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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, May 20

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Apr 29May 20Jun 24 →

Receipts

1,081 head

▼ 764 vs last sale 1,845▲ 1,081 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated as the previous feeder auction was in April. Available in today's offering were 2 large consignments of quality, reputation yearling cattle selling in load lots. Also, many packages of home-raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated lighter feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding very active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $456.14/cwt on 37 head, up $10.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 9 comparable sales and sits +34.41 against this barn's trailing median of $421.74.

Average price

$456.14

▲ 10.17 vs prior sale

37 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.46

vs IA average

+37.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	456.14	2,472	37

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 sale37 hd

456.14

—

IA average5 barns · 995 hd

454.68

+1.46

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

+37.88

This barn, trailing median9 sales

421.74

+34.41

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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.14, low $350.89, median $421.74 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

24 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. 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	568.73/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,423	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,451	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,487	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	501.98/cwt	495.00–518.00	2,660	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	449.26/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,637	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	453.33/cwt	432.00–460.00	2,770	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,773	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,900	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,787	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	395.36/cwt	389.00–399.00	2,953	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	392.34/cwt	383.00–396.00	3,041	87
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,050	49
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	345.90/cwt	340.00–348.00	3,241	144
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,113	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,109	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	471.98/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,445	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	439.43/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,492	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	409.10/cwt	404.00–414.00	2,536	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	388.41/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,575	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,495	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,526	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	338.95/cwt	336.50–341.50	2,688	133
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	321.30/cwt	319.00–325.00	2,872	149
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,925	62

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 →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Wed May 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,081Last week 1,845Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	496.00	496.00
3	450–500	456	462.50	462.50
19	500–550	518	470.00–477.50	471.98
18	550–600	567	438.00–440.00	439.43
33	600–650	620	404.00–414.00	409.10
18	650–700	663	385.00–390.00	388.41
9	700–750	744	339.50	339.50
133	750–800	793	336.50–341.50	338.95
149	850–900	894	319.00–325.00	321.30
62	900–950	900	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	692	360.50	360.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	560.00–580.00	568.73
3	450–500	456	537.50	537.50
27	500–550	530	495.00–518.00	501.98
11	550–600	587	440.00–475.00	449.26
46	600–650	611	432.00–460.00	453.33
4	650–700	656	442.00	442.00
11	700–750	747	389.00–399.00	395.36
87	750–800	775	383.00–396.00	392.34
49	850–900	858	355.50	355.50
144	900–950	937	340.00–348.00	345.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	472.00	472.00
13	600–650	648	428.00	428.00
5	650–700	695	401.00	401.00

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.