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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Aug 26

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Jul 15Aug 26Oct 7 →

Receipts

2,376 head

▲ 1,653 vs last sale 723▲ 2,376 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Auction". No comparison stated today as the previous feeder special was in mid July. Available today were many load lots of home raised, green, reputation yearling steers and heifers. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. Active internet bidding, The next scheduled feeder special auction is Oct. 7.

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 $396.64/cwt on 22 head, down $88.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −88.68 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$396.64

▼ 88.68 vs prior sale

22 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.12

vs IA average

+25.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	396.64	2,316	22

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 sale22 hd

396.64

—

IA average3 barns · 79 hd

410.75

−14.12

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+25.64

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−88.68

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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $485.32 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

28 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,098	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,161	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,350	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	372.09/cwt	353.00–386.00	2,281	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,250	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	311.20/cwt	301.00–324.00	2,097	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	365.32/cwt	362.00–380.00	2,491	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	352.30/cwt	332.00–357.00	2,586	73
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	337.96/cwt	335.00–348.75	2,629	125
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	337.06/cwt	334.00–340.25	2,781	131
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	308.63/cwt	308.25–314.00	2,608	43
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	314.34/cwt	303.50–321.00	2,760	270
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	298.68/cwt	295.50–301.50	2,736	278
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	288.38/cwt	280.00–294.75	2,780	305
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,024	285.65/cwt	277.50–294.35	2,925	132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,686	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	366.98/cwt	351.00–379.00	1,952	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	345.08/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,053	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	360.91/cwt	354.00–369.00	2,295	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	360.78/cwt	353.00–369.00	2,421	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	335.94/cwt	328.00–338.75	2,278	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	327.98/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,371	117
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	304.76/cwt	301.00–307.00	2,237	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	314.54/cwt	309.50–318.00	2,387	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	301.60/cwt	298.00–305.75	2,488	182
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,574	68
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,629	38
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	278.39/cwt	270.00–280.50	2,664	30

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 Aug 26, 2026

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

Receipts 2,376Last week 723Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	532	351.00–379.00	366.98
28	550–600	595	334.00–355.00	345.08
38	600–650	636	354.00–369.00	360.91
39	650–700	671	353.00–369.00	360.78
117	700–750	723	323.00–334.00	327.98
40	750–800	759	309.50–318.00	314.54
182	800–850	825	298.00–305.75	301.60
68	850–900	874	294.50	294.50
38	900–950	902	291.50	291.50
30	950–1000	957	270.00–280.50	278.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	511	330.00	330.00
15	650–700	678	328.00–338.75	335.94
27	700–750	734	301.00–307.00	304.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	547	395.00	395.00
18	550–600	592	397.00	397.00
21	600–650	613	353.00–386.00	372.09
46	650–700	682	362.00–380.00	365.32
73	700–750	734	332.00–357.00	352.30
125	750–800	778	335.00–348.75	337.96
131	800–850	825	334.00–340.25	337.06
270	850–900	878	303.50–321.00	314.34
278	900–950	916	295.50–301.50	298.68
305	950–1000	964	280.00–294.75	288.38
132	1000–1050	1,024	277.50–294.35	285.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	641	351.00	351.00
10	650–700	674	301.00–324.00	311.20
43	800–850	845	308.25–314.00	308.63

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.