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Central Plains Stockyards

Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Humeston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 18

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2018

← Jan 28Feb 18Mar 4 →

Receipts

595 head

▼ 336 vs last sale 931▲ 595 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated for today's feeder calf and yearling auction as the previous sale was in January. Today's light offering consisted of green, home - raised, LTW'd feeder calves /yearling cattle from reputation herds. Internet bidding was very active. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

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 $461.84/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +30.67 against this barn's trailing median of $431.17.

Average price

$461.84

28 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$37.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.23

vs IA average

−25.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	472.58	2,597	20
Medium and Large 1-2	528	435.00	2,297	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.57/cwt here — about $300 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale28 hd

461.84

—

IA average7 barns · 1,171 hd

486.07

−24.23

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−25.51

This barn, trailing median3 sales

431.17

+30.67

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

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	532.50/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,540	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	493.15/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,530	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,297	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,649	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	426.17/cwt	423.00–427.00	2,655	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	678	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,915	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	414.82/cwt	407.00–426.50	2,842	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700	421.25/cwt	421.25–421.25	2,949	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	411.75/cwt	411.75–411.75	2,956	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	378.58/cwt	371.00–390.50	2,942	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	344.81/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,821	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	823	360.25/cwt	360.25–360.25	2,965	27
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	860	359.75/cwt	359.75–359.75	3,094	66
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	942	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,062	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	522.57/cwt	495.00–535.00	2,237	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	482.67/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,215	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	448.06/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,137	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	442.30/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,357	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	422.43/cwt	412.50–435.00	2,391	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	621	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,534	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	399.43/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,532	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	369.40/cwt	367.00–375.00	2,493	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	378.00/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,752	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	327.33/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,736	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	841	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,628	15

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 Feb 18, 2026

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

Receipts 595Last week 931Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	621	408.00	408.00
15	800–850	841	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	428	495.00–535.00	522.57
7	450–500	459	470.00–500.00	482.67
11	500–550	533	430.00–465.00	442.30
13	550–600	566	412.50–435.00	422.43
34	600–650	634	399.00–400.00	399.43
10	650–700	675	367.00–375.00	369.40
10	700–750	728	375.00–380.00	378.00
12	800–850	836	325.00–329.00	327.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	477	440.00–452.50	448.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	678	430.00	430.00
16	700–750	700	421.25	421.25
27	800–850	823	360.25	360.25
66	850–900	860	359.75	359.75
21	900–950	942	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	477	530.00–535.00	532.50
10	500–550	513	480.00–525.00	493.15
10	550–600	586	452.00	452.00
19	600–650	623	423.00–427.00	426.17
33	650–700	685	407.00–426.50	414.82
14	700–750	718	411.75	411.75
22	750–800	777	371.00–390.50	378.58
12	800–850	818	341.00–350.00	344.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	435.00	435.00

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.