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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jul 30

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jun 25Jul 30Aug 13 →

Receipts

1,402 head

▲ 505 vs last sale 897▼ 471 vs year ago 1,873 · −25.1%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend applicable, as the last feeder auction was a month ago. The sale consisted of many full loads, multiple loads, and plenty of large strings of quality yearling cattle. Very good demand today. CME up 4.00+, after last week's decline.

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 $422.43/cwt on 23 head, down $72.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −51.79 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$422.43

▼ 72.78 vs prior sale

23 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.47

vs IA average

+23.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	422.43	2,409	23

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 sale23 hd

422.43

—

IA average2 barns · 42 hd

418.97

+3.47

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

+23.14

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−51.79

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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.91, low $391.81, median $474.23 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

25 lots · USDA AMS · Denison Livestock Feeder Cattle - Denison, 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	383	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,033	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	418.30/cwt	418.00–419.00	2,426	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	407.38/cwt	396.00–415.00	2,583	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,379	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	377.17/cwt	349.00–385.50	2,757	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	362.43/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,805	64
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	362.06/cwt	341.00–364.00	2,987	308
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	364.41/cwt	341.00–371.50	3,163	184
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	357.63/cwt	333.00–360.50	3,269	267
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	311.87/cwt	305.00–312.50	3,088	35
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,122	10
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,143	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,052	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,121	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	416.96/cwt	415.00–422.50	2,181	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	383.89/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,261	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	348.88/cwt	343.00–353.00	2,146	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,429	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	347.90/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,568	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	336.40/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,607	38
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,592	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	304.83/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,692	44

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 →

Denison Livestock Feeder Cattle - Denison, IA

Thu Jul 30, 2026

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

Receipts 1,402Last week 897Year ago 1,873

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	520.00	520.00
4	350–400	383	1,825.00	1,825.00
9	450–500	475	445.00	445.00
3	500–550	505	450.00	450.00
20	550–600	580	418.00–419.00	418.30
19	600–650	634	396.00–415.00	407.38
26	700–750	731	349.00–385.50	377.17
64	750–800	774	341.00–370.00	362.43
308	800–850	825	341.00–364.00	362.06
184	850–900	868	341.00–371.50	364.41
267	900–950	914	333.00–360.50	357.63
35	950–1000	990	305.00–312.50	311.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	643	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,027	304.00	304.00
8	1100–1150	1,143	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	400–450	413	2,000.00	2,000.00
4	450–500	482	440.00	440.00
15	500–550	523	415.00–422.50	416.96
12	550–600	589	375.00–402.50	383.89
14	600–650	615	343.00–353.00	348.88
25	650–700	689	352.50	352.50
78	700–750	738	335.00–350.00	347.90
38	750–800	775	331.00–343.00	336.40
7	800–850	805	322.00	322.00
44	850–900	883	295.00–310.00	304.83

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.