Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous auction was in mid June. Available today were many load lots of reputation, green, just off grass, yearling cattle. Demand was very good for today's light supply. Internet bidding very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $396.00/cwt on 12 head, down $60.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −40.55 against this barn's trailing median of $436.55.

Average price

$396.00

▼ 60.01 vs prior sale

12 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.34

vs IA average

−9.54 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	673	396.00	2,665	12thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

12 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $456.01, low $396.00, median $436.55 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

396.00

—

IA average2 barns · 163 hd

433.34

−37.34

National average156 barns · 7,750 hd

405.54

−9.54

This barn, trailing median12 sales

436.55

−40.55

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

13 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	500–550	508	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,880	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	357.25/cwt	357.25–357.25	2,908	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,631	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	339.70/cwt	332.60–346.25	2,976	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	338.06/cwt	334.75–340.00	3,110	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,665	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	607	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	521	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	323.25/cwt	323.25–323.25	2,858	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	382.24/cwt	381.00–383.50	2,943	139

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 Jul 15, 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
6	350–400	391	426.00	426.00
5	500–550	508	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	579	394.00	394.00
7	600–650	624	390.00	390.00
23	800–850	817	322.00	322.00
70	850–900	884	323.25	323.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	673	396.00	396.00
139	750–800	770	381.00–383.50	382.24
58	800–850	814	357.25	357.25
141	850–900	876	332.60–346.25	339.70
248	900–950	920	334.75–340.00	338.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	521	446.00	446.00
3	600–650	607	344.00	344.00

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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