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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-03

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Sep 3

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Aug 13Sep 3Sep 24 →

Receipts

1,713 head

▲ 286 vs last sale 1,427▲ 1,713 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous auction was three weeks ago. The sale consisted of eleven full loads and seven half loads of yearlings along with plenty of smaller strings. Good demand, especially on the load lots of yearling steers. The next feeder auction will be September 24.

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 $423.20/cwt on 20 head, up $0.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −51.03 against this barn's trailing median of $474.23.

Average price

$423.20

▲ 0.77 vs prior sale

20 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+21.35

vs IA average

+51.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	423.20	2,277	20

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 sale20 hd

423.20

—

IA average5 barns · 297 hd

401.85

+21.35

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

+51.81

This barn, trailing median11 sales

474.23

−51.03

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	1,985.00/head	1,985.00–1,985.00	1,985	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	459.62/cwt	440.00–484.00	1,953	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,140	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	432.52/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,115	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	423.20/cwt	422.00–430.00	2,277	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	388.91/cwt	376.00–400.00	2,403	74
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,307	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,453	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	352.22/cwt	347.00–361.50	2,557	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	363.16/cwt	350.00–365.50	2,775	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	345.47/cwt	336.50–353.00	2,829	126
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	342.72/cwt	334.00–351.75	2,971	388
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	336.07/cwt	334.00–336.25	3,072	138
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	323.35/cwt	300.00–324.50	3,149	105
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	404.88/cwt	387.50–422.00	1,915	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	378.28/cwt	375.00–383.00	1,986	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,017	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	350.63/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,065	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,166	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	335.24/cwt	334.00–336.00	2,025	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	343.35/cwt	335.00–344.00	2,338	41
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,131	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	312.27/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,473	79
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,506	70
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,379	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	307.75/cwt	307.75–307.75	2,708	23
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,713	24
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	286.10/cwt	280.50–289.00	2,767	76
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,055	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,891	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 Sep 3, 2026

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

Receipts 1,713Last week 1,427Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	2,000.00	2,000.00
35	450–500	473	387.50–422.00	404.88
29	500–550	525	375.00–383.00	378.28
41	650–700	681	335.00–344.00	343.35
79	750–800	792	310.00–337.00	312.27
4	750–800	787	2,150.00	2,150.00
70	800–850	807	310.50	310.50
23	850–900	880	307.75	307.75
24	900–950	937	289.50	289.50
76	950–1000	967	280.50–289.00	286.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	1,925.00	1,925.00
40	550–600	589	350.00–351.00	350.63
11	600–650	600	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	578	349.00	349.00
8	600–650	604	334.00–336.00	335.24
3	700–750	708	301.00	301.00
5	850–900	878	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,055	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	1,825.00	1,825.00
17	400–450	425	440.00–484.00	459.62
3	400–450	410	2,150.00	2,150.00
6	450–500	481	445.00	445.00
20	500–550	538	422.00–430.00	423.20
74	600–650	618	376.00–400.00	388.91
5	650–700	656	374.00	374.00
14	700–750	726	347.00–361.50	352.22
27	750–800	764	350.00–365.50	363.16
126	800–850	819	336.50–353.00	345.47
388	850–900	867	334.00–351.75	342.72
138	900–950	914	334.00–336.25	336.07
105	950–1000	974	300.00–324.50	323.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
4	350–400	372	1,985.00	1,985.00
41	450–500	489	427.50–440.00	432.52
20	600–650	626	368.50	368.50

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.