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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Mar 12

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

1,610 head

▼ 214 vs last sale 1,824▼ 403 vs year ago 2,013 · −20.0%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale last Thursday; 800-850 lb steers were mixed. Lower trend noted in the market this week. Light cattle and heifers were limited in numbers. The sale consisted of eighteen loads and several half loads of yearling steers, along with smaller strings. Demand was good.

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 $452.38/cwt on 48 head, down $23.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −21.85 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$452.38

▼ 23.59 vs prior sale

48 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.99

vs IA average

−19.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	452.38	2,627	48

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale48 hd

452.38

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IA average7 barns · 427 hd

471.37

−18.99

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−19.82

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−21.85

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

16 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	482.87/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,308	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	498.47/cwt	497.50–500.00	2,702	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	435.26/cwt	412.00–440.00	2,590	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	379.60/cwt	374.00–408.00	2,608	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	378.25/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,712	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	797	378.41/cwt	373.00–381.00	3,016	330
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,624	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	343.96/cwt	343.00–368.00	2,910	201
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	362.19/cwt	359.00–365.50	3,191	683
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,760	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,144	12
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	989	320.75/cwt	320.75–320.75	3,172	99
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,000	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,190	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,329	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,504	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,600	9

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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 1,610Last week 1,824Year ago 2,013

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	575	405.00	405.00
11	650–700	659	380.00	380.00
9	750–800	788	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	950–1000	989	320.75	320.75
51	1000–1050	1,000	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	478	470.00–510.00	482.87
13	500–550	542	497.50–500.00	498.47
35	550–600	595	412.00–440.00	435.26
35	650–700	687	374.00–408.00	379.60
43	700–750	717	376.00–385.00	378.25
330	750–800	797	373.00–381.00	378.41
201	800–850	846	343.00–368.00	343.96
683	850–900	881	359.00–365.50	362.19
12	900–950	933	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	820	320.00	320.00
3	900–950	920	300.00	300.00

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.