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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Dec 19

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 2 →

Receipts

2,161 head

▲ 1,212 vs last sale 949▲ 38 vs year ago 2,123 · +1.8%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Most of the sale consisted of small strings, with a load lot of yearling steers. Big crowd today. Good demand for this offering of quality cattle. The next Preconditioned feeder cattle sale is January 2, 2025.

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 $323.29/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −150.94 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$323.29

210 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$22.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.34

vs IA average

−3.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	330.26	1,804	145
Medium and Large 1-2	558	307.74	1,718	65

One grade step is worth $22.52/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale210 hd

323.29

—

IA average4 barns · 692 hd

326.63

−3.34

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−3.34

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−150.94

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,306	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	418.85/cwt	405.00–431.00	1,512	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	342.58/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,453	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	363.90/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,557	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	355.67/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,665	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,600	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	338.05/cwt	325.00–357.00	1,771	64
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	317.83/cwt	313.00–323.00	1,704	40
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	324.11/cwt	306.00–332.00	1,828	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	291.60/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,732	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,662	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	299.53/cwt	292.50–313.00	1,896	132
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	288.69/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,931	177
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	257.02/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,755	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	284.40/cwt	268.00–290.00	2,059	117
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	266.39/cwt	254.50–283.75	2,083	210
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	267.21/cwt	257.50–272.50	2,164	105
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	250.64/cwt	246.00–266.00	2,196	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	251.25/cwt	250.50–253.00	2,286	83
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,517	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	330.42/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,226	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	332.57/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,364	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	324.23/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,498	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	299.66/cwt	287.50–306.00	1,435	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	305.53/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,573	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	290.22/cwt	284.00–296.50	1,541	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	287.65/cwt	276.00–296.00	1,654	135
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	279.68/cwt	263.00–289.00	1,720	69
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	264.22/cwt	257.00–270.50	1,797	129
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	258.69/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,852	136
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	248.69/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,920	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,794	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	240.84/cwt	232.00–250.50	1,975	24
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,141	8

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 2,161Last week 949Year ago 2,123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	950.00	950.00
24	400–450	410	324.00–350.00	332.57
28	450–500	462	310.00–340.00	324.23
53	500–550	515	300.00–330.00	305.53
135	550–600	575	276.00–296.00	287.65
69	600–650	615	263.00–289.00	279.68
129	650–700	680	257.00–270.50	264.22
136	700–750	716	250.00–270.00	258.69
27	750–800	772	244.00–250.00	248.69
24	800–850	820	232.00–250.50	240.84
8	900–950	923	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	327.50–335.00	330.42
25	450–500	479	287.50–306.00	299.66
34	500–550	531	284.00–296.50	290.22
11	750–800	794	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
10	400–450	424	335.00–347.50	342.58
8	450–500	496	322.50	322.50
40	500–550	536	313.00–323.00	317.83
25	550–600	594	291.00–295.00	291.60
4	600–650	600	277.00	277.00
9	650–700	683	251.00–260.00	257.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	311	420.00	420.00
22	350–400	361	405.00–431.00	418.85
23	400–450	428	361.00–375.00	363.90
16	450–500	468	350.00–360.00	355.67
64	500–550	524	325.00–357.00	338.05
81	550–600	564	306.00–332.00	324.11
132	600–650	633	292.50–313.00	299.53
177	650–700	669	272.50–298.00	288.69
117	700–750	724	268.00–290.00	284.40
210	750–800	782	254.50–283.75	266.39
105	800–850	810	257.50–272.50	267.21
38	850–900	876	246.00–266.00	250.64
83	900–950	910	250.50–253.00	251.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,015	248.00	248.00

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.