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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Aug 14

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

986 head

▼ 887 vs last sale 1,873▲ 986 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Steers 800 lbs 9.00+ lower with a much larger offering in the previous sale. Steers 850 lbs 7.00 lower, 900 lbs 2.00 lower. Heifers 800 lbs 2.00 higher. Too light a test on smaller cattle. CME feeder cattle futures 5.00-7.00 lower today. Several load lots, many half loads and smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good for this light sale. The next auction is August 28.

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 $375.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −99.23 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$375.00

3 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−32.67

vs IA average

−12.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	375.00	2,130	3thin

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 sale3 hd

375.00

—

IA average2 barns · 9 hd

407.67

−32.67

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−12.49

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−99.23

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

26 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	920.00/head	920.00–920.00	920	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,364	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,130	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	419.49/cwt	416.00–423.00	2,588	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,567	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	343.60/cwt	339.00–345.50	2,862	145
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	330.38/cwt	328.00–330.50	2,927	147
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	332.12/cwt	319.00–334.75	3,022	139
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,067	311.03/cwt	300.00–315.00	3,319	42
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,156	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,902	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,831	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,930	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	336.19/cwt	330.00–358.00	1,940	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,126	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	327.58/cwt	307.00–336.00	2,198	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	335.65/cwt	328.00–336.50	2,363	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	314.51/cwt	302.00–328.00	2,579	139
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,795	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,868	18
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,708	120
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,011	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,629	3
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,096	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,762	11
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Small and Medium 3-4	1,005	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,141	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 Aug 14, 2025

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

Receipts 986Last week 1,873Year 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	1,011	260.00	260.00
11	1050–1100	1,096	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	1,450.00	1,450.00
5	350–400	398	460.00	460.00
7	400–450	420	1,700.00	1,700.00
3	500–550	536	360.00	360.00
13	550–600	577	330.00–358.00	336.19
5	600–650	630	337.50	337.50
16	650–700	671	307.00–336.00	327.58
60	700–750	704	328.00–336.50	335.65
139	800–850	820	302.00–328.00	314.51
15	850–900	852	328.00	328.00
18	900–950	925	310.00	310.00
120	950–1000	990	273.50	273.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
3	800–850	808	2,000.00	2,000.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	253	920.00	920.00
8	400–450	446	530.00	530.00
14	600–650	617	416.00–423.00	419.49
3	700–750	723	355.00	355.00
145	800–850	833	339.00–345.50	343.60
147	850–900	886	328.00–330.50	330.38
139	900–950	910	319.00–334.75	332.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1050–1100	1,067	300.00–315.00	311.03
7	1150–1200	1,156	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,005	213.00	213.00

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.