Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to last Thursday; Steers 700 lbs 2.00 lower, 750-800 lbs 8.00-12.00 lower, 900 lbs 2.00 higher. Heifers 600-650 lbs 1.00 lower, 700 lbs 3.00 higher, 750 lbs 2.00 lower. CME feeder cattle futures down 5.00 today. The sale consisted of six loads, many half loads and smaller strings. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.48/cwt on 53 head, up $15.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 16 comparable sales and sits +2.16 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$477.48

▲ 15.58 vs prior sale

53 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$69.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.85

vs IA average

−9.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	518.42	2,665	22
Medium and Large 1-2	584	448.43	2,619	31

One grade step is worth $69.99/cwt here — about $46 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.91, low $422.43, median $475.32 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale53 hd

477.48

—

IA average6 barns · 595 hd

482.33

−4.85

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−9.54

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

+2.16

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

31 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	372.85/cwt	356.50–385.00	2,681	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	352.67/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,712	143
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	3,364	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	492.33/cwt	475.00–502.50	2,757	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	3,279	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	380.01/cwt	370.00–395.50	2,557	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,538	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	334.43/cwt	311.00–336.50	2,749	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,838	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	397.89/cwt	376.00–414.00	2,503	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	404.34/cwt	380.00–414.50	2,693	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	768	376.61/cwt	367.50–386.00	2,892	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	3,103	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	518.42/cwt	502.00–535.00	2,665	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	2,153.57/head	2,125.00–2,175.00	2,154	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	344.94/cwt	318.00–347.00	3,046	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	375.66/cwt	349.50–383.50	3,103	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	394.56/cwt	376.00–400.50	2,865	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	354.41/cwt	336.50–359.00	3,207	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	448.43/cwt	443.00–450.00	2,619	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	376.23/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,968	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	420.62/cwt	402.00–431.50	2,667	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	535.74/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,534	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	2,210.00/head	2,210.00–2,210.00	2,210	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	2,035.00/head	2,035.00–2,035.00	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	494.48/cwt	480.00–508.00	2,334	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,272	6

How this sale compares

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 Feb 26, 2026

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

Receipts 2,403Last week 1,987Year ago 2,160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	300	2,000.00	2,000.00
13	350–400	390	2,210.00	2,210.00
4	400–450	431	2,035.00	2,035.00
6	400–450	437	520.00	520.00
18	450–500	472	480.00–508.00	494.48
18	500–550	505	502.50	502.50
63	550–600	560	475.00–502.50	492.33
169	600–650	629	376.00–414.00	397.89
237	650–700	673	370.00–395.50	380.01
117	700–750	719	356.50–385.00	372.85
143	750–800	769	337.50–365.00	352.67
90	800–850	822	311.00–336.50	334.43
38	900–950	908	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	750–800	768	367.50–386.00	376.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	630	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	1000–1050	1,024	328.50	328.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	378	2,125.00–2,175.00	2,153.57
12	450–500	473	530.00–540.00	535.74
22	500–550	514	502.00–535.00	518.42
31	600–650	630	492.50	492.50
44	650–700	666	380.00–414.50	404.34
207	700–750	726	376.00–400.50	394.56
149	750–800	789	370.00–382.00	376.23
391	800–850	826	349.50–383.50	375.66
42	850–900	883	318.00–347.00	344.94
149	900–950	905	336.50–359.00	354.41
60	950–1000	989	331.50	331.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	584	443.00–450.00	448.43
60	600–650	634	402.00–431.50	420.62
4	700–750	723	357.00	357.00
3	800–850	810	330.00	330.00

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.

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