Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2024-10-03

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Oct 3
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,296 head
1,211 vs last sale 2,507 1,027 vs year ago 2,323 · 44.2%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Limited number of light steers both sales. Steers 800 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher, 850 lbs 3.00-6.00 lower, 900 lbs 1.00 lower, 950 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher. Too light a test for heifers, no comparison. Many load lots of yearling steers, along with plenty of smaller strings of both calves and yearlings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $297.26/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 178.05 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.
Average price
$297.26
43 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.06
vs IA average
+10.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546297.261,62243
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
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 sale43 hd
297.26
IA average5 barns · 823 hd
296.21
+1.06
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
+10.44
This barn, trailing median16 sales
475.32
−178.05
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

21 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 1350–400368317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1687
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650602245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4757
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468276.01/cwt275.00–277.001,29210
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431280.31/cwt270.00–285.001,20812
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518260.90/cwt255.00–264.001,35124
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800795233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,85230
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800757255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9307
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000994235.75/cwt235.75–235.752,34372
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850839258.01/cwt252.00–259.002,165198
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580243.40/cwt240.00–249.501,41230
SteersLarge 11050–11001,093211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,3063
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517303.94/cwt285.00–313.001,57127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,73510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900897228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,04576
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900861241.22/cwt239.75–242.252,07768
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730250.08/cwt241.00–262.251,82669
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7226
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950941244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,301275
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450411337.93/cwt334.00–340.001,38915
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600594286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,69916

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.