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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Nov 12

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Oct 29Nov 12latest

Receipts

898 head

▼ 775 vs last sale 1,673▲ 898 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Trend is not applicable, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. Lighter auction today, with farmers back in the field harvesting. Included in the sale was five half loads and plenty of smaller strings of mostly lighter cattle. Demand moderate.

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 $410.35/cwt on 90 head, down $1.11 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −42.03 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.

Average price

$410.35

▼ 1.11 vs prior sale

90 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$50.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.22

vs IA average

−8.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	416.52	2,260	79
Medium and Large 1-2	567	366.08	2,076	11thin

One grade step is worth $50.44/cwt here — about $184 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 sale90 hd

410.35

—

IA average5 barns · 969 hd

418.57

−8.22

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

−8.29

This barn, trailing median11 sales

452.38

−42.03

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 $452.38 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

27 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,394	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,711	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,927	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,902	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	431.39/cwt	412.00–443.00	2,239	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	366.08/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,076	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	394.67/cwt	385.00–417.00	2,277	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	369.01/cwt	365.00–371.00	2,343	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	408.07/cwt	380.00–417.50	2,595	92
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	377.36/cwt	361.00–383.00	2,577	123
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,377	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	363.75/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,681	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	334.28/cwt	317.50–342.25	2,708	83
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,748	22
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,048	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,955	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	440.07/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,589	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	426.87/cwt	423.00–435.00	1,882	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	381.27/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,796	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	341.83/cwt	330.00–356.00	1,740	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	353.42/cwt	336.00–363.00	2,029	87
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	367.37/cwt	336.00–370.00	2,366	75
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	353.77/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,338	33
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,982	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	314.36/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,267	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,269	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,383	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,712	12

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 Nov 12, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	435.00–445.00	440.07
12	400–450	441	423.00–435.00	426.87
23	450–500	471	380.00–385.00	381.27
87	550–600	574	336.00–363.00	353.42
75	600–650	644	336.00–370.00	367.37
33	650–700	661	350.00–357.50	353.77
14	700–750	721	300.00–320.00	314.36
15	800–850	809	294.50	294.50
12	850–900	865	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	509	330.00–356.00	341.83
3	700–750	708	280.00	280.00
19	750–800	796	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	465.00	465.00
8	400–450	438	440.00	440.00
47	500–550	519	412.00–443.00	431.39
32	550–600	577	385.00–417.00	394.67
92	600–650	636	380.00–417.50	408.07
123	650–700	683	361.00–383.00	377.36
72	700–750	737	349.00–370.00	363.75
83	800–850	810	317.50–342.25	334.28
22	850–900	867	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,048	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	461	412.50	412.50
11	550–600	567	355.00–375.00	366.08
9	600–650	635	365.00–371.00	369.01
8	650–700	699	340.00	340.00

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.