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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Aug 20

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Jul 9Aug 20Oct 1 →

Receipts

2,105 head

▲ 1,257 vs last sale 848▼ 751 vs year ago 2,856 · −26.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ auction!! No comparison today, as the last reported sale was July 9. CME feeder cattle futures rebounding 4.00-6.00 today. Many load lots of yearling cattle in the offering, along with plenty of smaller packages. Full arena for this special sale. Good demand.

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 $401.50/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 5 of 9 comparable sales and sits −20.24 against this barn's trailing median of $421.74.

Average price

$401.50

81 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,202

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.04

vs IA average

+41.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	401.50	2,202	81

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 sale81 hd

401.50

—

IA average2 barns · 97 hd

391.46

+10.04

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+41.70

This barn, trailing median9 sales

421.74

−20.24

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

31 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,393	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	445.40/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,298	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,145	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	420.81/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,466	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	424.90/cwt	400.00–436.00	2,719	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	399.36/cwt	390.00–416.00	2,700	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	368.93/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,719	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	368.22/cwt	359.50–374.50	2,865	162
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	360.71/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,990	97
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	343.19/cwt	340.75–346.60	3,034	223
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	337.96/cwt	337.50–340.00	3,055	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,100	11
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,008	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,165	4
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,136	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,954	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,759	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,994	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,058	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	405.03/cwt	397.50–418.00	2,135	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	396.09/cwt	388.00–402.00	2,301	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	377.53/cwt	363.00–381.00	2,371	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	363.01/cwt	351.75–385.00	2,443	100
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,398	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	708	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,574	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	346.98/cwt	342.00–354.00	2,554	107
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	342.49/cwt	320.00–347.50	2,675	306
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	328.55/cwt	328.00–329.50	2,743	92
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	327.50/cwt	319.00–335.50	2,823	182
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	311.16/cwt	306.50–327.50	2,903	92
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	310.19/cwt	306.00–320.00	2,996	96
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,071	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,095	3

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 Aug 20, 2025

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

Receipts 2,105Last week 848Year ago 2,856

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	451.00	451.00
5	400–450	447	446.00	446.00
5	450–500	487	422.50	422.50
49	500–550	527	397.50–418.00	405.03
32	550–600	581	388.00–402.00	396.09
38	600–650	628	363.00–381.00	377.53
100	650–700	673	351.75–385.00	363.01
107	700–750	736	342.00–354.00	346.98
306	750–800	781	320.00–347.50	342.49
92	800–850	835	328.00–329.50	328.55
182	850–900	862	319.00–335.50	327.50
92	900–950	933	306.50–327.50	311.16
96	950–1000	966	306.00–320.00	310.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,071	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	650–700	699	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	708	363.50	363.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,008	314.00	314.00
3	1100–1150	1,136	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	522.50	522.50
9	500–550	516	420.00–458.00	445.40
9	550–600	586	420.00–422.50	420.81
48	600–650	640	400.00–436.00	424.90
27	650–700	676	390.00–416.00	399.36
53	700–750	737	368.00–370.00	368.93
162	750–800	778	359.50–374.50	368.22
97	800–850	829	355.00–362.50	360.71
223	850–900	884	340.75–346.60	343.19
87	900–950	904	337.50–340.00	337.96
11	950–1000	981	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	402.50	402.50
3	550–600	570	400.00	400.00

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.