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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Dec 4

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

2,113 head

▲ 990 vs last sale 1,123▲ 12 vs year ago 2,101 · +0.6%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. Upward trend noted. Feeder cattle futures on the rise, easing the uncertainty in the market. The auction consisted of 4 loads of yearlings, many half loads and smaller strings. Big crowd today. Good demand throughout the sale on this quality offering.

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 $402.91/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −71.32 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$402.91

84 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,291

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$43.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.13

vs IA average

−26.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	412.29	2,341	66
Medium and Large 1-2	572	368.52	2,108	18thin

One grade step is worth $43.77/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale84 hd

402.91

—

IA average5 barns · 968 hd

432.04

−29.13

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−26.24

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−71.32

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

34 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	412.79/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,783	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,390	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	368.52/cwt	354.00–385.00	2,108	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	403.48/cwt	398.00–431.00	2,324	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	341.33/cwt	320.00–354.00	2,103	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	395.17/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,517	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,195	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	381.24/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,592	124
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	364.66/cwt	349.00–380.00	2,666	156
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	361.72/cwt	341.00–374.50	2,782	138
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	353.19/cwt	336.50–358.50	2,939	184
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	339.03/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,933	76
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	330.52/cwt	330.50–331.50	3,193	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	443.61/cwt	422.50–465.00	1,655	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,750	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,604	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	378.61/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,779	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	373.32/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,994	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,843	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	346.66/cwt	325.00–357.50	1,972	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	309.60/cwt	301.00–322.50	1,805	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	323.80/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,014	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	352.48/cwt	345.00–364.50	2,214	123
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	299.83/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,018	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	341.25/cwt	331.00–353.00	2,310	94
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	341.36/cwt	329.00–347.50	2,502	211
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	323.04/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,471	53
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,540	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	321.78/cwt	318.00–325.00	2,783	82
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,472	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 Dec 4, 2025

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Receipts 2,113Last week 1,123Year ago 2,101

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,030	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	250	1,150.00	1,150.00
6	350–400	373	422.50–465.00	443.61
7	400–450	443	395.00	395.00
43	450–500	470	360.00–395.00	378.61
71	500–550	534	350.00–387.00	373.32
48	550–600	569	325.00–357.50	346.66
3	550–600	591	1,450.00	1,450.00
123	600–650	628	345.00–364.50	352.48
94	650–700	677	331.00–353.00	341.25
211	700–750	733	329.00–347.50	341.36
53	750–800	765	300.00–325.00	323.04
13	800–850	830	306.00	306.00
82	850–900	865	318.00–325.00	321.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	461	348.00	348.00
12	500–550	542	340.00	340.00
9	550–600	583	301.00–322.50	309.60
11	600–650	622	320.00–327.00	323.80
17	650–700	673	290.00–320.00	299.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	1,300.00	1,300.00
14	500–550	537	445.00	445.00
52	550–600	576	398.00–431.00	403.48
74	600–650	637	386.00–400.00	395.17
124	650–700	680	365.00–390.00	381.24
156	700–750	731	349.00–380.00	364.66
138	750–800	769	341.00–374.50	361.72
184	800–850	832	336.50–358.50	353.19
76	850–900	865	330.00–347.00	339.03
52	950–1000	966	330.50–331.50	330.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	400.00–420.00	412.79
18	550–600	572	354.00–385.00	368.52
45	600–650	616	320.00–354.00	341.33
4	650–700	660	332.50	332.50

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.