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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Oct 2

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Sep 18Oct 2Oct 30 →

Receipts

1,493 head

▼ 720 vs last sale 2,213▲ 197 vs year ago 1,296 · +15.2%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the auction two weeks ago; Too light a test on steer and heifer calves under 750 lbs, no comparison. Steers 750 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher. Steers 800-900 lbs uneven 3.00-4.00 higher/lower depending on flesh condition. Limited number of heifers both weeks, no comparison. Eleven loads of yearling steers and plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the yearling 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 $460.18/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −14.05 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$460.18

49 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$32.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.32

vs IA average

+37.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	462.86	2,467	45
Medium and Large 1-2	535	430.00	2,301	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.86/cwt here — about $167 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 sale49 hd

460.18

—

IA average5 barns · 879 hd

439.86

+20.32

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+37.53

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−14.05

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 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	460.02/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,015	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	460.16/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,328	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,301	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	465.95/cwt	461.00–475.50	2,628	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	396.44/cwt	385.00–406.00	2,533	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,673	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	371.05/cwt	357.00–389.00	2,683	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,892	150
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	367.58/cwt	349.00–377.50	3,055	276
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	363.81/cwt	338.00–366.00	3,169	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	361.98/cwt	344.25–368.25	3,290	408
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,331	41
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	1,630.00/head	1,630.00–1,630.00	1,630	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,652	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	427.66/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,783	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	436.23/cwt	430.00–443.00	2,055	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,816	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,946	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	424.91/cwt	408.00–441.00	2,222	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,374	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	372.71/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,210	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	361.35/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,255	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,307	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,431	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	337.57/cwt	332.50–345.00	2,606	100
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,134	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	3,113	20

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,493Last week 2,213Year ago 1,296

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1100–1150	1,134	274.50	274.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	1,630.00	1,630.00
5	350–400	373	443.00	443.00
8	400–450	417	420.00–440.00	427.66
5	400–450	404	1,750.00	1,750.00
8	450–500	471	430.00–443.00	436.23
27	500–550	523	408.00–441.00	424.91
4	500–550	542	1,950.00	1,950.00
9	550–600	552	430.00	430.00
17	600–650	624	360.00–367.50	361.35
27	650–700	661	349.00	349.00
30	700–750	715	340.00	340.00
100	750–800	772	332.50–345.00	337.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	512	380.00	380.00
13	550–600	593	365.00–375.00	372.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	438	445.00–475.00	460.02
24	500–550	506	440.00–475.00	460.16
21	550–600	564	461.00–475.50	465.95
41	600–650	639	385.00–406.00	396.44
4	650–700	652	410.00	410.00
35	700–750	723	357.00–389.00	371.05
150	750–800	766	377.50	377.50
276	800–850	831	349.00–377.50	367.58
38	850–900	871	338.00–366.00	363.81
408	900–950	909	344.25–368.25	361.98
41	950–1000	960	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	535	430.00	430.00

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.