Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was three weeks ago. Eleven full load lots and three half loads of yearlings along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.81/cwt on 117 head, down $31.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −82.63 against this barn's trailing median of $474.45.

Average price

$391.81

▼ 31.39 vs prior sale

117 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$32.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.13

vs IA average

−13.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	402.53	2,171	78
Medium and Large 1-2	552	370.38	2,045	39

One grade step is worth $32.15/cwt here — about $126 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.91, low $391.81, median $474.45 across 14 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 sale117 hd

391.81

—

IA average5 barns · 333 hd

402.94

−11.13

National average171 barns · 11,845 hd

405.79

−13.98

This barn, trailing median14 sales

474.45

−82.63

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

42 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 1-2	950–1000	978	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,435	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	369.19/cwt	368.50–370.00	1,809	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	322.58/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,358	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	317.97/cwt	314.00–319.50	2,502	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,267	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,997	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	357.17/cwt	350.00–368.00	2,093	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	347.74/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,205	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	380.59/cwt	375.00–383.00	2,002	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	348.80/cwt	328.75–352.00	3,181	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,106	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,245	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	383.90/cwt	370.00–406.25	2,361	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	479.76/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,068	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	419.47/cwt	399.00–435.00	2,156	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	383.32/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,196	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	349.23/cwt	341.50–356.00	2,494	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	474.60/cwt	474.50–475.00	2,330	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	352.12/cwt	341.00–363.00	2,377	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	354.97/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	403.22/cwt	389.00–410.00	1,939	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	514.73/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,915	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	373.77/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,116	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,617	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	343.66/cwt	316.00–347.50	3,041	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	357.61/cwt	339.00–364.00	2,975	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	315.80/cwt	315.50–322.00	2,526	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	384.92/cwt	370.00–395.50	1,998	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,184	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	1,810.00/head	1,810.00–1,810.00	1,810	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	1,937.79/head	1,925.00–1,950.00	1,938	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	705	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,298	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,282	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	529	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	11
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,932	14
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,875	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 Sep 24, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	490	368.50–370.00	369.19
3	550–600	596	335.00	335.00
15	800–850	847	287.50	287.50
3	950–1000	978	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	470.00	470.00
42	450–500	481	389.00–410.00	403.22
55	500–550	519	370.00–395.50	384.92
105	550–600	566	350.00–387.00	373.77
8	550–600	564	1,900.00	1,900.00
32	600–650	633	345.00	345.00
4	650–700	685	331.00	331.00
25	700–750	731	321.00–325.00	322.58
18	750–800	787	314.00–319.50	317.97
65	800–850	800	315.50–322.00	315.80
73	850–900	858	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	526	375.00–383.00	380.59
17	550–600	586	350.00–368.00	357.17
16	600–650	634	346.00–350.00	347.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	372	500.00–525.00	514.73
3	350–400	360	1,810.00	1,810.00
28	400–450	431	470.00–507.50	479.76
19	450–500	491	474.50–475.00	474.60
6	450–500	467	1,925.00–1,950.00	1,937.79
45	500–550	514	399.00–435.00	419.47
3	500–550	541	1,800.00	1,800.00
26	550–600	573	370.00–410.00	383.32
125	600–650	615	370.00–406.25	383.90
5	600–650	633	1,750.00	1,750.00
17	650–700	675	341.00–363.00	352.12
25	700–750	714	341.50–356.00	349.23
8	750–800	770	352.00–360.00	354.97
205	800–850	832	339.00–364.00	357.61
245	850–900	885	316.00–347.50	343.66
305	900–950	912	328.75–352.00	348.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	488	460.00	460.00
7	550–600	577	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	634	360.00	360.00
19	700–750	705	326.00	326.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,016	283.00	283.00
14	1050–1100	1,078	272.00	272.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
11	500–550	529	1,375.00	1,375.00

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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