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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Sep 18

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Aug 28Sep 18Oct 2 →

Receipts

2,213 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 2,103▼ 294 vs year ago 2,507 · −11.7%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison is applicable, as the last reported sale was three weeks ago. Fourteen loads of yearling steers and one load of yearling heifers, along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the load lots.

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 $455.83/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −18.40 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$455.83

72 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,469

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$53.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.58

vs IA average

+51.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	461.07	2,480	65
Medium and Large 1-2	576	407.11	2,345	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.96/cwt here — about $135 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 sale72 hd

455.83

—

IA average3 barns · 186 hd

431.24

+24.58

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+51.19

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−18.40

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

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,083	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,214	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	472	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,982	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	491.89/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,346	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,191	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	479.50/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,489	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	440.82/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,491	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	407.11/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,345	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,386	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,434	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	423.10/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,632	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	640	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,528	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	381.78/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,592	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	365.93/cwt	353.50–387.50	2,638	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	373.34/cwt	363.50–375.50	2,949	98
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	374.40/cwt	348.00–386.00	3,040	302
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	357.63/cwt	342.00–359.00	3,136	301
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	348.34/cwt	340.00–353.50	3,166	298
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,004	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	3,077	11
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,015	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,319	103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	1,800.15/head	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,800	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,944	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	538.35/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,250	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	446.96/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,940	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,264	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	402.86/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,994	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,071	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	435.23/cwt	425.00–458.00	2,285	48
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	391.04/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,096	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	555	387.70/cwt	376.00–403.00	2,152	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	420.07/cwt	390.00–427.00	2,390	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	377.81/cwt	350.00–380.75	2,195	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	583	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,982	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	375.85/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,342	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	338.68/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,174	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	365.31/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,422	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	368.73/cwt	345.00–372.50	2,607	144
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	341.11/cwt	337.00–346.00	2,582	22
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	319.24/cwt	316.00–323.00	2,774	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	459	477.91/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,194	13

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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,213Last week 2,103Year ago 2,507

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	1000–1050	1,015	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,004	306.50	306.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
10	350–400	393	530.00	530.00
7	400–450	417	1,500.00	1,500.00
7	400–450	410	540.00	540.00
20	450–500	477	490.00–495.00	491.89
12	500–550	540	1,950.00	1,950.00
42	500–550	519	455.00–500.00	479.50
13	550–600	565	430.00–460.00	440.82
39	650–700	679	360.00–395.00	381.78
86	700–750	721	353.50–387.50	365.93
98	750–800	790	363.50–375.50	373.34
302	800–850	812	348.00–386.00	374.40
301	850–900	877	342.00–359.00	357.63
298	900–950	909	340.00–353.50	348.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	582	410.00	410.00
15	600–650	622	410.00–450.00	423.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	440.00	440.00
7	550–600	576	405.00–410.00	407.11
19	600–650	610	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	640	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,800.15
28	400–450	418	535.00–540.00	538.35
4	450–500	462	490.00	490.00
48	500–550	525	425.00–458.00	435.23
22	550–600	569	390.00–427.00	420.07
28	600–650	623	370.00–380.00	375.85
34	650–700	663	360.00–366.00	365.31
144	700–750	707	345.00–372.50	368.73
22	750–800	757	337.00–346.00	341.11
24	850–900	869	316.00–323.00	319.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	410.00	410.00
7	550–600	555	376.00–403.00	387.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	495	400.00–405.00	402.86
3	550–600	583	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	505.00	505.00
11	400–450	434	440.00–455.00	446.96
12	500–550	536	380.00–412.50	391.04
49	550–600	581	350.00–380.75	377.81
13	600–650	642	335.00–343.00	338.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	459	470.00–490.00	477.91

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.