Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Mostly heavier cattle in the auction today. Limited numbers of 800-900 lbs cattle, compared to the same cattle in the previous sale. Trend is not applicable. The sale consisted of nine full loads, five half loads and many smaller strings. Good demand for this light offering of quality cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.00/cwt on 7 head, down $32.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −85.32 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$390.00

▼ 32.43 vs prior sale

7 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−51.56

vs IA average

−11.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	390.00	2,293	7thin

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 sale7 hd

390.00

—

IA average3 barns · 198 hd

441.56

−51.56

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

−11.88

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−85.32

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

22 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	782	349.38/cwt	347.00–358.00	2,732	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,293	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	325.03/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,568	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	328.56/cwt	322.50–332.00	3,174	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	370.02/cwt	360.00–375.50	2,512	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,913	52
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,989	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	406.25/cwt	389.00–413.00	2,498	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	333.10/cwt	333.00–333.50	3,051	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	325.61/cwt	315.00–333.50	2,660	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	335.18/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,457	79
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,087	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	310.29/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,758	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	338.39/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,978	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	365.54/cwt	351.00–371.00	2,650	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	288.41/cwt	283.00–291.00	2,847	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	348.45/cwt	346.50–355.00	2,227	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,668	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	402.11/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,107	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,264	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	281.91/cwt	271.00–283.00	2,921	131

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 Aug 13, 2026

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

Receipts 1,427Last week 1,402Year ago 986

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	588	390.00	390.00
11	600–650	615	389.00–413.00	406.25
27	650–700	679	360.00–375.50	370.02
82	700–750	725	351.00–371.00	365.54
50	750–800	782	347.00–358.00	349.38
52	800–850	817	356.50	356.50
143	850–900	880	330.00–340.00	338.39
51	900–950	916	333.00–333.50	333.10
224	950–1000	966	322.50–332.00	328.56
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	1000–1050	1,004	307.50	307.50
30	1100–1150	1,101	271.50	271.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	524	400.00–403.00	402.11
21	600–650	639	346.50–355.00	348.45
9	650–700	658	344.00	344.00
79	700–750	733	330.00–337.50	335.18
74	750–800	790	323.00–330.00	325.03
133	800–850	817	315.00–333.50	325.61
75	850–900	889	300.00–311.00	310.29
12	900–950	917	291.00	291.00
28	950–1000	987	283.00–291.00	288.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	898	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	1000–1050	1,036	271.00–283.00	281.91

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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