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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Oct 30

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Oct 2Oct 30Nov 20 →

Receipts

1,342 head

▼ 151 vs last sale 1,493▼ 877 vs year ago 2,219 · −39.5%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Downward trend in the market this week. The sale consisted of 6 loads of yearling steers, 2 1/2 loads of yearling heifers, and many smaller strings. Demand good. Active trade.

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 $390.43/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −83.80 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$390.43

58 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$28.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.97

vs IA average

−39.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	392.92	2,247	53
Medium and Large 1-2	594	364.00	2,162	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.92/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale58 hd

390.43

—

IA average3 barns · 384 hd

421.40

−30.97

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−39.29

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−83.80

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

33 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	443.06/cwt	437.50–454.00	2,100	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,056	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	411.53/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,214	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	388.46/cwt	382.00–407.50	2,280	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,162	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	328.92/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,013	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	359.33/cwt	346.00–369.00	2,285	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	338.37/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,284	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	337.54/cwt	337.00–338.00	2,440	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	731	331.69/cwt	329.50–335.00	2,425	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	356.80/cwt	349.00–358.00	2,747	67
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	347.72/cwt	344.50–349.50	2,858	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	354.32/cwt	347.00–358.50	3,090	277
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,870	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	354.75/cwt	354.75–354.75	3,267	57
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	335.27/cwt	323.00–343.00	3,239	56
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,115	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,565	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	1,835.00/head	1,835.00–1,835.00	1,835	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,722	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	460.15/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,919	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,936	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,849	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	385.14/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,014	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	361.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,066	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	340.03/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,948	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,212	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	328.63/cwt	317.00–336.00	2,215	47
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	2,311	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	318.33/cwt	298.50–324.00	2,445	43
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	304.95/cwt	293.25–319.00	2,546	83
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,783	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,793	55

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 1,342Last week 1,493Year ago 2,219

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	375.00	375.00
11	550–600	573	330.00–349.00	340.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	417	440.00–470.00	460.15
8	400–450	416	1,835.00	1,835.00
13	450–500	484	400.00	400.00
54	500–550	523	380.00–392.00	385.14
10	550–600	571	350.00–370.00	361.75
4	600–650	606	365.00	365.00
47	650–700	674	317.00–336.00	328.63
18	700–750	739	312.75	312.75
43	750–800	768	298.50–324.00	318.33
83	800–850	835	293.25–319.00	304.95
7	850–900	889	313.00	313.00
55	900–950	928	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,115	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	1,750.00	1,750.00
22	450–500	474	437.50–454.00	443.06
11	500–550	538	405.00–430.00	411.53
37	550–600	587	382.00–407.50	388.46
30	600–650	636	346.00–369.00	359.33
22	650–700	675	338.00–340.00	338.37
15	700–750	723	337.00–338.00	337.54
67	750–800	770	349.00–358.00	356.80
63	800–850	822	344.50–349.50	347.72
277	850–900	872	347.00–358.50	354.32
57	900–950	921	354.75	354.75
56	950–1000	966	323.00–343.00	335.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	385.00	385.00
32	700–750	731	329.50–335.00	331.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	364.00	364.00
7	600–650	612	327.50–330.00	328.92
6	850–900	890	322.50	322.50

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.