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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 27

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

2,160 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 2,213▲ 2,160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to last week; steers 600-700 lbs mostly 4.00-9.00 higher, 750-800 lbs 8.00 to 11.00 higher on load lots. Heifers 600-650 lbs 7.00-8.00 higher. Several load lots of steers, two load lots of replacement heifers, along with many smaller strings in the offering. Demand was good, especially on light cattle and load lots driving the prices up. CME feeder cattle futures rebounding this week, up 2.00 today.

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 $353.52/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −120.71 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$353.52

120 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.93

vs IA average

+5.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	353.52	1,943	120

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 sale120 hd

353.52

—

IA average5 barns · 664 hd

357.45

−3.93

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+5.28

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−120.71

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

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,643	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,770	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	395.10/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,861	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	372.69/cwt	357.50–381.00	1,931	50
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	339.82/cwt	325.00–356.00	1,944	70
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	323.89/cwt	303.50–334.75	2,070	126
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,856	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	311.89/cwt	291.00–316.00	2,093	60
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	274.08/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,869	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	300.11/cwt	283.00–311.00	2,170	250
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	274.22/cwt	267.00–280.00	2,005	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	296.67/cwt	284.00–303.00	2,299	216
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	289.27/cwt	277.00–295.50	2,384	179
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,524	34
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	265.22/cwt	256.50–266.75	2,424	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	946	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,261	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	957	238.60/cwt	237.00–239.00	2,283	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,534	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	350.65/cwt	342.00–360.00	1,655	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	333.82/cwt	324.00–339.00	1,726	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	290.03/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,650	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	305.29/cwt	296.00–324.00	1,765	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	292.48/cwt	271.00–298.00	1,819	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	280.50/cwt	261.00–287.50	1,877	136
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	709	306.58/cwt	294.50–308.00	2,174	139
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	280.48/cwt	272.00–285.00	2,048	85
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	767	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,217	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	263.92/cwt	253.00–275.50	2,035	61
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	814	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,312	59
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	254.25/cwt	250.00–260.50	2,100	38
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,164	17

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 Feb 27, 2025

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

Receipts 2,160Last week 2,213Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
8	400–450	405	420.00	420.00
18	450–500	472	342.00–360.00	350.65
25	500–550	517	324.00–339.00	333.82
17	550–600	578	296.00–324.00	305.29
86	600–650	622	271.00–298.00	292.48
136	650–700	669	261.00–287.50	280.50
85	700–750	730	272.00–285.00	280.48
61	750–800	771	253.00–275.50	263.92
38	800–850	826	250.00–260.50	254.25
17	850–900	869	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	360.00	360.00
5	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
27	550–600	569	287.00–291.00	290.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
139	700–750	709	294.50–308.00	306.58
26	750–800	767	289.00	289.00
59	800–850	814	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	649	286.00	286.00
8	650–700	682	261.00–282.00	274.08
12	700–750	731	267.00–280.00	274.22
10	900–950	946	239.00	239.00
15	950–1000	957	237.00–239.00	238.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	444.00	444.00
5	400–450	447	396.00	396.00
21	450–500	471	380.00–410.00	395.10
50	500–550	518	357.50–381.00	372.69
70	550–600	572	325.00–356.00	339.82
126	600–650	639	303.50–334.75	323.89
60	650–700	671	291.00–316.00	311.89
250	700–750	723	283.00–311.00	300.11
216	750–800	775	284.00–303.00	296.67
179	800–850	824	277.00–295.50	289.27
34	850–900	857	294.50	294.50
20	900–950	914	256.50–266.75	265.22

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.