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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Mar 21

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Feb 22Mar 21Apr 4 →

Receipts

2,387 head

▲ 178 vs last sale 2,209▲ 68 vs year ago 2,319 · +2.9%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots of both steers and heifers 700 lbs and over, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

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 $318.59/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −155.64 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$318.59

112 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.68

vs IA average

+0.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	321.00	1,737	102
Medium and Large 1-2	595	294.00	1,749	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about −$12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale112 hd

318.59

—

IA average6 barns · 1,289 hd

331.27

−12.68

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+0.30

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−155.64

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

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,490	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	365.29/cwt	358.00–380.00	1,593	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,731	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	328.95/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,549	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	323.64/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,689	70
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	315.22/cwt	303.00–329.00	1,838	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,749	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	316.65/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,951	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	280.77/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,780	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	272.28/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,849	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	297.90/cwt	287.00–306.00	2,026	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	285.27/cwt	279.50–308.00	2,094	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	740	254.03/cwt	243.00–269.00	1,880	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	261.91/cwt	255.75–265.25	2,032	108
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	252.06/cwt	240.00–257.00	2,072	190
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	245.64/cwt	239.50–248.50	2,142	76
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	237.79/cwt	229.75–242.75	2,188	188
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	2,292	159
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,060	15
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,168	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,161	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	411	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,307	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	340.52/cwt	335.00–368.00	1,461	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	291.88/cwt	281.00–307.00	1,419	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	298.38/cwt	288.00–313.00	1,555	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,504	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	282.92/cwt	272.00–288.50	1,644	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	263.21/cwt	256.00–272.50	1,650	109
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,629	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	259.15/cwt	248.00–272.00	1,773	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	248.28/cwt	244.00–253.50	1,800	178
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	248.53/cwt	234.00–252.00	1,924	83
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	808	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,737	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	234.44/cwt	230.50–238.00	1,915	221
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	236.50/cwt	231.50–238.50	2,046	201
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,152	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,940	5

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 Mar 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,387Last week 2,209Year ago 2,319

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	429	335.00–368.00	340.52
20	450–500	486	281.00–307.00	291.88
42	500–550	521	288.00–313.00	298.38
27	550–600	581	272.00–288.50	282.92
109	600–650	627	256.00–272.50	263.21
28	650–700	684	248.00–272.00	259.15
178	700–750	725	244.00–253.50	248.28
83	750–800	774	234.00–252.00	248.53
221	800–850	817	230.50–238.00	234.44
201	850–900	865	231.50–238.50	236.50
5	900–950	948	227.00	227.00
5	950–1000	980	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	808	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	411	318.00	318.00
4	500–550	545	276.00	276.00
5	650–700	676	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,030	200.00	200.00
5	1150–1200	1,168	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	740	243.00–269.00	254.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	385.00	385.00
9	400–450	436	358.00–380.00	365.29
19	450–500	464	373.00	373.00
70	500–550	522	305.00–335.00	323.64
32	550–600	583	303.00–329.00	315.22
21	600–650	616	300.00–322.00	316.65
84	650–700	680	287.00–306.00	297.90
50	700–750	734	279.50–308.00	285.27
108	750–800	776	255.75–265.25	261.91
190	800–850	822	240.00–257.00	252.06
76	850–900	872	239.50–248.50	245.64
188	900–950	920	229.75–242.75	237.79
159	950–1000	968	236.75	236.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	471	325.00–332.50	328.95
10	550–600	595	294.00	294.00
9	600–650	634	270.00–286.00	280.77
24	650–700	679	265.00–276.00	272.28

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.