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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Oct 3

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Sep 19Oct 3Oct 31 →

Receipts

1,296 head

▼ 1,211 vs last sale 2,507▼ 1,027 vs year ago 2,323 · −44.2%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Limited number of light steers both sales. Steers 800 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher, 850 lbs 3.00-6.00 lower, 900 lbs 1.00 lower, 950 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher. Too light a test for heifers, no comparison. Many load lots of yearling steers, along with plenty of smaller strings of both calves and yearlings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the load lots.

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 $297.26/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −176.96 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$297.26

43 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.06

vs IA average

+10.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	297.26	1,622	43

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale43 hd

297.26

—

IA average5 barns · 823 hd

296.21

+1.06

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+10.44

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−176.96

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

21 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	337.93/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,389	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,391	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	303.94/cwt	285.00–313.00	1,571	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,699	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,722	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,735	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	250.08/cwt	241.00–262.25	1,826	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,930	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	258.01/cwt	252.00–259.00	2,165	198
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	241.22/cwt	239.75–242.25	2,077	68
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	897	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,045	76
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,301	275
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,343	72
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,093	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,306	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,168	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	280.31/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,208	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	276.01/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,292	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	260.90/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,351	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	243.40/cwt	240.00–249.50	1,412	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,475	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,852	30

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,296Last week 2,507Year 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
7	350–400	368	317.50	317.50
12	400–450	431	270.00–285.00	280.31
10	450–500	468	275.00–277.00	276.01
24	500–550	518	255.00–264.00	260.90
30	550–600	580	240.00–249.50	243.40
7	600–650	602	245.00	245.00
30	750–800	795	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	411	334.00–340.00	337.93
27	500–550	517	285.00–313.00	303.94
16	550–600	594	286.00	286.00
6	600–650	633	272.00	272.00
69	700–750	730	241.00–262.25	250.08
7	750–800	757	255.00	255.00
198	800–850	839	252.00–259.00	258.01
68	850–900	861	239.75–242.25	241.22
275	900–950	941	244.50	244.50
72	950–1000	994	235.75	235.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,093	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	488	285.00	285.00
10	650–700	683	254.00	254.00
76	850–900	897	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.