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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Mar 12

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Feb 19Mar 12Apr 2 →

Receipts

2,077 head

▼ 178 vs last sale 2,255▲ 2,077 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated as the previous auction was Feb. 19th. A tremendous offering today of reputation, home-raised, yearling steers and heifers available in load lots. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

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 $369.72/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −115.60 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$369.72

108 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$51.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.93

vs IA average

+11.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	371.14	2,083	105
Medium and Large 1-2	566	320.00	1,811	3thin

One grade step is worth $51.14/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale108 hd

369.72

—

IA average7 barns · 764 hd

360.79

+8.93

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+11.05

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−115.60

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

27 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,891	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	366.67/cwt	361.00–368.00	1,995	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,811	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	372.61/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,113	79
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,894	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	342.59/cwt	337.50–348.00	2,141	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,277	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	303.04/cwt	301.00–307.00	2,085	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	300.20/cwt	295.00–303.25	2,188	58
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	290.02/cwt	279.00–291.75	2,268	87
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	821	277.25/cwt	277.25–277.25	2,276	59
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	279.34/cwt	274.00–286.85	2,313	341
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	270.42/cwt	265.00–275.25	2,396	143
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,140	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	925	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,433	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,348	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,856	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	304.42/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,893	61
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,663	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	295.25/cwt	295.25–295.25	1,943	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,825	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,879	36
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	259.85/cwt	259.50–260.00	1,988	44
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	792	265.28/cwt	259.00–272.50	2,101	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	254.29/cwt	251.50–257.00	2,088	128
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,032	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	239.25/cwt	233.00–239.75	2,218	67

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 Mar 12, 2025

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

Receipts 2,077Last week 2,255Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	495	382.00	382.00
26	500–550	544	361.00–368.00	366.67
79	550–600	567	350.00–375.00	372.61
36	600–650	625	337.50–348.00	342.59
67	650–700	659	345.50	345.50
58	700–750	729	295.00–303.25	300.20
87	750–800	782	279.00–291.75	290.02
341	800–850	828	274.00–286.85	279.34
143	850–900	886	265.00–275.25	270.42
4	900–950	941	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	566	320.00	320.00
8	600–650	611	310.00	310.00
24	650–700	688	301.00–307.00	303.04
4	850–900	888	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	800–850	821	277.25	277.25
60	900–950	925	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	623	267.00	267.00
16	650–700	681	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	595	312.00	312.00
61	600–650	622	302.00–306.00	304.42
34	650–700	658	295.25	295.25
36	700–750	720	261.00	261.00
44	750–800	765	259.50–260.00	259.85
128	800–850	821	251.50–257.00	254.29
13	850–900	850	239.00	239.00
67	900–950	927	233.00–239.75	239.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	792	259.00–272.50	265.28

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.