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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 11

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Jan 21Feb 11Feb 25 →

Receipts

2,658 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 2,632▲ 2,658 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 feeder calf auction was in January. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of reputation, home raised, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Many load lots appeared in today's consignments. Many high quality replacement heifers traded in today's moderate supply. Demand was very good. Active internet bidding. The next scheduled feeder calf auction is Feb. 25.

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 $495.25/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 7 of 7 comparable sales and sits +9.93 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$495.25

137 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$48.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.76

vs IA average

+16.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	499.16	2,762	126
Medium and Large 1-2	577	450.44	2,601	11thin

One grade step is worth $48.72/cwt here — about $161 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 sale137 hd

495.25

—

IA average6 barns · 752 hd

486.49

+8.76

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+16.86

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

+9.93

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

27 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,250	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,426	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,412	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	524.93/cwt	520.00–537.50	2,751	71
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,508	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	465.90/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,753	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	441.23/cwt	439.00–445.00	2,630	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	452.17/cwt	430.00–462.50	2,794	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	435.50/cwt	417.75–447.75	2,918	171
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,840	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	406.46/cwt	397.00–412.25	2,951	146
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	386.59/cwt	367.00–391.25	2,992	406
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	367.94/cwt	359.75–380.25	3,054	184
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	364.21/cwt	360.50–366.00	3,136	105
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	325.97/cwt	324.50–328.00	3,074	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,157	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	472.10/cwt	469.00–495.00	2,327	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	425.01/cwt	415.50–455.00	2,168	75
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	415.21/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,421	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	401.40/cwt	399.00–404.00	2,509	51
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	381.01/cwt	377.00–386.00	2,408	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	381.86/cwt	380.00–383.75	2,558	64
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	358.42/cwt	350.00–379.50	2,548	133
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	345.96/cwt	337.00–350.50	2,719	130
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	333.11/cwt	323.00–338.00	2,705	108
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	318.75/cwt	318.75–318.75	2,811	76
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,927	13

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 Feb 11, 2026

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

Receipts 2,658Last week 2,632Year 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	423	510.00	510.00
23	450–500	493	469.00–495.00	472.10
75	500–550	510	415.50–455.00	425.01
70	550–600	583	400.00–427.50	415.21
51	600–650	625	399.00–404.00	401.40
64	650–700	670	380.00–383.75	381.86
133	700–750	711	350.00–379.50	358.42
130	750–800	786	337.00–350.50	345.96
108	800–850	812	323.00–338.00	333.11
76	850–900	882	318.75	318.75
13	900–950	935	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	632	377.00–386.00	381.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	600.00	600.00
3	400–450	401	605.00	605.00
4	450–500	480	502.50	502.50
71	500–550	524	520.00–537.50	524.93
55	550–600	591	460.00–480.00	465.90
34	600–650	618	430.00–462.50	452.17
171	650–700	670	417.75–447.75	435.50
146	700–750	726	397.00–412.25	406.46
406	750–800	774	367.00–391.25	386.59
184	800–850	830	359.75–380.25	367.94
105	850–900	861	360.50–366.00	364.21
108	900–950	943	324.50–328.00	325.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	475.00	475.00
8	550–600	596	439.00–445.00	441.23
12	650–700	686	414.00	414.00

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.