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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 14

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Receipts

2,558 head

▼ 262 vs last sale 2,820▼ 206 vs year ago 2,764 · −7.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special "All Vacc Feeder Calf Auction" just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were steady to 4.00 higher, 650lb were 8.00 higher and 700 - 800lb calves were fully steady. Heifer trade across all weight classes was fully steady to 7.00 higher. One of the featured consignments was 550 head of fancy, local, home-raised feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade very active. The next scheduled Feeder Calf Special is Jan 21.

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 $490.18/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +4.87 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$490.18

92 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$72.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.42

vs IA average

+18.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	497.25	2,664	83
Medium and Large 1-2	598	425.00	2,542	9thin

One grade step is worth $72.25/cwt here — about $122 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 sale92 hd

490.18

—

IA average9 barns · 1,953 hd

466.77

+23.42

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+18.20

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

+4.87

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

43 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,831	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,448	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	550.27/cwt	549.00–560.00	2,658	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	506.80/cwt	495.00–517.50	2,640	64
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	465.09/cwt	462.00–482.50	2,721	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,542	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	441.86/cwt	429.00–448.50	2,713	201
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	418.61/cwt	417.00–420.00	2,692	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	409.07/cwt	396.50–417.50	2,745	156
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	674	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,831	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	675	403.84/cwt	397.50–406.00	2,726	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,738	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,646	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	395.16/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,869	150
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	727	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,792	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	369.53/cwt	363.00–374.50	2,860	153
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	791	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,879	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	355.65/cwt	349.50–362.50	2,916	58
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	832	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,796	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,858	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	864	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,981	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	336.08/cwt	327.50–338.50	2,917	56
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	332.68/cwt	319.00–341.25	3,061	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,975	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	425.36/cwt	420.00–448.00	1,991	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	412.42/cwt	397.00–440.00	1,947	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,990	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	422.87/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,178	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,109	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,083	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	405.14/cwt	386.00–410.50	2,350	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,283	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	335.23/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,038	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	376.09/cwt	356.00–391.00	2,313	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	365.91/cwt	347.75–379.00	2,463	242
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	681	358.05/cwt	347.50–374.00	2,438	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	684	330.51/cwt	327.50–342.50	2,261	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	337.70/cwt	328.00–346.00	2,317	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	344.57/cwt	330.00–356.00	2,484	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	332.15/cwt	311.00–335.75	2,571	102
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	805	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,576	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	319.17/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,601	18

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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Receipts 2,558Last week 2,820Year ago 2,764

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	674	420.00	420.00
16	700–750	727	384.00	384.00
26	750–800	791	364.00	364.00
20	850–900	864	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	540.00	540.00
5	400–450	441	555.00	555.00
41	450–500	483	549.00–560.00	550.27
64	500–550	521	495.00–517.50	506.80
19	550–600	585	462.00–482.50	465.09
201	600–650	614	429.00–448.50	441.86
156	650–700	671	396.50–417.50	409.07
150	700–750	726	375.00–407.00	395.16
153	750–800	774	363.00–374.50	369.53
58	800–850	820	349.50–362.50	355.65
56	850–900	868	327.50–338.50	336.08
34	900–950	920	319.00–341.25	332.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	598	425.00	425.00
32	600–650	643	417.00–420.00	418.61
14	650–700	695	394.00	394.00
12	800–850	848	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	675	397.50–406.00	403.84
3	700–750	715	370.00	370.00
9	800–850	832	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	650–700	681	347.50–374.00	358.05
19	800–850	805	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	403	490.00	490.00
29	450–500	468	420.00–448.00	425.36
57	500–550	515	400.00–430.00	422.87
81	550–600	580	386.00–410.50	405.14
68	600–650	615	356.00–391.00	376.09
242	650–700	673	347.75–379.00	365.91
35	700–750	721	330.00–356.00	344.57
102	750–800	774	311.00–335.75	332.15
18	800–850	815	310.00–321.00	319.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	472	397.00–440.00	412.42
11	500–550	517	408.00	408.00
11	550–600	595	320.00	320.00
14	600–650	604	378.00	378.00
20	650–700	684	327.50–342.50	330.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	412.00	412.00
3	500–550	541	385.00	385.00
13	600–650	608	320.00–340.00	335.23
15	650–700	686	328.00–346.00	337.70

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.