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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 29

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 12 →

Receipts

2,145 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 2,103▲ 56 vs year ago 2,089 · +2.7%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the auction last Thursday; Steers 650-700 lbs 3.00-11.00 higher, 750-850 lbs 2.00-10.00 lower, 900 lbs 20.00 higher with load lots. Heifers 600-650 lbs 12.00-20.00 higher. Lots of colored cattle, bringing fluctuating prices. The sale consisted of eight load lots, many half loads and smaller strings. Good quality cattle brought good demand.

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 $448.91/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −25.32 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$448.91

65 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

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

$54.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.28

vs IA average

−35.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	468.94	2,658	41
Medium and Large 1-2	554	414.70	2,298	24

One grade step is worth $54.24/cwt here — about $360 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 sale65 hd

448.91

—

IA average8 barns · 1,005 hd

470.19

−21.28

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−35.19

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−25.32

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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,538	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	416.62/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,158	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	413.91/cwt	404.00–424.00	2,355	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	460.22/cwt	432.50–476.00	2,701	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	409.94/cwt	397.00–430.00	2,603	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	400.12/cwt	389.00–411.00	2,721	122
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	368.80/cwt	364.50–369.50	2,652	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	393.50/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,849	159
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	372.87/cwt	364.50–385.50	2,916	310
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	367.83/cwt	359.00–378.00	3,027	116
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	360.81/cwt	353.50–375.50	3,125	90
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	348.81/cwt	343.00–353.00	3,209	119
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	327.83/cwt	318.50–337.50	3,196	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	440.75/cwt	420.00–451.00	2,164	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	417.79/cwt	398.00–433.00	2,260	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	413.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,323	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	378.74/cwt	363.00–389.00	2,197	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	398.67/cwt	385.50–411.50	2,420	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	672	372.92/cwt	366.00–378.50	2,506	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	360.52/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,452	105
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	355.45/cwt	344.50–361.50	2,552	84
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	346.12/cwt	339.50–350.25	2,658	175
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	326.84/cwt	316.00–331.75	2,651	63
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	327.23/cwt	299.00–333.50	2,808	91
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	294.21/cwt	294.00–296.00	2,604	48
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,895	10

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 Jan 29, 2026

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

Receipts 2,145Last week 2,103Year ago 2,089

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,007	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	580	363.00–389.00	378.74
48	850–900	885	294.00–296.00	294.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	2,050.00	2,050.00
3	400–450	431	1,725.00	1,725.00
12	450–500	491	420.00–451.00	440.75
7	500–550	541	398.00–433.00	417.79
6	550–600	556	1,800.00	1,800.00
11	550–600	562	400.00–430.00	413.35
53	600–650	607	385.50–411.50	398.67
105	650–700	680	351.00–367.00	360.52
84	700–750	718	344.50–361.50	355.45
175	750–800	768	339.50–350.25	346.12
63	800–850	811	316.00–331.75	326.84
91	850–900	858	299.00–333.50	327.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	650–700	672	366.00–378.50	372.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
4	400–450	421	2,150.00	2,150.00
3	450–500	451	2,025.00	2,025.00
12	500–550	518	490.00	490.00
29	550–600	587	432.50–476.00	460.22
34	600–650	635	397.00–430.00	409.94
122	650–700	680	389.00–411.00	400.12
159	700–750	724	382.50–405.00	393.50
310	750–800	782	364.50–385.50	372.87
116	800–850	823	359.00–378.00	367.83
90	850–900	866	353.50–375.50	360.81
119	900–950	920	343.00–353.00	348.81
28	950–1000	975	318.50–337.50	327.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	460.00	460.00
7	500–550	518	410.00–425.00	416.62
17	550–600	569	404.00–424.00	413.91
29	700–750	719	364.50–369.50	368.80

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.