Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2026-06-24

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jun 24
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,105 head
24 vs last sale 1,081 1,105 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 auction was in May. Available in today's consignments were many load lots of reputation, green and LTW'd yearling feeder steers and heifers. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding was very active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $421.74/cwt on 37 head, down $34.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +3.46 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.
Average price
$421.74
34.41 vs prior sale
37 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,448
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
32.86
vs IA average
+5.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580421.742,44837
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
470436403369median 418.2701/0702/1103/2505/2007/15
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
421.74
IA average5 barns · 437 hd
454.59
−32.86
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
+5.91
This barn, trailing median12 sales
418.27
+3.46
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

20 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 1600–650628378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,3744
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550509468.00/cwt468.00–468.002,3827
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,32713
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600597410.94/cwt410.00–412.002,45330
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850808342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,76765
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950907332.50/cwt332.50–332.503,01665
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775356.75/cwt356.75–356.752,76572
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700695376.59/cwt376.00–378.002,61791
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000975340.16/cwt336.25–344.253,317134
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900866337.51/cwt333.00–338.252,923142
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550514545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,8018
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462574.00/cwt574.00–574.002,65218
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450419625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,6195
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700690420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,8986
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950923360.00/cwt360.00–360.003,32365
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724415.77/cwt411.00–418.003,010118
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620462.56/cwt461.00–463.002,86833
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900884372.00/cwt372.00–372.003,28865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900889351.00/cwt351.00–351.003,1205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900878310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7224

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.