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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Apr 3

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 24 →

Receipts

2,207 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 2,207▼ 303 vs year ago 2,510 · −12.1%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Preconditioned. Most of the sale included many load lots of yearling steers, plenty of half loads and smaller strings. Load lots showing mostly steady to 2.00 higher today. Demand was good, especially on loads of heavy steers.

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 $367.71/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −106.52 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$367.71

75 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$16.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.04

vs IA average

−1.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	369.27	2,016	68
Medium and Large 1-2	546	352.50	1,925	7thin

One grade step is worth $16.77/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale75 hd

367.71

—

IA average6 barns · 968 hd

373.74

−6.04

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−1.30

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−106.52

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

31 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,484	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	423.20/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,701	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,938	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,885	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	384.20/cwt	370.00–393.00	1,994	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,925	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	356.00/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,029	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,297	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	301.27/cwt	291.00–320.00	1,919	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	335.39/cwt	327.50–351.00	2,247	102
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,080	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	296.78/cwt	295.50–308.00	2,181	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	300.41/cwt	283.00–308.50	2,292	117
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,203	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	293.65/cwt	279.25–304.00	2,437	412
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	281.06/cwt	270.00–286.50	2,482	172
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	287.72/cwt	268.50–293.50	2,638	342
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,346	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,695	69
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,677	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	363.53/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,574	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	345.05/cwt	341.50–350.00	1,660	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	322.21/cwt	313.00–343.00	1,692	77
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	291.15/cwt	290.00–294.50	1,727	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	294.32/cwt	285.50–300.00	1,866	89
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	294.68/cwt	286.50–298.50	1,992	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	271.73/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,992	55
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	260.55/cwt	260.25–261.25	2,051	37
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,192	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	255.62/cwt	249.00–258.00	2,206	62
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	588	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,705	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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,207Last week 2,207Year ago 2,510

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	588	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	433	350.00–377.50	363.53
24	450–500	481	341.50–350.00	345.05
77	500–550	525	313.00–343.00	322.21
36	550–600	593	290.00–294.50	291.15
89	600–650	634	285.50–300.00	294.32
23	650–700	676	286.50–298.50	294.68
55	700–750	733	265.00–277.00	271.73
37	750–800	787	260.25–261.25	260.55
6	800–850	840	261.00	261.00
62	850–900	863	249.00–258.00	255.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	402	420.00–425.00	423.20
6	450–500	455	426.00	426.00
32	500–550	519	370.00–393.00	384.20
36	550–600	570	337.50–365.00	356.00
18	600–650	626	367.00	367.00
102	650–700	670	327.50–351.00	335.39
62	700–750	735	295.50–308.00	296.78
117	750–800	763	283.00–308.50	300.41
412	800–850	830	279.25–304.00	293.65
172	850–900	883	270.00–286.50	281.06
342	900–950	917	268.50–293.50	287.72
69	950–1000	973	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	410.00	410.00
25	450–500	496	380.00	380.00
7	500–550	546	352.50	352.50
35	600–650	637	291.00–320.00	301.27
8	650–700	691	301.00	301.00
8	800–850	816	270.00	270.00
4	900–950	920	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,014	264.00	264.00

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.