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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jun 6

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← May 16Jun 6Jun 27 →

Receipts

1,503 head

▼ 286 vs last sale 1,789▼ 138 vs year ago 1,641 · −8.4%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend on the yearling cattle noted. Many load lots of yearling steers, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good throughout the sale. The next feeder cattle sale is June 27.

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 $320.43/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −153.79 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$320.43

23 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$17.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs IA average

+11.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.00	1,794	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	522	307.50	1,605	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $189 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 sale23 hd

320.43

—

IA average6 barns · 484 hd

322.79

−2.35

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+11.27

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−153.79

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

24 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,688	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,605	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	638	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,901	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	276.25/cwt	260.00–286.50	2,006	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	252.17/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,974	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,006	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	265.19/cwt	251.00–271.00	2,167	217
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	256.37/cwt	246.50–258.25	2,284	237
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	237.98/cwt	237.00–241.00	2,232	44
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	234.64/cwt	231.50–235.75	2,267	81
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,033	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,128	39
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,083	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,469	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,705	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,735	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,667	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	252.71/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,857	81
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	797	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,861	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	230.95/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,896	72
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	232.92/cwt	218.75–236.25	2,003	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	892	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,873	18
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,917	28

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 Jun 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,503Last week 1,789Year ago 1,641

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
5	700–750	723	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	588	290.00	290.00
7	600–650	624	278.00	278.00
81	700–750	735	246.00–256.00	252.71
5	750–800	797	233.50	233.50
72	800–850	821	228.00–235.00	230.95
64	850–900	860	218.75–236.25	232.92
28	950–1000	973	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	892	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	307.50	307.50
5	800–850	809	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	341.00	341.00
17	550–600	552	325.00	325.00
24	650–700	665	305.00	305.00
16	700–750	726	260.00–286.50	276.25
30	750–800	783	246.00–258.00	252.17
217	800–850	817	251.00–271.00	265.19
237	850–900	891	246.50–258.25	256.37
44	900–950	938	237.00–241.00	237.98
81	950–1000	966	231.50–235.75	234.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	638	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	1000–1050	1,033	206.00	206.00
35	1050–1100	1,083	228.00	228.00

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.