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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 16

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

2,260 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 2,317▲ 475 vs year ago 1,785 · +26.6%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last week; steers 700 lbs 1.00 higher, 750 lbs 7.00 higher, 800 lbs 3.00 higher. Heifers 600 lbs 4.00 higher, 700 lbs sharply higher, 850 lbs 8.00 higher with lighter numbers last week. Several load lots of calves and yearlings, along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Very active demand with many buyers in the stands.

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 $330.99/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −143.24 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$330.99

120 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$26.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.81

vs IA average

−11.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	334.02	1,870	106
Medium and Large 1-2	598	308.00	1,842	14thin

One grade step is worth $26.02/cwt here — about $28 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 sale120 hd

330.99

—

IA average8 barns · 1,783 hd

341.80

−10.81

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−11.46

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−143.24

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

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,552	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	356.19/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,667	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	342.20/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,752	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	332.12/cwt	316.00–346.00	1,896	86
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,842	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,770	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	312.17/cwt	303.00–318.00	1,979	122
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,872	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	298.79/cwt	296.50–303.00	2,029	48
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,055	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	300.70/cwt	289.50–318.75	2,159	245
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	286.73/cwt	274.00–292.50	2,196	59
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	806	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,168	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	283.66/cwt	271.00–300.00	2,357	227
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	276.68/cwt	265.75–278.75	2,402	90
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	261.25/cwt	261.25–261.25	2,401	66
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	987	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,497	51
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,044	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,453	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,240	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	1,220.79/head	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,221	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	359.20/cwt	342.50–370.00	1,343	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,562	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	317.13/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,399	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	334.56/cwt	332.00–342.50	1,623	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	325.93/cwt	319.50–337.00	1,727	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,560	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	296.88/cwt	290.25–309.00	1,707	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	295.48/cwt	288.00–304.50	1,832	161
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	275.01/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,887	70
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,821	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	288.04/cwt	268.00–293.50	2,080	131
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	264.38/cwt	254.00–276.00	2,001	126
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	245.47/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,932	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	264.39/cwt	260.00–268.00	2,194	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	252.63/cwt	238.00–255.00	2,175	95
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,134	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,071	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 Jan 16, 2025

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

Receipts 2,260Last week 2,317Year ago 1,785

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,015	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	372.50	372.50
26	350–400	374	342.50–370.00	359.20
10	350–400	366	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,220.79
8	400–450	421	371.00	371.00
19	450–500	485	332.00–342.50	334.56
58	500–550	530	319.50–337.00	325.93
62	550–600	575	290.25–309.00	296.88
161	600–650	620	288.00–304.50	295.48
131	700–750	722	268.00–293.50	288.04
126	750–800	757	254.00–276.00	264.38
26	800–850	830	260.00–268.00	264.39
95	850–900	861	238.00–255.00	252.63
12	900–950	928	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	441	312.50–330.00	317.13
8	500–550	538	290.00	290.00
70	650–700	686	268.00–277.00	275.01
6	700–750	714	255.00	255.00
15	750–800	787	244.00–246.00	245.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	398	390.00	390.00
31	450–500	468	335.00–370.00	356.19
20	500–550	512	325.00–355.00	342.20
86	550–600	571	316.00–346.00	332.12
122	600–650	634	303.00–318.00	312.17
48	650–700	679	296.50–303.00	298.79
245	700–750	718	289.50–318.75	300.70
59	750–800	766	274.00–292.50	286.73
227	800–850	831	271.00–300.00	283.66
90	850–900	868	265.75–278.75	276.68
66	900–950	919	261.25	261.25
51	950–1000	987	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
14	550–600	598	308.00	308.00
3	600–650	621	285.00	285.00
8	650–700	657	285.00	285.00
3	700–750	716	287.00	287.00
3	800–850	806	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,044	235.00	235.00

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.