Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2024-05-16

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, May 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,789 head
286 vs last sale 1,503 70 vs year ago 1,719 · +4.1%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend on yearling cattle noted. Many load lots of 800-900 lb cattle, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand. The next feeder sale is June 6th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $309.08/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 166.24 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.
Average price
$309.08
49 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$419
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$50.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
31.99
vs IA average
1.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582318.431,85340
Medium and Large 1-2536267.501,4349thin
One grade step is worth $50.93/cwt here — about $419 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

16 sales
521483446408median 475.3212/1801/2903/0504/2307/30
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 sale49 hd
309.08
IA average2 barns · 454 hd
341.06
−31.99
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−1.69
This barn, trailing median16 sales
475.32
−166.24
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

27 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850822235.23/cwt231.00–248.001,934141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900898226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,02913
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765242.61/cwt239.25–244.251,85682
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726243.03/cwt236.00–248.001,764103
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600594313.62/cwt300.00–315.001,86331
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900860248.24/cwt242.00–253.002,135101
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850833250.52/cwt247.00–256.002,087141
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565294.28/cwt284.00–305.501,66342
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950902215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,93962
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800789254.88/cwt245.50–257.002,01193
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667288.42/cwt279.00–296.001,92478
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688246.72/cwt245.75–248.001,69716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4349
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950910241.17/cwt235.00–245.252,195229
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6246
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730273.14/cwt271.00–275.001,99453
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616312.77/cwt304.00–317.001,92741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,57312
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900894215.41/cwt213.00–223.001,92672
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500486345.91/cwt340.00–365.001,68120
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8099
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700659276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,81938
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630274.24/cwt268.00–278.501,72832
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450404317.05/cwt309.00–322.001,28113
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5026
SteersLarge 11000–10501,035213.73/cwt210.00–217.002,21213
SteersLarge 11100–11501,130206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,3289

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.