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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Oct 31

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

2,219 head

▲ 923 vs last sale 1,296▲ 49 vs year ago 2,170 · +2.3%

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. Lots of unweaned calves today. Many load lots of yearling cattle, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Good demand throughout the sale. Next feeder sale November 14.

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 $294.90/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −179.32 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$294.90

72 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$29.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.28

vs IA average

−5.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	301.50	1,641	56
Medium and Large 1-2	593	271.81	1,612	16thin

One grade step is worth $29.69/cwt here — about $30 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 sale72 hd

294.90

—

IA average5 barns · 1,318 hd

293.63

+1.28

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−5.79

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−179.32

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

28 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,193	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	297.45/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,401	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	305.22/cwt	301.00–309.00	1,572	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	297.51/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,714	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	271.81/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,612	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	266.15/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,631	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	289.67/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,790	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	266.96/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,802	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,699	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	260.03/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,893	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,803	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	252.16/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,942	174
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	254.39/cwt	247.25–260.50	2,139	241
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	252.12/cwt	246.00–256.75	2,209	295
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	252.20/cwt	240.00–259.25	2,308	235
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	243.17/cwt	226.50–247.00	2,403	132
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,024	238.98/cwt	238.00–241.00	2,447	100
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,054	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,551	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	292.92/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,242	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,360	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	275.97/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,474	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	245.05/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,399	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,409	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	233.16/cwt	224.00–244.75	1,578	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,624	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	238.84/cwt	222.00–244.00	1,858	74
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	243.17/cwt	235.50–244.00	1,979	75
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	227.94/cwt	227.50–228.00	2,004	83

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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 2,219Last week 1,296Year ago 2,170

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	424	290.00–298.00	292.92
82	500–550	534	267.00–285.00	275.97
26	550–600	571	237.50–250.00	245.05
3	600–650	610	231.00	231.00
28	650–700	677	224.00–244.75	233.16
13	700–750	706	230.00	230.00
74	750–800	778	222.00–244.00	238.84
75	800–850	814	235.50–244.00	243.17
83	850–900	879	227.50–228.00	227.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	299.00	299.00
12	450–500	471	290.00–300.00	297.45
16	550–600	593	270.00–273.00	271.81
12	600–650	613	265.00–267.00	266.15
3	650–700	685	248.00	248.00
6	750–800	764	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	515	301.00–309.00	305.22
27	550–600	576	291.00–311.00	297.51
47	600–650	618	280.00–299.00	289.67
24	650–700	675	257.50–270.00	266.96
51	700–750	728	246.00–265.00	260.03
174	750–800	770	240.00–260.00	252.16
241	800–850	841	247.25–260.50	254.39
295	850–900	876	246.00–256.75	252.12
235	900–950	915	240.00–259.25	252.20
132	950–1000	988	226.50–247.00	243.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	1000–1050	1,024	238.00–241.00	238.98
72	1050–1100	1,054	242.00	242.00

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.