Sale reports / Iowa / Central Plains Stockyards / 2026-09-23

Central Plains Stockyards

Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Humeston, Iowa · Wed, Sep 23

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2018

← Mar 4Sep 23Oct 14 →

Receipts

910 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 832▲ 910 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL CALF AND YEARLING AUCTION - No comparison stated today as the previous reported special was in the spring. Available today were large consignments of both yearling cattle and new crop calves along with many smaller packages that were all green, home-raised, 2X vaccinated from reputation herds. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Active internet bidding.

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 $405.17/cwt on 47 head, down $64.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −26.00 against this barn's trailing median of $431.17.

Average price

$405.17

▼ 64.73 vs prior sale

47 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$4.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.92

vs IA average

−0.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	405.90	2,210	40
Medium and Large 1-2	547	401.00	2,193	7thin

One grade step is worth $4.90/cwt here — about $16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale47 hd

405.17

—

IA average3 barns · 135 hd

408.09

−2.92

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−0.24

This barn, trailing median3 sales

431.17

−26.00

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

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	268	631.00/cwt	631.00–631.00	1,691	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,170	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,246	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,143	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,356	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,240	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,208	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	547	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,193	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	381.49/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,186	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	381.25/cwt	381.25–381.25	2,417	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	368.34/cwt	367.00–380.00	2,350	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,259	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	354.26/cwt	352.50–362.00	2,331	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,286	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	347.34/cwt	346.00–349.00	2,546	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	340.14/cwt	339.00–347.00	2,646	54
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	333.57/cwt	332.75–338.75	2,765	73
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,916	62
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,903	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,036	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,024	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,922	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	444.34/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,137	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,902	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,148	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,971	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	343.91/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,995	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	348.90/cwt	344.00–353.00	2,128	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	336.50/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,076	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	347.42/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,307	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,181	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,168	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	326.25/cwt	326.25–326.25	2,453	35
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	303.57/cwt	303.00–304.00	2,699	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,604	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	782	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,151	3

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 Sep 23, 2026

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Receipts 910Last week 832Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	432.00	432.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	387	526.00	526.00
17	400–450	426	475.00	475.00
60	450–500	481	440.00–445.00	444.34
17	500–550	533	403.00	403.00
6	550–600	560	352.00	352.00
13	600–650	617	335.00–340.00	336.50
3	650–700	665	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	580	340.00–348.00	343.91
22	650–700	665	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	514	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
11	600–650	610	344.00–353.00	348.90
28	650–700	664	340.00–350.00	347.42
35	750–800	752	326.25	326.25
7	850–900	889	303.00–304.00	303.57
9	950–1000	968	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	268	631.00	631.00
32	350–400	391	555.00	555.00
52	450–500	495	476.00	476.00
7	500–550	521	430.00	430.00
12	600–650	634	381.25	381.25
5	650–700	651	347.00	347.00
24	700–750	712	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	471	455.00	455.00
7	500–550	547	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	450	499.00	499.00
19	500–550	532	415.00	415.00
14	550–600	573	380.00–385.00	381.49
29	600–650	638	367.00–380.00	368.34
32	650–700	658	352.50–362.00	354.26
20	700–750	733	346.00–349.00	347.34
54	750–800	778	339.00–347.00	340.14
73	800–850	829	332.75–338.75	333.57
62	850–900	893	326.50	326.50
35	950–1000	958	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	782	275.00	275.00

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.