Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2024-04-11

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Apr 11
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,913 head
597 vs last sale 2,510 864 vs year ago 2,777 · 31.1%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. as the last sale was a Western Iowa Preconditioned sale. Most of the sale consisted of load lots and half loads of both calves and yearlings. Plenty of smaller strings in the offering also. Demand was good throughout the sale. Next sale is April 15th, Special Calf & Yearling Sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.55/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 163.57 against this barn's trailing median of $430.12.
Average price
$266.55
63 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,484
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
9.72
vs IA average
+2.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557266.551,48463
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
509463417371median 430.1212/1801/2903/0505/1408/13
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $494.59, low $384.88, median $430.12 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 sale63 hd
266.55
IA average8 barns · 956 hd
276.27
−9.72
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
+2.59
This barn, trailing median16 sales
430.12
−163.57
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

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850826243.44/cwt243.25–243.502,01177
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900894229.87/cwt223.50–232.502,055155
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779247.29/cwt241.50–256.001,926202
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,47710
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614255.76/cwt248.00–261.501,57012
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950900208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,87231
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561264.77/cwt254.50–269.501,48553
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850810227.82/cwt225.50–229.251,845113
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700691235.96/cwt232.75–252.001,630126
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750722256.89/cwt255.00–258.001,85544
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950925230.72/cwt223.00–234.752,134257
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,83213
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725231.23/cwt223.75–234.251,676141
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800790229.85/cwt229.25–233.001,816161
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900886209.90/cwt208.00–214.001,860194
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672283.55/cwt271.00–297.001,90536

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.