Articles on: Your Animals & Records

What is a Crestimate?

A Crestimate is Creatures' automated estimate of what an animal could sell for. It is built from the animal's profile and recent sales of similar animals.

Use it as a starting point for pricing. It is not an appraisal, an offer, or a promised sale price.

Read the result

To see it, open the animal's profile, select the down-arrow button next to Share, and choose Crestimate. The panel is titled Crestimate for and the animal's name.

The large dollar figure is the best estimate.
Likely range shows the low and high values. When there is little evidence, trust the range more than the single figure.
The confidence label shows how much weight to give the result. A short line under it explains why.

Crestimate for Moira of Glen Lyon: $5,100, likely range $4,300 to $6,000, High confidence, previously $4,700

There are four confidence labels:

High: the estimates agree and there are plenty of similar sales.
Moderate: fair agreement, but some details are missing or similar sales are few.
Low: little data, a wide range, or estimates that disagree.
Insufficient: not enough data for a reliable value. Use it only as a rough guide.

A lower label is a reason to be careful. It does not prove your animal is worth less.

If the animal had an earlier estimate, a line such as "Previously $4,700 · New estimate $5,100" shows the change. The difference can come from newer sales, the valuation models, or edits to the profile, so don't read it as the result of one fact.

See why it came out that way

Select Why this number to open the details. You'll see:

the reasoning behind the estimate
the similar sales it used, each with a note on how well it fits
how closely the AI estimates agreed, and which AI tools took part

Close agreement is a good sign, but agreement alone does not make an estimate right.

Why this number opened, with the reasoning, four comparable Highland cow sales with notes, and the AI perspectives line

What Creatures looks at

Species, breed, sex, age, and location from the profile. For ball pythons, corn snakes, and leopard geckos, the recorded morphs and genes take the place of breed.
Sales of similar animals on Creatures and at public auctions, closest matches first.
Optional details such as the parents, color, registration, and the profile description. These add context, but they do not raise the value on their own.

For goats, pigs, and sheep, the panel may also show Wider market context. It lists prices by type of sale, with a Typically range and a Middle price for each. These groups cover a wider market than your animal's own estimate.

Keep it current

Small tags near the bottom of the panel show Full report private, the Generated date, and the date of the Latest comparable sale.

Editing the profile does not change the saved estimate. Instead, a note tells you what changed, for example: "Her color has changed since this estimate was made. The saved estimate has not changed." A similar note appears when newer sales are available.

Select Update estimate when you want a fresh one. Creatures may also refresh an older estimate in the background from time to time. See How to generate a Crestimate.

Who can see it, and which animals get one

The full report is private to the animal's team and Creatures admins. An owner or co-owner can choose to show a short summary to visitors. See Showing a Crestimate and using it for pricing.

Animals marked as deceased don't get a Crestimate. Neither do animals held for a consignment sale, or animals owned by a rescue, shelter, sanctuary, wildlife rehabilitation, conservancy, or zoo or aquarium organization.

Updated on: 29/10/2026

Was this article helpful?