Sale reports / Iowa / Central Plains Stockyards / 2026-01-28

Central Plains Stockyards

Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-28

Feeder Cattle · Humeston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 28

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2018

← Jan 7Jan 28Feb 18 →

Receipts

931 head

▼ 679 vs last sale 1,610▲ 931 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons/trends stated today as the previous feeder auction was early January. Quality ran deep in several large, reputation consignments of home-raised feeder steers and heifers. Many opportunities for replacement heifers were available in today's moderate supply. Internet bidding was active. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $472.16/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +40.99 against this barn's trailing median of $431.17.

Average price

$472.16

64 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.69

vs IA average

−11.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	472.16	2,615	64

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale64 hd

472.16

—

IA average7 barns · 889 hd

469.47

+2.69

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−11.94

This barn, trailing median3 sales

431.17

+40.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $469.90, low $405.17, median $431.17 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

34 lots · USDA AMS · Central Plains Stockyards Livestock Auction - Humeston, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,277	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	429	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,424	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,109	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,510	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,624	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,556	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	448.37/cwt	437.00–457.50	2,610	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	641	445.85/cwt	444.00–449.00	2,858	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,129	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	399.85/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,755	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	707	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,453	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	380.87/cwt	374.00–388.50	2,761	215
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	2,826	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	783	368.90/cwt	366.00–370.00	2,888	54
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	806	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,196	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	348.03/cwt	341.00–348.50	2,920	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,944	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	289	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,705	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	463.35/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,029	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,091	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	424.94/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,303	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,323	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,423	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,278	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	368.98/cwt	350.00–374.00	2,413	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,416	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	674	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,460	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,408	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,793	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	327.82/cwt	303.00–335.00	2,400	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	947	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,358	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,452	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	728	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,439	12

This sale against other markets

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 →

Central Plains Stockyards Livestock Auction - Humeston, IA

Wed Jan 28, 2026

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

Receipts 931Last week 1,610Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	438	450.00–475.00	463.35
12	450–500	457	375.00	375.00
33	500–550	542	422.50–435.00	424.94
9	550–600	553	420.00	420.00
15	600–650	618	392.00	392.00
17	650–700	654	350.00–374.00	368.98
13	700–750	732	303.00–335.00	327.82
3	900–950	947	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	289	590.00	590.00
9	450–500	478	437.50	437.50
4	600–650	624	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
54	650–700	674	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	698	345.00	345.00
3	700–750	717	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	660	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	525.00	525.00
9	500–550	538	475.00	475.00
35	550–600	582	437.00–457.50	448.37
16	650–700	689	370.00–410.00	399.85
215	700–750	725	374.00–388.50	380.87
51	750–800	771	366.50	366.50
63	800–850	839	341.00–348.50	348.03
30	850–900	884	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	474	445.00	445.00
5	650–700	650	327.50	327.50
7	800–850	806	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	575.00	575.00
20	500–550	512	512.50	512.50
8	700–750	707	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	565.00	565.00
32	600–650	641	444.00–449.00	445.85
54	750–800	783	366.00–370.00	368.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	728	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	502.50	502.50

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.