Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2025-07-09

Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jul 9

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Jun 4Jul 9Aug 20 →

Receipts

848 head

▼ 701 vs last sale 1,549▲ 848 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder calf / yearling auction was in early June. Available today were many load lots of quality reputation yearling cattle. Demand was very good for today's light offering. Internet active throughout the sale. Trade was active. The next special cattle auction will August 20th ( Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Auction )

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 $353.05/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −132.26 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$353.05

19 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

−26.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	353.05	1,886	19thin

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 sale19 hd

353.05

—

IA average1 barns · 19 hd

353.05

+0.00

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−26.08

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−132.26

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

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,747	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	348.72/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,771	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	362.44/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,142	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	341.62/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,299	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,455	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	345.75/cwt	345.75–345.75	2,600	60
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,483	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,592	69
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,775	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	305.36/cwt	294.50–313.25	2,797	306
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,231	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,794	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,551	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,442	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,678	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,853	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,871	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,945	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	332.85/cwt	331.00–337.00	2,057	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	319.48/cwt	315.00–326.00	2,105	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,135	40
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	285.52/cwt	282.00–287.00	2,196	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	282.93/cwt	282.50–286.25	2,450	34

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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Receipts 848Last week 1,549Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	417	372.00	372.00
18	450–500	480	386.00	386.00
6	500–550	536	349.00	349.00
10	550–600	572	340.00	340.00
30	600–650	618	331.00–337.00	332.85
10	650–700	659	315.00–326.00	319.48
40	700–750	707	302.00	302.00
10	750–800	769	282.00–287.00	285.52
3	800–850	800	300.00	300.00
34	850–900	866	282.50–286.25	282.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	341.00	341.00
21	450–500	478	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	425.00	425.00
13	500–550	508	341.00–351.00	348.72
6	550–600	591	355.00–370.00	362.44
19	650–700	673	340.00–350.00	341.62
8	700–750	735	334.00	334.00
60	750–800	752	345.75	345.75
69	800–850	805	322.00	322.00
63	850–900	891	311.50	311.50
306	900–950	916	294.50–313.25	305.36
5	1200–1250	1,231	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	771	322.00	322.00

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.