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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Apr 25

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Apr 11Apr 25May 16 →

Receipts

1,503 head

▼ 410 vs last sale 1,913▼ 687 vs year ago 2,190 · −31.4%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Light steers were limited in numbers. Steers 800 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, 900 lbs were 4.00-9.00 higher today. Heifers 700 lbs were 6.00 to sharply higher, 800-850 lbs mostly 5.00-6.00 higher. Several load lots of yearlings, along with many smaller strings of calves and yearlings. The crowd was light today, as many producers are out working in the fields. Demand was good, especially on light cattle as supply gets scarce. The next feeder cattle sale is May 16th.

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 $323.03/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −151.20 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$323.03

31 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$38.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.60

vs IA average

+13.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	343.93	1,811	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	579	305.82	1,771	17thin

One grade step is worth $38.11/cwt here — about $40 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 sale31 hd

323.03

—

IA average3 barns · 379 hd

325.63

−2.60

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

+13.48

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−151.20

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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,653	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,735	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,644	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,946	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,842	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,975	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	258.79/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,796	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	272.15/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,979	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,007	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	245.85/cwt	243.50–252.25	2,038	123
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,036	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	239.67/cwt	227.00–246.75	2,210	390
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	221.82/cwt	221.00–222.00	2,141	28
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	222.17/cwt	215.00–223.00	2,273	68
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,133	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,175	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	341.12/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,470	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,394	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	298.66/cwt	285.00–307.00	1,562	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,642	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	283.85/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,723	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	243.57/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,744	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	243.53/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,887	44
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	233.06/cwt	217.50–245.50	1,906	86
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	216.51/cwt	215.00–222.25	1,873	133
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	987	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,875	13

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,503Last week 1,913Year ago 2,190

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	1000–1050	1,023	215.00–223.00	222.17
11	1100–1150	1,133	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	338.00	338.00
9	500–550	503	345.00	345.00
5	550–600	569	342.00	342.00
28	600–650	625	316.00	316.00
21	650–700	694	255.00–271.00	258.79
19	700–750	727	270.00–276.00	272.15
39	750–800	790	254.00	254.00
123	800–850	829	243.50–252.25	245.85
14	850–900	870	234.00	234.00
390	900–950	922	227.00–246.75	239.67
28	950–1000	965	221.00–222.00	221.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	548	300.00	300.00
11	550–600	596	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	431	331.00–360.00	341.12
5	450–500	457	305.00	305.00
24	500–550	523	285.00–307.00	298.66
21	550–600	595	276.00	276.00
19	600–650	607	283.00–285.00	283.85
54	700–750	716	230.00–254.00	243.57
44	750–800	775	243.00–244.00	243.53
86	800–850	818	217.50–245.50	233.06
133	850–900	865	215.00–222.25	216.51
13	950–1000	987	190.00	190.00

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.