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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 19

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Feb 5Feb 19Mar 12 →

Receipts

2,255 head

▼ 780 vs last sale 3,035▼ 633 vs year ago 2,888 · −21.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf & yearling auction 2 weeks ago ( Feb 5 ) feeder steer calves were steady to 10.00 lower across all weight classes. Yearling steer cattle were steady to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifer trade today saw 600 -700 lb calves 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Also as advertised, available today was a large offering of Nichol's Farms open replacement heifers with very good demand. Quality ran deep in today's supply of home - raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering.

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 $337.23/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −148.09 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$337.23

46 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.66

vs IA average

−3.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	337.23	1,888	46

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 sale46 hd

337.23

—

IA average6 barns · 658 hd

340.88

−3.66

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−3.98

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−148.09

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

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,406	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	411.12/cwt	404.00–417.00	1,542	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	387.34/cwt	379.00–396.00	1,817	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,738	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	335.92/cwt	334.50–338.00	1,764	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	337.69/cwt	327.50–341.50	1,932	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	322.68/cwt	317.50–328.50	2,001	65
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,938	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	308.76/cwt	296.00–316.75	2,084	160
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	293.54/cwt	287.00–294.25	2,119	94
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	288.24/cwt	282.00–295.00	2,222	196
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	272.55/cwt	270.25–276.75	2,224	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,336	22
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	259.95/cwt	257.75–262.25	2,384	117
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	244.25/cwt	244.25–244.25	2,357	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,404	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,461	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	340.48/cwt	339.00–346.00	1,508	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,525	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,641	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,825	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	294.96/cwt	289.50–303.00	1,882	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	278.97/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,855	108
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	682	2,319.77/head	2,150.00–2,475.00	2,320	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	723	2,441.00/head	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,441	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	271.03/cwt	269.50–277.00	1,995	101
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	770	2,536.63/head	2,325.00–2,675.00	2,537	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	274.37/cwt	264.00–288.00	2,165	81
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	824	2,643.84/head	2,325.00–3,025.00	2,644	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	253.22/cwt	252.50–255.00	2,109	41
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	854	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	20
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	909	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	5

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 Feb 19, 2025

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

Receipts 2,255Last week 3,035Year ago 2,888

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	351	400.00	400.00
23	400–450	443	339.00–346.00	340.48
7	450–500	462	330.00	330.00
15	500–550	548	333.00	333.00
78	600–650	638	289.50–303.00	294.96
108	650–700	665	274.00–280.00	278.97
101	700–750	736	269.50–277.00	271.03
81	750–800	789	264.00–288.00	274.37
41	800–850	833	252.50–255.00	253.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	397	368.00	368.00
11	500–550	547	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
20	650–700	682	2,150.00–2,475.00	2,319.77
43	700–750	723	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,441.00
56	750–800	770	2,325.00–2,675.00	2,536.63
35	800–850	824	2,325.00–3,025.00	2,643.84
20	850–900	854	2,450.00	2,450.00
5	900–950	909	2,900.00	2,900.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	442.00	442.00
27	350–400	375	404.00–417.00	411.12
40	450–500	469	379.00–396.00	387.34
12	500–550	525	334.50–338.00	335.92
34	550–600	572	327.50–341.50	337.69
65	600–650	620	317.50–328.50	322.68
160	650–700	675	296.00–316.75	308.76
94	700–750	722	287.00–294.25	293.54
196	750–800	771	282.00–295.00	288.24
25	800–850	816	270.25–276.75	272.55
22	850–900	865	270.00	270.00
117	900–950	917	257.75–262.25	259.95
13	950–1000	965	244.25	244.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	362.00	362.00
7	650–700	667	290.50	290.50

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.