Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Auction". No comparison stated today as the previous feeder special was in mid July. Available today were many load lots of home raised, green, reputation yearling steers and heifers. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. Active internet bidding, The next scheduled feeder special auction is Oct. 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.64/cwt on 22 head, down $88.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −90.06 against this barn's trailing median of $486.70.

Average price

$396.64

▼ 88.68 vs prior sale

22 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.12

vs IA average

+25.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	396.64	2,316	22

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $486.70 across 9 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 sale22 hd

396.64

—

IA average3 barns · 79 hd

410.75

−14.12

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+25.64

This barn, trailing median9 sales

486.70

−90.06

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

28 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	532	366.98/cwt	351.00–379.00	1,952	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	345.08/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,053	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	278.39/cwt	270.00–280.50	2,664	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	360.91/cwt	354.00–369.00	2,295	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,629	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	360.78/cwt	353.00–369.00	2,421	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	285.65/cwt	277.50–294.35	2,925	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,098	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	372.09/cwt	353.00–386.00	2,281	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	365.32/cwt	362.00–380.00	2,491	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	314.54/cwt	309.50–318.00	2,387	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,574	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	288.38/cwt	280.00–294.75	2,780	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,161	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	327.98/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,371	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	301.60/cwt	298.00–305.75	2,488	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,350	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	337.06/cwt	334.00–340.25	2,781	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	311.20/cwt	301.00–324.00	2,097	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	308.63/cwt	308.25–314.00	2,608	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	352.30/cwt	332.00–357.00	2,586	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	337.96/cwt	335.00–348.75	2,629	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	335.94/cwt	328.00–338.75	2,278	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	314.34/cwt	303.50–321.00	2,760	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	298.68/cwt	295.50–301.50	2,736	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,250	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	304.76/cwt	301.00–307.00	2,237	27

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 Aug 26, 2026

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

Receipts 2,376Last week 723Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	532	351.00–379.00	366.98
28	550–600	595	334.00–355.00	345.08
38	600–650	636	354.00–369.00	360.91
39	650–700	671	353.00–369.00	360.78
117	700–750	723	323.00–334.00	327.98
40	750–800	759	309.50–318.00	314.54
182	800–850	825	298.00–305.75	301.60
68	850–900	874	294.50	294.50
38	900–950	902	291.50	291.50
30	950–1000	957	270.00–280.50	278.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	511	330.00	330.00
15	650–700	678	328.00–338.75	335.94
27	700–750	734	301.00–307.00	304.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	547	395.00	395.00
18	550–600	592	397.00	397.00
21	600–650	613	353.00–386.00	372.09
46	650–700	682	362.00–380.00	365.32
73	700–750	734	332.00–357.00	352.30
125	750–800	778	335.00–348.75	337.96
131	800–850	825	334.00–340.25	337.06
270	850–900	878	303.50–321.00	314.34
278	900–950	916	295.50–301.50	298.68
305	950–1000	964	280.00–294.75	288.38
132	1000–1050	1,024	277.50–294.35	285.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	641	351.00	351.00
10	650–700	674	301.00–324.00	311.20
43	800–850	845	308.25–314.00	308.63

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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