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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jul 31

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jun 26Jul 31Aug 14 →

Receipts

1,873 head

▲ 671 vs last sale 1,202▲ 1,873 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Most of the auction consisted of many load lots, featuring a consignment of 360 yearling steers. Plenty of smaller packages, including a nice offering of lightweight calves. Good demand. Next feeder sale August 14.

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 $412.24/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −61.99 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$412.24

54 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$18.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.22

vs IA average

+30.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	413.62	2,367	50
Medium and Large 1-2	541	395.00	2,137	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.62/cwt here — about $230 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 sale54 hd

412.24

—

IA average2 barns · 85 hd

420.46

−8.22

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+30.56

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−61.99

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

28 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,099	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,137	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,462	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	409.58/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,355	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,490	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	376.06/cwt	357.00–382.00	2,520	101
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	363.58/cwt	348.00–381.00	2,654	126
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	354.74/cwt	347.00–364.00	2,714	124
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	357.98/cwt	330.00–361.50	2,968	458
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	337.89/cwt	328.00–346.00	2,953	276
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	334.24/cwt	331.00–351.00	3,105	132
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,218	12
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	283.92/cwt	267.50–295.00	2,896	10
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,106	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,030	4
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,165	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,111	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,987	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	366.03/cwt	350.00–381.00	2,083	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,965	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	365.11/cwt	347.50–370.00	2,286	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,337	47
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	332.81/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,370	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	316.36/cwt	314.00–327.50	2,493	110
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	312.63/cwt	312.25–313.75	2,573	54
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,652	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	289.89/cwt	286.00–298.00	2,693	21
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,800	24
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,046	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,887	3
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,151	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	3,004	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 Jul 31, 2025

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

Receipts 1,873Last week 1,202Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,046	276.00	276.00
3	1150–1200	1,151	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	523	380.00	380.00
25	550–600	569	350.00–381.00	366.03
19	600–650	626	347.50–370.00	365.11
47	650–700	664	352.00	352.00
26	700–750	712	320.00–342.00	332.81
110	750–800	788	314.00–327.50	316.36
54	800–850	823	312.25–313.75	312.63
10	850–900	861	308.00	308.00
21	900–950	929	286.00–298.00	289.89
24	950–1000	954	293.50	293.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	600	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,020	267.50–295.00	283.92
4	1100–1150	1,106	274.00	274.00
11	1150–1200	1,165	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	477	440.00	440.00
5	500–550	547	450.00	450.00
45	550–600	575	395.00–411.00	409.58
11	600–650	640	389.00	389.00
101	650–700	670	357.00–382.00	376.06
126	700–750	730	348.00–381.00	363.58
124	750–800	765	347.00–364.00	354.74
458	800–850	829	330.00–361.50	357.98
276	850–900	874	328.00–346.00	337.89
132	900–950	929	331.00–351.00	334.24
12	950–1000	975	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	541	395.00	395.00

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.