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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 22

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Jan 15Jan 22Feb 5 →

Receipts

2,373 head

▼ 391 vs last sale 2,764▼ 111 vs year ago 2,484 · −4.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Feeder Calf & Yearling Cattle Auction just one week ago, steer feeder calves 500 - 600 lbs were 5.00 to 9.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb calves mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Yearling weight steers called fully steady. Heifer feeder calf trade saw all weight classes fully steady with a strong undertone. Heifer yearling trade 6.00 lower. Demand was very good for the many load lots offered today of both feeder calves and yearling cattle. Trade was active for today's moderate supply.

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 $359.81/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −125.51 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$359.81

97 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+21.14

vs IA average

+18.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	359.81	1,954	97

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 sale97 hd

359.81

—

IA average8 barns · 1,484 hd

338.67

+21.14

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+18.87

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−125.51

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

29 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	418.00/cwt	400.00–436.00	1,572	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	399.23/cwt	391.00–405.00	1,685	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	384.84/cwt	379.00–387.00	1,893	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	374.85/cwt	367.00–387.50	1,923	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	347.32/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,973	53
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	327.34/cwt	300.00–335.25	2,043	178
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,959	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	304.31/cwt	295.75–311.25	2,094	122
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	300.76/cwt	285.50–307.50	2,168	135
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	261.64/cwt	261.00–263.00	2,028	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	280.61/cwt	268.00–288.50	2,186	95
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	277.37/cwt	274.75–283.75	2,261	125
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	264.45/cwt	257.00–265.10	2,311	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	259.94/cwt	254.00–260.35	2,347	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,403	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,215	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	347.16/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,468	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	329.69/cwt	314.00–342.00	1,566	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	322.09/cwt	315.50–334.00	1,720	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,546	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	301.35/cwt	292.00–312.50	1,745	85
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	277.19/cwt	271.50–290.00	1,749	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	284.15/cwt	279.00–291.75	1,952	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	266.34/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,848	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	257.36/cwt	255.75–265.00	1,894	160
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	251.79/cwt	247.75–262.00	1,977	154
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	2,028	70
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	246.20/cwt	245.25–247.25	2,144	152
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	241.65/cwt	241.65–241.65	2,182	60

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 Jan 22, 2025

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

Receipts 2,373Last week 2,764Year ago 2,484

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	349.00	349.00
14	400–450	423	345.00–355.00	347.16
18	450–500	475	314.00–342.00	329.69
30	500–550	534	315.50–334.00	322.09
85	550–600	579	292.00–312.50	301.35
51	600–650	631	271.50–290.00	277.19
83	650–700	687	279.00–291.75	284.15
160	700–750	736	255.75–265.00	257.36
154	750–800	785	247.75–262.00	251.79
70	800–850	812	249.75	249.75
152	850–900	871	245.25–247.25	246.20
60	900–950	903	241.65	241.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	560	276.00	276.00
16	650–700	694	250.00–270.00	266.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	400.00–436.00	418.00
12	400–450	422	391.00–405.00	399.23
54	450–500	492	379.00–387.00	384.84
44	500–550	513	367.00–387.50	374.85
53	550–600	568	330.00–350.00	347.32
178	600–650	624	300.00–335.25	327.34
122	650–700	688	295.75–311.25	304.31
135	700–750	721	285.50–307.50	300.76
95	750–800	779	268.00–288.50	280.61
125	800–850	815	274.75–283.75	277.37
63	850–900	874	257.00–265.10	264.45
65	900–950	903	254.00–260.35	259.94
13	950–1000	995	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	686	285.50	285.50
9	750–800	775	261.00–263.00	261.64

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.