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# Check market prices with the Livestock Value Calculator

The [Livestock Value Calculator](https://creatures.com/tools/livestock-value-calculator) shows a directional market range from qualifying auction sales. It is useful for market research, but it is not an appraisal or a price for one specific animal.

## Enter the animal's basics

Choose the **Species**, then add the **Breed** when you know it. If the breed is not listed, leave the breed choice on **Any breed / not sure** and type the auction breed name under **Breed not listed**.

Choose **Male**, **Female**, or **Unknown**, then select the age group. Select **Get market range**.

![Livestock Value Calculator fields for species, breed, sex, and age](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/320/fa7/077/5c432.jpeg?width=1760)

Only species with enough qualifying sale data appear. The calculator limits repeated requests, so pause and try later if it says there have been too many.

## Read the result card

The large range covers the middle half of prices in the chosen set of sales. The card also shows:

- **Median**, the middle sale price in the sample;
- **Sample count**, the number of qualifying sales used;
- **Age input**, so you can confirm the selected group;
- **Latest sale in sample**, which shows how recent that set is.

Creatures requires at least 25 priced sales before it shows a public range. When you enter a breed, it first looks for sales matching breed, sex, and age. If that group is too small, it can use a broader set for the breed, then the species. A yellow note explains when a broader set replaces the requested match. Without a breed, the result uses species-level sales.

Check the range heading and any yellow note before comparing prices. **Age input** repeats your choice; it does not mean a broader result has been filtered to that age.

![Broader species-level market range with a yellow fallback explanation](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/220/8ee/21a/3855f.jpeg?width=1760)

If no level has 25 sales, the page says **Not enough sales data yet** instead of showing a weak estimate.

## Save the context or add the animal

When signed out, **Save this market range** offers to create a free account and carry the species, breed, sex, age, and range into the animal you add.

![Save this market range account form](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/439/0cd/9ea/68fb2.png?width=1760)

When signed in, **Add animal with these details** opens the add-animal form with the species, known breed, and sex filled in. Check the age and remaining details before saving. Nothing is added until you complete the form. See [Adding an animal to Creatures](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/adding-an-animal-to-creatures-jbkkre/).

## When you need an animal-specific estimate

The public range does not adjust for an individual animal's photos, pedigree, region, training, genetics, or condition. After the animal has a complete Creatures profile, a **Crestimate** can use that animal's information for a more specific estimate with reasoning. See [What is a Crestimate?](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/what-is-a-crestimate-1dat2dy/) and [How to generate a Crestimate](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/how-to-generate-a-crestimate-iag5jm/).

### Related information

- [The Creatures Tools page: calculators, visualizers, and generators](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/the-creatures-tools-page-calculators-visualizers-and-generators-1tt6jus/)
- [Estimating animal weight with the weight calculator](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/estimating-animal-weight-with-the-weight-calculator-19ya8ry/)