Sale reports / Iowa / Central Plains Stockyards / 2026-10-14

Central Plains Stockyards

Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Humeston, Iowa · Wed, Oct 14

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2018

← Sep 23Oct 14latest

Receipts

750 head

▼ 160 vs last sale 910▲ 750 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous reported special was three weeks earlier. Quality cattle was available all day today and included a few load lots and new crop calves 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 $431.17/cwt on 222 head, up $26.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $431.17.

Average price

$431.17

▲ 26.00 vs prior sale

222 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.48

vs IA average

−1.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	431.17	2,441	222

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 sale222 hd

431.17

—

IA average4 barns · 913 hd

428.69

+2.48

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

−1.12

This barn, trailing median3 sales

431.17

+0.00

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

21 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	636.00/cwt	636.00–636.00	2,137	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	548.11/cwt	527.50–565.00	2,351	84
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,313	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,276	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,193	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	431.99/cwt	424.50–446.00	2,449	213
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	379.27/cwt	377.00–387.50	2,416	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	385.99/cwt	379.00–387.50	2,536	45
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	1,662	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	469.64/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,841	53
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	401	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,945	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	401.15/cwt	387.50–407.00	1,974	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	387.12/cwt	380.00–402.00	2,032	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	351.19/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,051	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,111	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,227	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,725	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	298.35/cwt	296.00–302.50	2,772	38
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,008	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,767	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,095	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,000	30
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,032	4

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 Oct 14, 2026

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

Receipts 750Last week 910Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	645	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	333	499.00	499.00
53	350–400	392	465.00–470.00	469.64
31	450–500	492	387.50–407.00	401.15
18	500–550	525	380.00–402.00	387.12
44	550–600	584	340.00–353.00	351.19
10	600–650	610	346.00	346.00
4	650–700	680	327.50	327.50
8	850–900	889	306.50	306.50
38	900–950	929	296.00–302.50	298.35
4	1000–1050	1,008	274.50	274.50
30	1050–1100	1,095	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	401	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	336	636.00	636.00
84	400–450	429	527.50–565.00	548.11
213	550–600	567	424.50–446.00	431.99
28	600–650	637	377.00–387.50	379.27
45	650–700	657	379.00–387.50	385.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	505.00	505.00
5	500–550	528	431.00	431.00
4	550–600	566	387.50	387.50

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.