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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Sep 19

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Aug 29Sep 19Oct 3 →

Receipts

2,507 head

▲ 865 vs last sale 1,642▲ 184 vs year ago 2,323 · +7.9%

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. Many load lots of yearlings and plenty of smaller packages of light calves in the offering today. Light crowd, as field work is in full swing in the area. Demand was good, sometimes aggressive, especially on the yearlings. The next feeder sale is October 3.

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 $288.64/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −185.58 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$288.64

156 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$37.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.48

vs IA average

+22.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	293.63	1,569	135
Medium and Large 1-2	541	256.60	1,388	21

One grade step is worth $37.03/cwt here — about $181 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 sale156 hd

288.64

—

IA average4 barns · 905 hd

295.12

−6.48

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+22.00

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−185.58

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

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	417.06/cwt	402.50–425.00	1,322	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	334.88/cwt	317.50–347.50	1,423	47
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	307.80/cwt	296.00–332.00	1,484	59
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	1,166.46/head	1,070.00–1,250.00	1,166	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	289.66/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,416	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	254.07/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,288	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	297.08/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,563	107
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	258.16/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,451	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	280.44/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,587	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	272.69/cwt	265.00–275.50	1,693	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	251.07/cwt	247.00–254.50	1,675	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	249.19/cwt	247.00–253.50	1,757	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,863	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	255.46/cwt	249.50–267.75	1,990	164
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	256.20/cwt	238.00–260.00	2,114	212
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	247.32/cwt	238.00–254.00	2,184	367
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	245.39/cwt	225.50–247.50	2,213	170
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	941	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,089	28
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	230.95/cwt	230.00–233.50	2,254	88
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	222.14/cwt	220.25–225.25	2,281	89
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	264	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	924	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,235	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	1,051.51/head	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,052	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	300.25/cwt	285.00–308.00	1,306	75
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	280.68/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,294	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	253.05/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,212	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	244.48/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,237	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	276.15/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,406	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	287.72/cwt	271.00–293.00	1,614	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	254.39/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,463	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,469	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	1,609	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	233.25/cwt	233.25–233.25	1,682	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,785	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	227.38/cwt	221.00–231.50	1,896	222
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,952	4

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 Sep 19, 2024

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

Receipts 2,507Last week 1,642Year ago 2,323

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	264	350.00	350.00
10	350–400	372	332.00	332.00
19	400–450	412	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,051.51
75	400–450	435	285.00–308.00	300.25
29	450–500	461	277.50–292.50	280.68
51	500–550	509	268.00–281.00	276.15
31	550–600	561	271.00–293.00	287.72
9	600–650	602	244.00	244.00
31	650–700	681	236.25	236.25
30	700–750	721	233.25	233.25
13	750–800	758	235.50	235.50
222	800–850	834	221.00–231.50	227.38
4	950–1000	952	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	479	252.50–255.00	253.05
24	500–550	506	240.00–251.00	244.48
53	550–600	575	240.00–264.00	254.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	402.50–425.00	417.06
47	400–450	425	317.50–347.50	334.88
59	450–500	482	296.00–332.00	307.80
13	450–500	483	1,070.00–1,250.00	1,166.46
107	500–550	526	280.00–302.50	297.08
28	550–600	566	271.00–300.00	280.44
62	600–650	621	265.00–275.50	272.69
49	650–700	667	247.00–254.50	251.07
9	700–750	705	247.00–253.50	249.19
164	750–800	779	249.50–267.75	255.46
212	800–850	825	238.00–260.00	256.20
367	850–900	883	238.00–254.00	247.32
170	900–950	902	225.50–247.50	245.39
88	950–1000	976	230.00–233.50	230.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	489	281.00–295.00	289.66
8	500–550	507	245.00–263.00	254.07
13	550–600	562	255.00–268.00	258.16
5	750–800	773	241.00	241.00
28	900–950	941	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	1000–1050	1,027	220.25–225.25	222.14

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.