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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Apr 11

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 25 →

Receipts

1,913 head

▼ 597 vs last sale 2,510▼ 864 vs year ago 2,777 · −31.1%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. as the last sale was a Western Iowa Preconditioned sale. Most of the sale consisted of load lots and half loads of both calves and yearlings. Plenty of smaller strings in the offering also. Demand was good throughout the sale. Next sale is April 15th, Special Calf & Yearling Sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.55/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −160.10 against this barn's trailing median of $426.65.

Average price

$266.55

63 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.72

vs IA average

+2.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	266.55	1,484	63

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 sale63 hd

266.55

—

IA average8 barns · 956 hd

276.27

−9.72

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+2.59

This barn, trailing median11 sales

426.65

−160.10

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $469.50, low $359.76, median $426.65 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

16 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,832	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	283.55/cwt	271.00–297.00	1,905	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	256.89/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,855	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	247.29/cwt	241.50–256.00	1,926	202
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	243.44/cwt	243.25–243.50	2,011	77
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	229.87/cwt	223.50–232.50	2,055	155
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	230.72/cwt	223.00–234.75	2,134	257
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,477	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	264.77/cwt	254.50–269.50	1,485	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	255.76/cwt	248.00–261.50	1,570	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	235.96/cwt	232.75–252.00	1,630	126
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	231.23/cwt	223.75–234.25	1,676	141
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	229.85/cwt	229.25–233.00	1,816	161
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	227.82/cwt	225.50–229.25	1,845	113
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	209.90/cwt	208.00–214.00	1,860	194
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,872	31

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,913Last week 2,510Year ago 2,777

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	535	342.50	342.50
36	650–700	672	271.00–297.00	283.55
44	700–750	722	255.00–258.00	256.89
202	750–800	779	241.50–256.00	247.29
77	800–850	826	243.25–243.50	243.44
155	850–900	894	223.50–232.50	229.87
257	900–950	925	223.00–234.75	230.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	535	276.00	276.00
53	550–600	561	254.50–269.50	264.77
12	600–650	614	248.00–261.50	255.76
126	650–700	691	232.75–252.00	235.96
141	700–750	725	223.75–234.25	231.23
161	750–800	790	229.25–233.00	229.85
113	800–850	810	225.50–229.25	227.82
194	850–900	886	208.00–214.00	209.90
31	900–950	900	208.00	208.00

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.