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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-08

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 8

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

2,507 head

▲ 130 vs last sale 2,377▲ 130 vs year ago 2,377 · +5.5%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. CME feeder cattle futures up 1.00 today. Compared to the sale last week: light steers 600-700 lbs were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher. Heavier steers 750-850 lbs were 5.00 to sharply higher. Heifers 650-800 lbs were mostly 1.00-4.00 higher. Plenty of load lots offered today, mostly of cattle weighing 600-850 pounds, along with many strings and smaller packages. Demand good throughout the sale.

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 $304.80/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −169.43 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$304.80

53 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$30.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+5.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	308.21	1,679	47
Medium and Large 1-2	582	278.02	1,618	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.19/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale53 hd

304.80

—

IA average1 barns · 53 hd

304.80

+0.00

National average184 barns · 21,792 hd

299.75

+5.05

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−169.43

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

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	320.33/cwt	316.00–333.00	1,387	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	310.70/cwt	301.00–328.50	1,491	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	311.76/cwt	299.00–318.00	1,655	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	302.99/cwt	293.00–311.00	1,712	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	278.02/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,618	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	286.67/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,772	233
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	275.07/cwt	263.00–288.50	1,873	138
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	254.50/cwt	251.00–256.25	1,756	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,687	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	268.57/cwt	256.00–276.50	1,947	228
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	274.13/cwt	274.00–275.00	2,105	93
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	244.68/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,926	51
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	248.16/cwt	240.00–255.50	2,050	80
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,927	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	242.54/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,076	146
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	221.31/cwt	221.00–222.00	2,045	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,956	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	1,024.73/head	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,025	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	277.21/cwt	277.00–278.00	1,270	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,215	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	243.35/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,280	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	275.37/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,457	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	271.52/cwt	249.50–275.00	1,583	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,422	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	241.19/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,498	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	257.53/cwt	246.00–270.00	1,625	200
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,532	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	243.14/cwt	233.50–252.00	1,644	67
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	234.03/cwt	223.00–246.00	1,704	216
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	216.20/cwt	211.00–218.00	1,574	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	227.93/cwt	216.00–230.50	1,739	98
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	225.99/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,867	90
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	217.95/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,892	17

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 Feb 8, 2024

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

Receipts 2,507Last week 2,377Year ago 2,377

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	975.00	975.00
24	450–500	458	277.00–278.00	277.21
6	450–500	455	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,024.73
61	500–550	529	260.00–284.00	275.37
3	500–550	526	1,050.00	1,050.00
89	550–600	583	249.50–275.00	271.52
200	600–650	631	246.00–270.00	257.53
67	650–700	676	233.50–252.00	243.14
216	700–750	728	223.00–246.00	234.03
98	750–800	763	216.00–230.50	227.93
90	800–850	826	217.00–230.00	225.99
17	850–900	868	215.00–221.00	217.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	486	250.00	250.00
13	500–550	526	242.00–245.00	243.35
12	550–600	585	243.00	243.00
35	600–650	621	239.00–242.00	241.19
4	650–700	675	227.00	227.00
38	700–750	728	211.00–218.00	216.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	582	277.00–279.00	278.02
20	650–700	690	251.00–256.25	254.50
6	700–750	700	241.00	241.00
51	750–800	787	238.00–246.00	244.68
5	800–850	845	228.00	228.00
4	900–950	927	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	433	316.00–333.00	320.33
62	450–500	480	301.00–328.50	310.70
28	500–550	531	299.00–318.00	311.76
19	550–600	565	293.00–311.00	302.99
233	600–650	618	275.00–302.00	286.67
138	650–700	681	263.00–288.50	275.07
228	700–750	725	256.00–276.50	268.57
93	750–800	768	274.00–275.00	274.13
80	800–850	826	240.00–255.50	248.16
146	850–900	856	241.00–245.00	242.54
19	900–950	924	221.00–222.00	221.31

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.