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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Apr 8

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Mar 25Apr 8Apr 29 →

Receipts

1,420 head

▲ 230 vs last sale 1,190▲ 1,420 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to feeder calf / yearling auction 2 weeks ago, 500 -600 lb feeder steers were fully steady to 4.00 higher, 700 -750 lb were steady with a lower undertone and heavier yearling steers (900 lb) were 8.00 - 12.00 higher. Heifer feeder calf trade was fully steady with heavier yearling cattle as much as 15.00 higher. Load lots of yearling cattle were available today. Internet bidding very active. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled "Back to Grass" cattle auction is April 29.

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 $485.89/cwt on 142 head, down $5.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +0.57 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$485.89

▼ 5.81 vs prior sale

142 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.20

vs IA average

−4.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	485.89	2,749	142

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 sale142 hd

485.89

—

IA average3 barns · 196 hd

490.09

−4.20

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−4.94

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

+0.57

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

28 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,460	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	451	573.00/cwt	573.00–573.00	2,584	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	550.24/cwt	539.00–567.00	2,625	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	533.20/cwt	530.00–537.50	2,639	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,733	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	552	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,666	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	472.65/cwt	467.00–480.00	2,756	101
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	431.93/cwt	425.00–441.00	2,700	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	419.16/cwt	411.00–438.00	2,867	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,601	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	402.83/cwt	385.00–406.50	2,916	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	363.78/cwt	349.50–386.75	2,776	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,642	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	357.25/cwt	357.25–357.25	3,004	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	348.39/cwt	329.50–357.25	3,188	162
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,376	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	493.78/cwt	482.50–515.00	1,886	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	503.09/cwt	495.00–507.50	2,304	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,313	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,284	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	451.84/cwt	447.00–472.50	2,413	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	406.30/cwt	394.00–413.00	2,348	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	375.73/cwt	375.00–376.00	2,322	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	402.60/cwt	399.50–403.50	2,548	95
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	349.10/cwt	347.00–349.50	2,653	74
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,662	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	333.79/cwt	327.25–335.75	2,867	149
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	326.75/cwt	326.75–326.75	2,970	70

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 Apr 8, 2026

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

Receipts 1,420Last week 1,190Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	382	482.50–515.00	493.78
31	450–500	458	495.00–507.50	503.09
35	500–550	534	447.00–472.50	451.84
24	550–600	578	394.00–413.00	406.30
95	600–650	633	399.50–403.50	402.60
74	750–800	760	347.00–349.50	349.10
12	800–850	809	329.00	329.00
149	850–900	859	327.25–335.75	333.79
70	900–950	909	326.75	326.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	491	471.00	471.00
4	500–550	525	435.00	435.00
11	600–650	618	375.00–376.00	375.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	615.00	615.00
36	450–500	477	539.00–567.00	550.24
26	500–550	507	539.00	539.00
101	550–600	583	467.00–480.00	472.65
25	600–650	625	425.00–441.00	431.93
24	650–700	684	411.00–438.00	419.16
18	700–750	724	385.00–406.50	402.83
72	750–800	763	349.50–386.75	363.78
24	800–850	841	357.25	357.25
162	900–950	915	329.50–357.25	348.39
62	950–1000	980	344.50	344.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	451	573.00	573.00
15	550–600	552	483.00	483.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	495	530.00–537.50	533.20
5	700–750	703	370.00	370.00
16	750–800	777	340.00	340.00

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.