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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Mar 6

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Feb 27Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

1,203 head

▼ 957 vs last sale 2,160▲ 1,203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots of yearlings in the offering, along with smaller strings of cattle mostly over 700 lbs. Ice and snow storm came through the area yesterday, resulting in a few less consignments and a lighter crowd. Bidding was active throughout the sale, especially on the load lots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $274.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −136.05 against this barn's trailing median of $410.05.

Average price

$274.00

3 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−40.58

vs IA average

−42.51 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	665	274.00	1,822	3thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

274.00

—

IA average4 barns · 351 hd

314.58

−40.58

National average165 barns · 16,725 hd

316.51

−42.51

This barn, trailing median13 sales

410.05

−136.05

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 600–700 lb

13 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $447.76, low $355.90, median $410.05 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

18 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	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,822	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	281.22/cwt	278.50–282.25	2,191	190
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	275.60/cwt	273.00–278.50	2,238	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,149	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	274.24/cwt	257.00–282.25	2,389	385
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	258.21/cwt	252.00–260.00	2,394	35
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	258.43/cwt	248.00–260.00	2,455	69
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	996	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,311	9
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,257	15
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,126	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,455	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	257.16/cwt	247.00–262.50	1,744	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,709	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,888	68
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	241.71/cwt	238.00–248.00	2,006	129
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,040	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,583	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,771	4

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 Mar 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,203Last week 2,160Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	273.00	273.00
4	700–750	738	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
38	650–700	678	247.00–262.50	257.16
68	750–800	763	247.50	247.50
129	800–850	830	238.00–248.00	241.71
13	850–900	850	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	706	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
190	750–800	779	278.50–282.25	281.22
67	800–850	812	273.00–278.50	275.60
385	850–900	871	257.00–282.25	274.24
35	900–950	927	252.00–260.00	258.21
69	950–1000	950	248.00–260.00	258.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	274.00	274.00
5	850–900	863	249.00	249.00
9	950–1000	996	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,026	220.00	220.00
26	1100–1150	1,126	218.00	218.00

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.