Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend on the yearling cattle noted. Many load lots of yearling steers, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good throughout the sale. The next feeder cattle sale is June 27.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.43/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −154.88 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$320.43

23 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$17.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs IA average

+11.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.00	1,794	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	522	307.50	1,605	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $189 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

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 sale23 hd

320.43

—

IA average6 barns · 484 hd

322.79

−2.35

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+11.27

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−154.88

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

24 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	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,667	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,917	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,705	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	276.25/cwt	260.00–286.50	2,006	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,688	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	256.37/cwt	246.50–258.25	2,284	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	265.19/cwt	251.00–271.00	2,167	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	234.64/cwt	231.50–235.75	2,267	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	237.98/cwt	237.00–241.00	2,232	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	232.92/cwt	218.75–236.25	2,003	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	252.71/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,857	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	230.95/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,896	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	252.17/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,974	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,735	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,901	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	892	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,873	18
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,128	39
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,469	35

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

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

Receipts 1,503Last week 1,789Year ago 1,641

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
5	700–750	723	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	588	290.00	290.00
7	600–650	624	278.00	278.00
81	700–750	735	246.00–256.00	252.71
5	750–800	797	233.50	233.50
72	800–850	821	228.00–235.00	230.95
64	850–900	860	218.75–236.25	232.92
28	950–1000	973	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	892	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	307.50	307.50
5	800–850	809	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	341.00	341.00
17	550–600	552	325.00	325.00
24	650–700	665	305.00	305.00
16	700–750	726	260.00–286.50	276.25
30	750–800	783	246.00–258.00	252.17
217	800–850	817	251.00–271.00	265.19
237	850–900	891	246.50–258.25	256.37
44	900–950	938	237.00–241.00	237.98
81	950–1000	966	231.50–235.75	234.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	638	298.00	298.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	1000–1050	1,033	206.00	206.00
35	1050–1100	1,083	228.00	228.00

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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