Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Many load lots of steers over 750 lbs, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.43/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −183.89 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$291.43

37 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$54.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

−6.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	331.00	1,809	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	276.78	1,508	27

One grade step is worth $54.22/cwt here — about $301 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 sale37 hd

291.43

—

IA average1 barns · 37 hd

291.43

+0.00

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

−6.39

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−183.89

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

26 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	600–650	633	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,747	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	261.88/cwt	258.50–265.00	1,941	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,741	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,219	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,068	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	280.86/cwt	278.00–282.50	1,564	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	268.57/cwt	259.00–274.00	2,299	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	301.14/cwt	285.50–308.00	2,021	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	268.74/cwt	260.50–276.00	1,822	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	273.20/cwt	265.00–284.00	2,087	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	273.25/cwt	261.00–278.00	2,273	473
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	260.08/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,984	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	291.69/cwt	287.00–296.00	1,803	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,484	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,336	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,911	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	253.83/cwt	248.00–255.50	2,348	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	236.10/cwt	231.00–237.50	2,056	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	284.36/cwt	275.00–294.00	2,002	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	251.69/cwt	249.00–255.00	2,429	9

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 Jul 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,713Last week 1,389Year ago 2,303

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Many load lots of steers over 750 lbs, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	290.00	290.00
18	550–600	557	278.00–282.50	280.86
18	600–650	633	276.00	276.00
78	650–700	678	260.50–276.00	268.74
110	700–750	741	258.50–265.00	261.88
96	750–800	763	253.00–263.00	260.08
3	800–850	831	242.00	242.00
60	850–900	871	231.00–237.50	236.10
5	900–950	915	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	1000–1050	1,004	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	624	255.00	255.00
5	700–750	749	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	347.00	347.00
4	550–600	567	307.00	307.00
19	600–650	618	287.00–296.00	291.69
34	650–700	671	285.50–308.00	301.14
47	700–750	704	275.00–294.00	284.36
203	750–800	764	265.00–284.00	273.20
473	800–850	832	261.00–278.00	273.25
137	850–900	856	259.00–274.00	268.57
48	900–950	925	248.00–255.50	253.83
9	950–1000	965	249.00–255.00	251.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	288.00	288.00
12	500–550	532	279.00	279.00
15	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
9	650–700	690	277.00	277.00

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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