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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-04

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jun 4

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

1,211 head

▼ 745 vs last sale 1,956▼ 334 vs year ago 1,545 · −21.6%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend applicable today, as the last auction was three weeks ago. The sale consisted of six loads and six half loads of mostly yearlings, along with many smaller strings. Good demand on this light offering of quality cattle.

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 $495.22/cwt on 45 head, up $8.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +20.99 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$495.22

▲ 8.32 vs prior sale

45 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.83

vs IA average

+36.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	495.22	2,810	45

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 sale45 hd

495.22

—

IA average4 barns · 527 hd

496.05

−0.83

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+36.03

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

+20.99

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

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,024	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,565	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	524.88/cwt	505.00–537.50	2,729	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	486.74/cwt	473.00–506.00	2,828	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	468.27/cwt	467.50–470.00	2,861	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	424.67/cwt	410.00–433.50	2,867	44
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	415.71/cwt	404.00–421.00	3,026	126
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	3,053	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	371.88/cwt	359.50–384.00	3,049	232
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	348.49/cwt	345.00–351.00	3,244	68
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	329.01/cwt	325.00–336.00	3,158	11
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,231	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,590	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,091	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,481	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,398	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	352.64/cwt	344.00–354.00	2,507	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	337.01/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,605	32
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	332.97/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,750	132
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	848	3,010.00/head	3,010.00–3,010.00	3,010	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,813	54
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,969	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,985	31

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 Jun 4, 2026

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

Receipts 1,211Last week 1,956Year ago 1,545

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	542.50	542.50
3	450–500	475	540.00	540.00
10	500–550	520	505.00–537.50	524.88
35	550–600	581	473.00–506.00	486.74
10	600–650	611	467.50–470.00	468.27
44	650–700	675	410.00–433.50	424.67
126	700–750	728	404.00–421.00	415.71
3	750–800	773	395.00	395.00
232	800–850	820	359.50–384.00	371.88
68	900–950	931	345.00–351.00	348.49
11	950–1000	960	325.00–336.00	329.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,013	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	606	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	554	467.50	467.50
10	600–650	628	395.00	395.00
19	650–700	685	350.00	350.00
31	700–750	711	344.00–354.00	352.64
32	750–800	773	335.00–343.00	337.01
132	800–850	826	325.00–337.00	332.97
54	850–900	859	327.50	327.50
52	900–950	938	316.50	316.50
31	950–1000	995	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
10	800–850	848	3,010.00	3,010.00

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.