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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Dec 10

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Dec 3Dec 10Jan 7 →

Receipts

1,996 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 2,008▼ 397 vs year ago 2,393 · −16.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Feeder Calf Auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb new crop steer calves were 5.00 to 11.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves 9.00 to 15.00 higher. Yearling steer cattle showed an upward trend. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 calves 7.00 to 20.00 higher. No trend stated on yearling heifer cattle. Available today were many packages of home - raised, reputation feeder calves many of which were just off the cow. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply.

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 $440.17/cwt on 184 head. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −45.15 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$440.17

184 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$41.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

vs IA average

+9.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	441.06	2,449	180
Medium and Large 1-2	568	400.00	2,272	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.06/cwt here — about $177 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 sale184 hd

440.17

—

IA average10 barns · 1,895 hd

434.71

+5.46

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+9.54

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−45.15

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

38 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,843	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	497.77/cwt	490.00–507.50	2,195	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	491.49/cwt	485.00–498.00	2,354	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	456.59/cwt	440.00–469.00	2,365	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	439.50/cwt	428.00–448.00	2,299	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,429	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,524	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,272	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	596	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,563	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	387.27/cwt	374.00–403.50	2,417	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	386.69/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,425	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	403.98/cwt	396.00–417.00	2,541	119
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	387.02/cwt	378.00–392.50	2,558	106
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	366.69/cwt	360.00–374.50	2,453	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	681	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,697	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,394	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	349.10/cwt	331.00–360.25	2,500	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	367.66/cwt	352.00–379.50	2,680	63
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	763	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,426	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	360.13/cwt	347.50–369.50	2,784	88
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	342.79/cwt	333.00–346.50	2,780	42
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	329.29/cwt	322.50–330.75	3,082	197
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,823	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,890	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	407.50/cwt	404.00–410.00	1,972	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	408.94/cwt	397.50–414.00	2,012	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	527	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,045	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,096	94
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	373.59/cwt	368.00–378.00	2,088	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	372.41/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,115	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	342.53/cwt	336.00–353.00	2,086	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	354.38/cwt	340.00–361.00	2,201	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,041	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,119	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	350.09/cwt	330.00–364.00	2,346	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	682	332.55/cwt	324.00–340.00	2,268	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	31

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 Dec 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,996Last week 2,008Year ago 2,393

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	527	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	442.50	442.50
20	450–500	484	404.00–410.00	407.50
94	500–550	536	391.00	391.00
41	550–600	559	368.00–378.00	373.59
89	600–650	621	340.00–361.00	354.38
76	650–700	670	330.00–364.00	350.09
31	700–750	715	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	437.50	437.50
25	450–500	492	397.50–414.00	408.94
29	550–600	568	370.00–375.00	372.41
18	600–650	609	336.00–353.00	342.53
24	650–700	682	324.00–340.00	332.55
4	700–750	710	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	628	325.00	325.00
5	650–700	652	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	596	430.00	430.00
36	650–700	681	396.00	396.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	525.00	525.00
28	450–500	479	485.00–498.00	491.49
24	500–550	518	440.00–469.00	456.59
74	550–600	552	440.00	440.00
119	600–650	629	396.00–417.00	403.98
106	650–700	661	378.00–392.50	387.02
63	700–750	729	352.00–379.50	367.66
88	750–800	773	347.50–369.50	360.13
42	800–850	811	333.00–346.50	342.79
197	900–950	936	322.50–330.75	329.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	490.00–507.50	497.77
19	500–550	523	428.00–448.00	439.50
27	550–600	566	446.00	446.00
47	600–650	624	374.00–403.50	387.27
17	650–700	669	360.00–374.50	366.69
27	700–750	716	331.00–360.25	349.10
4	750–800	763	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	400.00	400.00
12	600–650	627	385.00–387.50	386.69
5	650–700	682	351.00	351.00

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.