Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. CME live feeder cattle futures down 6.00 today. The sale consisted of five loads, nine half loads and many smaller packages. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.85/cwt on 64 head, up $33.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 16 comparable sales and sits +10.54 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$485.85

▲ 33.48 vs prior sale

64 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$33.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.66

vs IA average

+13.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	493.11	2,728	50
Medium and Large 1-2	576	459.93	2,649	14thin

One grade step is worth $33.18/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale64 hd

485.85

—

IA average3 barns · 247 hd

479.20

+6.66

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+13.73

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

+10.54

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

38 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,750	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	501.05/cwt	492.50–523.00	1,814	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,147	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	615.88/cwt	605.00–620.00	2,636	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	612.29/cwt	590.00–635.00	2,290	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	322.33/cwt	321.00–323.00	2,791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	501.83/cwt	492.50–507.50	2,670	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	602.86/cwt	565.00–620.00	1,971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	376.60/cwt	369.00–380.00	2,870	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	586.27/cwt	560.00–620.00	2,808	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	375.26/cwt	358.00–382.25	3,047	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	357.22/cwt	348.00–369.50	3,097	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	343.66/cwt	335.00–346.00	3,224	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,693	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	526.59/cwt	522.50–535.00	2,586	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,107	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	459.93/cwt	457.50–466.00	2,649	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	387.45/cwt	365.00–401.00	2,565	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	780	3,010.00/head	3,010.00–3,010.00	3,010	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	488.21/cwt	475.00–527.50	2,758	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	435.94/cwt	415.00–451.00	2,725	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	461.88/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,614	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,244	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	367.62/cwt	349.00–372.00	2,691	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	386.26/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,851	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	421.12/cwt	396.50–437.50	2,826	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	493.37/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,146	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	418.21/cwt	390.00–429.50	2,647	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	342.94/cwt	339.00–347.00	2,647	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	467.90/cwt	453.00–490.00	2,400	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	828	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	331.51/cwt	313.00–337.00	2,848	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,426	34

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,000	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	510.00	510.00
19	350–400	362	492.50–523.00	501.05
24	400–450	435	475.00–515.00	493.37
20	450–500	458	490.00	490.00
46	500–550	513	453.00–490.00	467.90
19	550–600	566	455.00–465.00	461.88
42	600–650	633	390.00–429.50	418.21
48	650–700	662	365.00–401.00	387.45
51	700–750	732	349.00–372.00	367.62
130	750–800	772	339.00–347.00	342.94
20	850–900	859	313.00–337.00	331.51
6	900–950	940	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	455.00	455.00
6	450–500	488	440.00	440.00
34	600–650	647	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	695	345.00	345.00
3	700–750	745	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
34	750–800	780	3,010.00	3,010.00
35	800–850	828	3,050.00	3,050.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	565.00–620.00	602.86
17	350–400	374	590.00–635.00	612.29
14	400–450	428	605.00–620.00	615.88
60	450–500	479	560.00–620.00	586.27
18	500–550	532	492.50–507.50	501.83
32	550–600	565	475.00–527.50	488.21
37	600–650	625	415.00–451.00	435.94
90	650–700	671	396.50–437.50	421.12
79	700–750	738	375.00–389.00	386.26
58	750–800	762	369.00–380.00	376.60
391	800–850	812	358.00–382.25	375.26
100	850–900	867	348.00–369.50	357.22
167	900–950	938	335.00–346.00	343.66
6	950–1000	965	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	491	522.50–535.00	526.59
14	550–600	576	457.50–466.00	459.93
35	650–700	694	388.00	388.00
9	850–900	866	321.00–323.00	322.33

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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