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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, May 14

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Apr 23May 14Jun 4 →

Receipts

1,956 head

▼ 121 vs last sale 2,077▼ 336 vs year ago 2,292 · −14.7%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the last reported feeder sale was three weeks ago. The auction consisted of nine loads, seven half loads and many smaller strings. Good demand throughout the sale, especially on load lot consignments of yearlings. The next feeder sale is June 4.

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 $486.90/cwt on 61 head, up $12.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 11 comparable sales and sits +12.67 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$486.90

▲ 12.67 vs prior sale

61 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$422

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

$66.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs IA average

+13.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	491.24	2,738	57
Medium and Large 1-2	545	425.00	2,316	4thin

One grade step is worth $66.24/cwt here — about $422 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 sale61 hd

486.90

—

IA average3 barns · 274 hd

490.01

−3.11

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+13.20

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

+12.67

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

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,432	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	554.11/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,549	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	503.85/cwt	484.00–513.00	2,721	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	472.60/cwt	452.50–483.00	2,755	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,465	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	430.79/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,748	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	653	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,743	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	395.17/cwt	377.50–416.00	2,659	58
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	388.09/cwt	381.00–397.00	2,872	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	342.03/cwt	336.00–351.00	2,579	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	368.91/cwt	362.00–373.00	2,848	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	380.12/cwt	361.00–394.50	3,128	385
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,854	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	357.40/cwt	345.00–364.25	3,145	301
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	333.15/cwt	325.00–336.25	3,275	87
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	326.19/cwt	324.00–331.00	3,360	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,343	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	498.46/cwt	490.00–507.00	2,293	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	454.91/cwt	451.00–460.00	2,229	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	453.73/cwt	447.50–460.00	2,418	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	478.76/cwt	450.00–482.50	2,671	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,559	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,235	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	395.54/cwt	379.00–409.50	2,492	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	1,936.43/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,936	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	346.63/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,295	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	381.00/cwt	356.50–394.00	2,530	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	369.81/cwt	351.00–380.00	2,666	89
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	356.95/cwt	337.00–363.75	2,724	100
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	336.54/cwt	331.25–341.25	2,746	109
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	861	3,070.81/head	3,000.00–3,225.00	3,071	52
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	323.73/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,846	85

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 May 14, 2026

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

Receipts 1,956Last week 2,077Year ago 2,292

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	490	451.00–460.00	454.91
6	500–550	533	447.50–460.00	453.73
4	550–600	591	433.00	433.00
9	600–650	609	367.00	367.00
10	650–700	662	341.00–351.00	346.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	1,875.00	1,875.00
6	400–450	411	570.00	570.00
8	450–500	460	490.00–507.00	498.46
26	550–600	558	450.00–482.50	478.76
3	550–600	573	1,900.00	1,900.00
9	600–650	631	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,936.43
47	600–650	630	379.00–409.50	395.54
36	650–700	664	356.50–394.00	381.00
89	700–750	721	351.00–380.00	369.81
100	750–800	763	337.00–363.75	356.95
109	800–850	816	331.25–341.25	336.54
85	850–900	879	316.00–324.00	323.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
52	850–900	861	3,000.00–3,225.00	3,070.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	545	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	620	397.50	397.50
15	750–800	754	336.00–351.00	342.03
4	850–900	878	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	397	612.50	612.50
15	450–500	460	545.00–560.00	554.11
34	500–550	540	484.00–513.00	503.85
23	550–600	583	452.50–483.00	472.60
42	600–650	638	415.00–450.00	430.79
58	650–700	673	377.50–416.00	395.17
18	700–750	740	381.00–397.00	388.09
33	750–800	772	362.00–373.00	368.91
385	800–850	823	361.00–394.50	380.12
301	850–900	880	345.00–364.25	357.40
87	950–1000	983	325.00–336.25	333.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,030	324.00–331.00	326.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	420.00	420.00

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.