns · 995 hd

454.68

+1.46

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

+37.88

This barn, trailing median12 sales

418.27

+37.87

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

24 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	426	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,526	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	439.43/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,492	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	388.41/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,575	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	471.98/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,445	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	321.30/cwt	319.00–325.00	2,872	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,451	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	395.36/cwt	389.00–399.00	2,953	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	501.98/cwt	495.00–518.00	2,660	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	453.33/cwt	432.00–460.00	2,770	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	409.10/cwt	404.00–414.00	2,536	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,925	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	338.95/cwt	336.50–341.50	2,688	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,050	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	392.34/cwt	383.00–396.00	3,041	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	345.90/cwt	340.00–348.00	3,241	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	568.73/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,423	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	449.26/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,637	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,773	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,495	6

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 May 20, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	496.00	496.00
3	450–500	456	462.50	462.50
19	500–550	518	470.00–477.50	471.98
18	550–600	567	438.00–440.00	439.43
33	600–650	620	404.00–414.00	409.10
18	650–700	663	385.00–390.00	388.41
9	700–750	744	339.50	339.50
133	750–800	793	336.50–341.50	338.95
149	850–900	894	319.00–325.00	321.30
62	900–950	900	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	692	360.50	360.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	560.00–580.00	568.73
3	450–500	456	537.50	537.50
27	500–550	530	495.00–518.00	501.98
11	550–600	587	440.00–475.00	449.26
46	600–650	611	432.00–460.00	453.33
4	650–700	656	442.00	442.00
11	700–750	747	389.00–399.00	395.36
87	750–800	775	383.00–396.00	392.34
49	850–900	858	355.50	355.50
144	900–950	937	340.00–348.00	345.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	472.00	472.00
13	600–650	648	428.00	428.00
5	650–700	695	401.00	401.00

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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