Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Most of the auction consisted of load lots of both steers and heifers over 800 lbs. Plenty of smaller packages available also. Demand was good throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.24/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −174.08 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$301.24

22 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

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

$56.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.53

vs IA average

+1.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	321.95	1,825	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	265.00	1,465	8thin

One grade step is worth $56.95/cwt here — about $360 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 sale22 hd

301.24

—

IA average3 barns · 151 hd

313.77

−12.53

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

+1.98

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−174.08

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
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,854	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,743	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	248.12/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,901	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	275.27/cwt	262.00–278.50	1,943	21
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,280	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	246.68/cwt	236.75–250.00	2,252	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	282.54/cwt	279.00–284.50	2,167	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	268.28/cwt	252.00–274.00	2,331	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	264.26/cwt	262.00–268.00	2,159	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,653	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,765	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,909	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	214.33/cwt	211.00–215.00	2,113	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,518	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	321.95/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,825	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	280.25/cwt	278.50–282.25	2,018	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,951	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,465	8

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 Jun 27, 2024

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

Receipts 1,389Last week 1,503Year ago 2,303

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,058	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	581	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	637	291.00	291.00
21	700–750	706	262.00–278.50	275.27
19	750–800	766	244.00–252.00	248.12
4	800–850	806	226.00	226.00
115	850–900	884	216.00	216.00
245	950–1000	986	211.00–215.00	214.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	542	280.00	280.00
6	650–700	651	273.00	273.00
9	700–750	706	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1000–1050	1,011	225.50	225.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	330.00	330.00
14	550–600	567	316.00–325.00	321.95
24	650–700	687	284.00	284.00
70	700–750	720	278.50–282.25	280.25
20	750–800	767	279.00–284.50	282.54
202	800–850	817	262.00–268.00	264.26
181	850–900	869	252.00–274.00	268.28
150	900–950	913	236.75–250.00	246.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	553	265.00	265.00
8	600–650	631	262.00	262.00

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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