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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Apr 2

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Mar 12Apr 2Apr 23 →

Receipts

1,632 head

▼ 445 vs last sale 2,077▲ 1,632 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous auction was in early March. In today's moderate supply were load lots of quality, reputation yearling cattle. Also home-raised, LTW'd, high quality feeder steer and heifer calves were in the offering. Demand was very good. Trade was 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 $330.98/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −90.76 against this barn's trailing median of $421.74.

Average price

$330.98

152 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,831

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$25.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

vs IA average

+9.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	335.13	1,842	127
Medium and Large 1-2	570	309.88	1,768	25

One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $74 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 sale152 hd

330.98

—

IA average5 barns · 546 hd

330.26

+0.71

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

+9.60

This barn, trailing median9 sales

421.74

−90.76

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

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	1,861	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,804	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	388.61/cwt	378.00–400.00	2,048	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,869	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	357.56/cwt	347.00–375.00	2,110	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	348.44/cwt	342.50–350.50	2,160	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,318	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	314.02/cwt	306.00–318.00	2,305	48
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	301.16/cwt	294.00–301.50	2,394	63
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	285.99/cwt	277.50–291.75	2,348	92
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	271.52/cwt	270.00–273.35	2,484	127
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	265.75/cwt	265.75–265.75	2,527	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,391	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,632	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,719	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,705	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	345.76/cwt	338.00–365.00	1,826	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	321.22/cwt	316.00–339.00	1,857	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,788	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	308.44/cwt	298.00–311.00	1,952	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,054	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	279.08/cwt	275.00–286.50	2,021	99
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	271.88/cwt	270.25–277.00	2,115	140
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	265.44/cwt	264.00–265.60	2,246	72
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,308	64
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	243.10/cwt	243.10–243.10	2,305	58

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,632Last week 2,077Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	454.00	454.00
4	450–500	451	400.00	400.00
35	500–550	527	378.00–400.00	388.61
50	550–600	590	347.00–375.00	357.56
56	600–650	620	342.50–350.50	348.44
20	650–700	669	346.50	346.50
48	700–750	734	306.00–318.00	314.02
63	750–800	795	294.00–301.50	301.16
92	800–850	821	277.50–291.75	285.99
127	900–950	915	270.00–273.35	271.52
65	950–1000	951	265.75	265.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	563	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	419.00	419.00
5	350–400	398	410.00	410.00
17	450–500	491	350.00	350.00
72	500–550	528	338.00–365.00	345.76
55	550–600	578	316.00–339.00	321.22
25	600–650	633	298.00–311.00	308.44
15	650–700	667	308.00	308.00
99	700–750	724	275.00–286.50	279.08
140	750–800	778	270.25–277.00	271.88
72	800–850	846	264.00–265.60	265.44
64	850–900	870	265.25	265.25
58	900–950	948	243.10	243.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	512	333.00	333.00
17	550–600	598	299.00	299.00

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.