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

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

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 15 of 16 comparable sales and sits +19.90 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

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

What quality paid 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.

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 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 median16 sales

475.32

+19.90

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

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.

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

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 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
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,013	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	606	345.00	345.00
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
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.

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