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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Nov 4

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Oct 7Nov 4latest

Receipts

2,000 head

▲ 560 vs last sale 1,440▼ 730 vs year ago 2,730 · −26.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder auction was in early October. Available today were many load lots of both steer and heifer yearling green cattle from reputation, local consignors. Many packages of green, double vaccinated new crop calves were consigned, many just off the cow. Demand was very good. Trade was active. The next scheduled "All Vacc Calf and Yearling Auction is November 18.

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 $410.40/cwt on 175 head, down $16.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −71.96 against this barn's trailing median of $482.36.

Average price

$410.40

▼ 16.92 vs prior sale

175 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.02

vs IA average

−3.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	410.40	2,282	175

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 sale175 hd

410.40

—

IA average6 barns · 848 hd

420.42

−10.02

National average87 barns · 11,167 hd

414.07

−3.67

This barn, trailing median8 sales

482.36

−71.96

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

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $482.36 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	353	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,047	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,994	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	385	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,041	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	454.63/cwt	450.00–456.00	2,082	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	493.00/cwt	469.00–520.00	2,297	55
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	472	437.39/cwt	435.00–438.50	2,064	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	405.49/cwt	396.00–417.00	2,141	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	410.04/cwt	404.00–418.00	2,317	76
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	415.00/cwt	395.00–429.50	2,353	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	389.55/cwt	370.00–410.75	2,431	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,356	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,180	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	351.59/cwt	324.00–369.00	2,352	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	361.01/cwt	351.00–362.50	2,549	155
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,443	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	320.10/cwt	315.25–321.00	2,593	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	321.16/cwt	308.00–322.50	2,833	73
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	321.66/cwt	318.75–324.50	2,972	130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,798	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,758	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	430.90/cwt	424.00–475.00	1,866	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	415.46/cwt	400.00–448.00	1,994	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	397.99/cwt	396.00–405.00	1,938	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,911	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,888	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	378.30/cwt	372.00–382.00	2,016	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	552	378.07/cwt	371.00–381.00	2,087	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	360.31/cwt	356.50–364.00	2,075	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,979	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	320.27/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,159	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,296	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	313.38/cwt	295.00–317.00	2,410	49
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	308.44/cwt	282.00–310.00	2,554	270
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	295.48/cwt	293.25–302.75	2,553	162
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,704	65
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,630	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 Nov 4, 2026

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 1,440Year ago 2,730

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	490.00	490.00
21	400–450	433	424.00–475.00	430.90
19	450–500	480	400.00–448.00	415.46
34	500–550	533	372.00–382.00	378.30
24	550–600	576	356.50–364.00	360.31
15	650–700	674	315.00–325.00	320.27
5	700–750	729	315.00	315.00
49	750–800	769	295.00–317.00	313.38
270	800–850	828	282.00–310.00	308.44
162	850–900	864	293.25–302.75	295.48
65	900–950	923	293.00	293.00
13	950–1000	958	274.50	274.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	444.00	444.00
40	450–500	487	396.00–405.00	397.99
3	500–550	513	368.00	368.00
31	550–600	552	371.00–381.00	378.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	495	386.00	386.00
13	550–600	582	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	560.00	560.00
13	450–500	458	450.00–456.00	454.63
54	550–600	567	395.00–429.50	415.00
96	600–650	624	370.00–410.75	389.55
57	650–700	669	324.00–369.00	351.59
155	700–750	706	351.00–362.50	361.01
60	800–850	810	315.25–321.00	320.10
73	850–900	882	308.00–322.50	321.16
130	900–950	924	318.75–324.50	321.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	580.00	580.00
55	450–500	466	469.00–520.00	493.00
45	500–550	528	396.00–417.00	405.49
76	550–600	565	404.00–418.00	410.04
22	600–650	625	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	530.00	530.00
35	450–500	472	435.00–438.50	437.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	647	337.00	337.00
5	700–750	738	331.00	331.00

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.