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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 30

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 23Jan 30Feb 6 →

Receipts

2,089 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 2,133▼ 288 vs year ago 2,377 · −12.1%

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; 600-650 lbs 1.00 higher, 700-750 lbs 3.00-4.00 higher, 800-850 lbs 8.00 to sharply higher on load lots. Heifers 650 lbs steady, 700-800 lbs consisted of large groups and load lots bringing mostly12.00 higher. Many load lots of mostly yearlings in the offering, along with plenty of smaller strings. Lots of buyers in the arena, bringing good demand.

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 $356.73/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −117.50 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$356.73

69 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.67

vs IA average

+8.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	356.73	1,917	69

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale69 hd

356.73

—

IA average6 barns · 1,337 hd

347.06

+9.67

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+8.07

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−117.50

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

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	360.99/cwt	355.00–369.00	1,910	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	336.49/cwt	321.00–350.00	1,942	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	318.71/cwt	307.50–327.00	2,027	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	307.82/cwt	300.50–315.50	2,062	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	296.13/cwt	284.50–305.50	2,156	182
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	287.23/cwt	278.00–299.00	2,252	181
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	288.65/cwt	270.00–297.50	2,373	285
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	274.77/cwt	265.00–282.00	2,385	177
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,481	33
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,556	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	332.68/cwt	327.50–334.00	1,450	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	342.20/cwt	338.00–347.50	1,608	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,533	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	319.98/cwt	318.50–325.00	1,645	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	284.29/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,538	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	290.11/cwt	271.00–298.00	1,657	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	281.78/cwt	275.50–290.00	1,778	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	274.36/cwt	261.00–281.25	1,857	165
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	275.29/cwt	260.50–279.50	2,007	98
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,867	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	274.30/cwt	254.00–277.50	2,120	180
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	271.49/cwt	250.50–276.00	2,204	65
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,021	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	263.88/cwt	245.00–267.50	2,264	120
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,090	3

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 2,089Last week 2,133Year ago 2,377

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	470	338.00–347.50	342.20
18	500–550	514	318.50–325.00	319.98
37	550–600	571	271.00–298.00	290.11
76	600–650	631	275.50–290.00	281.78
165	650–700	677	261.00–281.25	274.36
98	700–750	729	260.50–279.50	275.29
180	750–800	773	254.00–277.50	274.30
65	800–850	812	250.50–276.00	271.49
120	850–900	858	245.00–267.50	263.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	436	327.50–334.00	332.68
4	450–500	493	311.00	311.00
16	500–550	541	280.00–293.00	284.29
3	700–750	741	252.00	252.00
3	800–850	825	245.00	245.00
3	900–950	903	231.50	231.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	500–550	529	355.00–369.00	360.99
12	550–600	577	321.00–350.00	336.49
48	600–650	636	307.50–327.00	318.71
62	650–700	670	300.50–315.50	307.82
182	700–750	728	284.50–305.50	296.13
181	750–800	784	278.00–299.00	287.23
285	800–850	822	270.00–297.50	288.65
177	850–900	868	265.00–282.00	274.77
33	900–950	931	266.50	266.50
32	950–1000	972	263.00	263.00

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.