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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Dec 12

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Receipts

949 head

▼ 1,152 vs last sale 2,101▼ 1,174 vs year ago 2,123 · −55.3%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many unweaned calves. Several load lots of yearlings, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good for this light sale.

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 $315.42/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −158.81 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$315.42

109 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$34.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.03

vs IA average

−8.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	318.31	1,766	100
Medium and Large 1-2	575	283.33	1,628	9thin

One grade step is worth $34.98/cwt here — about $138 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale109 hd

315.42

—

IA average8 barns · 1,945 hd

326.45

−11.03

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−8.93

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−158.81

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	203	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	1,210.00/head	1,210.00–1,210.00	1,210	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	399.42/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,658	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,491	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	337.30/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,562	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	347.93/cwt	333.00–360.00	1,781	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	306.32/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,777	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,658	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,604	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	291.49/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,851	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,990	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,890	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	262.64/cwt	257.50–266.50	2,201	91
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,255	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,303	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,145	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	1,212.25/head	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	331.55/cwt	311.00–347.50	1,280	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	355.69/cwt	350.00–378.00	1,561	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,372	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	1,320.00/head	1,320.00–1,320.00	1,320	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	335.37/cwt	315.00–348.50	1,533	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,474	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,466	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	299.76/cwt	289.00–313.00	1,553	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	292.96/cwt	287.00–296.00	1,673	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	276.71/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,724	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,673	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	2,063	140
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,042	11
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,092	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,086	6

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 949Last week 2,101Year ago 2,123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,092	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212.25
35	400–450	439	350.00–378.00	355.69
13	450–500	457	315.00–348.50	335.37
3	450–500	453	1,320.00	1,320.00
33	500–550	518	289.00–313.00	299.76
37	550–600	571	287.00–296.00	292.96
22	600–650	623	265.00–280.00	276.71
19	650–700	694	241.00	241.00
140	850–900	866	238.25	238.25
11	900–950	939	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	474	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	349.00	349.00
15	350–400	386	311.00–347.50	331.55
3	400–450	441	311.00	311.00
4	450–500	497	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	203	1,000.00	1,000.00
3	250–300	283	1,210.00	1,210.00
26	400–450	415	397.50–400.00	399.42
39	500–550	512	333.00–360.00	347.93
49	550–600	580	285.00–315.00	306.32
8	600–650	635	279.00–299.00	291.49
5	650–700	669	297.50	297.50
91	800–850	838	257.50–266.50	262.64
64	850–900	859	262.50	262.50
64	950–1000	982	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	355.00	355.00
17	450–500	463	325.00–341.00	337.30
3	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	592	280.00	280.00
6	700–750	720	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	592	271.00	271.00

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.