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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Nov 21

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Oct 31Nov 21Dec 5 →

Receipts

1,303 head

▼ 916 vs last sale 2,219▼ 94 vs year ago 1,397 · −6.7%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago; steers 700 lbs 1.00-4.00 higher, 800 lbs 1.00-5.00 higher. Limited number of heifers this week, no comparison. Several load lots of steers, along with plenty of smaller strings in this light offering today. Good demand on weaned calves.

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 $298.31/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −175.91 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$298.31

94 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$29.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.36

vs IA average

−10.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	307.43	1,673	65
Medium and Large 1-2	580	277.88	1,612	29

One grade step is worth $29.55/cwt here — about $61 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 sale94 hd

298.31

—

IA average9 barns · 1,898 hd

305.68

−7.36

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−10.95

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−175.91

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

32 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,181	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	325.45/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,246	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	320.10/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,309	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	320.88/cwt	302.00–331.00	1,499	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,428	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	513	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,390	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	305.23/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,593	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	309.70/cwt	304.00–314.00	1,756	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	278.67/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,639	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	284.84/cwt	279.00–304.00	1,789	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	270.90/cwt	269.50–274.00	1,701	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	265.60/cwt	260.00–278.50	1,782	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,731	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	263.73/cwt	253.00–266.25	1,883	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	726	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,779	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	249.29/cwt	244.00–250.75	1,910	46
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	770	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,871	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	259.55/cwt	253.50–261.00	2,118	129
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,156	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,092	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	318.19/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,053	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	307.58/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,098	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,309	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	453	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,200	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,334	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	298.85/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,414	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	285.56/cwt	273.00–292.00	1,528	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	562	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,265	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	259.86/cwt	254.50–264.00	1,505	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	251.63/cwt	246.00–267.00	1,595	91
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	242.32/cwt	234.00–254.00	1,626	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	235.70/cwt	233.50–238.00	1,711	29

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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 1,303Last week 2,219Year ago 1,397

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	331	311.00–330.00	318.19
12	350–400	357	300.00–315.00	307.58
11	400–450	417	314.00	314.00
56	450–500	473	290.00–318.00	298.85
37	500–550	535	273.00–292.00	285.56
38	550–600	579	254.50–264.00	259.86
91	600–650	634	246.00–267.00	251.63
37	650–700	671	234.00–254.00	242.32
29	700–750	726	233.50–238.00	235.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	535	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	265.00	265.00
4	550–600	562	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	300.00	300.00
6	700–750	726	245.00	245.00
29	750–800	770	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	360.00	360.00
14	350–400	383	310.00–340.00	325.45
6	400–450	409	310.00–330.00	320.10
23	450–500	467	302.00–331.00	320.88
33	500–550	522	297.00–310.00	305.23
32	550–600	567	304.00–314.00	309.70
55	600–650	628	279.00–304.00	284.84
68	650–700	671	260.00–278.50	265.60
84	700–750	714	253.00–266.25	263.73
46	750–800	766	244.00–250.75	249.29
129	800–850	816	253.50–261.00	259.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	588	273.00–281.00	278.67
28	600–650	628	269.50–274.00	270.90
29	650–700	684	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1150–1200	1,156	181.00	181.00

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.