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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jul 25

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jun 27Jul 25Aug 8 →

Receipts

1,713 head

▲ 324 vs last sale 1,389▼ 590 vs year ago 2,303 · −25.6%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Many load lots of steers over 750 lbs, 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 $291.43/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −182.80 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$291.43

37 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$54.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

−6.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	331.00	1,809	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	276.78	1,508	27

One grade step is worth $54.22/cwt here — about $301 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 sale37 hd

291.43

—

IA average1 barns · 37 hd

291.43

+0.00

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

−6.39

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−182.80

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

26 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 1-2	464	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,336	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,484	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,850	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,741	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	291.69/cwt	287.00–296.00	1,803	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	301.14/cwt	285.50–308.00	2,021	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,911	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	284.36/cwt	275.00–294.00	2,002	47
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	273.20/cwt	265.00–284.00	2,087	203
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	273.25/cwt	261.00–278.00	2,273	473
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	268.57/cwt	259.00–274.00	2,299	137
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	253.83/cwt	248.00–255.50	2,348	48
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	251.69/cwt	249.00–255.00	2,429	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,244	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	280.86/cwt	278.00–282.50	1,564	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,591	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,747	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	268.74/cwt	260.50–276.00	1,822	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	261.88/cwt	258.50–265.00	1,941	110
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,775	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	260.08/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,984	96
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,011	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	236.10/cwt	231.00–237.50	2,056	60
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,068	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,004	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,219	38

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 Jul 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,713Last week 1,389Year ago 2,303

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Many load lots of steers over 750 lbs, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	290.00	290.00
18	550–600	557	278.00–282.50	280.86
18	600–650	633	276.00	276.00
78	650–700	678	260.50–276.00	268.74
110	700–750	741	258.50–265.00	261.88
96	750–800	763	253.00–263.00	260.08
3	800–850	831	242.00	242.00
60	850–900	871	231.00–237.50	236.10
5	900–950	915	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	1000–1050	1,004	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	624	255.00	255.00
5	700–750	749	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	347.00	347.00
4	550–600	567	307.00	307.00
19	600–650	618	287.00–296.00	291.69
34	650–700	671	285.50–308.00	301.14
47	700–750	704	275.00–294.00	284.36
203	750–800	764	265.00–284.00	273.20
473	800–850	832	261.00–278.00	273.25
137	850–900	856	259.00–274.00	268.57
48	900–950	925	248.00–255.50	253.83
9	950–1000	965	249.00–255.00	251.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	288.00	288.00
12	500–550	532	279.00	279.00
15	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
9	650–700	690	277.00	277.00

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.