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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, May 16

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Apr 25May 16Jun 6 →

Receipts

1,789 head

▲ 286 vs last sale 1,503▲ 70 vs year ago 1,719 · +4.1%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend on yearling cattle noted. Many load lots of 800-900 lb cattle, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand. The next feeder sale is June 6th.

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 $309.08/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −165.15 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$309.08

49 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$419

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

$50.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.99

vs IA average

−1.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	318.43	1,853	40
Medium and Large 1-2	536	267.50	1,434	9thin

One grade step is worth $50.93/cwt here — about $419 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 sale49 hd

309.08

—

IA average2 barns · 454 hd

341.06

−31.99

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−1.69

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−165.15

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

27 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,624	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	345.91/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,681	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,434	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,809	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	313.62/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,863	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	312.77/cwt	304.00–317.00	1,927	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	288.42/cwt	279.00–296.00	1,924	78
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	273.14/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,994	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	254.88/cwt	245.50–257.00	2,011	93
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	250.52/cwt	247.00–256.00	2,087	141
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	248.24/cwt	242.00–253.00	2,135	101
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,029	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	241.17/cwt	235.00–245.25	2,195	229
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,035	213.73/cwt	210.00–217.00	2,212	13
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,130	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,328	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	317.05/cwt	309.00–322.00	1,281	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,573	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	294.28/cwt	284.00–305.50	1,663	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	274.24/cwt	268.00–278.50	1,728	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,819	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	246.72/cwt	245.75–248.00	1,697	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	243.03/cwt	236.00–248.00	1,764	103
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	242.61/cwt	239.25–244.25	1,856	82
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	235.23/cwt	231.00–248.00	1,934	141
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	215.41/cwt	213.00–223.00	1,926	72
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,939	62

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 May 16, 2024

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

Receipts 1,789Last week 1,503Year ago 1,719

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	404	309.00–322.00	317.05
6	450–500	455	330.00	330.00
42	550–600	565	284.00–305.50	294.28
32	600–650	630	268.00–278.50	274.24
38	650–700	659	276.00	276.00
103	700–750	726	236.00–248.00	243.03
82	750–800	765	239.25–244.25	242.61
141	800–850	822	231.00–248.00	235.23
72	850–900	894	213.00–223.00	215.41
62	900–950	902	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	535	294.00	294.00
16	650–700	688	245.75–248.00	246.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	536	267.50	267.50
13	850–900	898	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	372.50	372.50
20	450–500	486	340.00–365.00	345.91
9	500–550	540	335.00	335.00
31	550–600	594	300.00–315.00	313.62
41	600–650	616	304.00–317.00	312.77
78	650–700	667	279.00–296.00	288.42
53	700–750	730	271.00–275.00	273.14
93	750–800	789	245.50–257.00	254.88
141	800–850	833	247.00–256.00	250.52
101	850–900	860	242.00–253.00	248.24
229	900–950	910	235.00–245.25	241.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,035	210.00–217.00	213.73
9	1100–1150	1,130	206.00	206.00

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.