Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Many load lots of mostly yearlings, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering. Big crowd in the stands today. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.33/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −151.99 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$323.33

114 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$26.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.86

vs IA average

−2.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	325.42	1,802	105
Medium and Large 1-2	531	298.98	1,588	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.44/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale114 hd

323.33

—

IA average6 barns · 1,596 hd

324.19

−0.86

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−2.04

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−151.99

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

34 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	350–400	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	327.20/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,456	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	300.36/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,454	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	240.55/cwt	235.00–241.00	2,001	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,986	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	264.67/cwt	254.00–266.25	1,771	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	261.11/cwt	257.00–262.00	2,076	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	272.25/cwt	259.50–277.00	1,974	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,249	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	316.63/cwt	314.50–322.00	1,871	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	376.36/cwt	355.00–387.50	1,569	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	339.76/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,661	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	332.01/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,746	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	303.38/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,896	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	298.98/cwt	296.00–305.00	1,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	326.54/cwt	326.00–327.00	1,597	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	265.91/cwt	262.00–285.00	2,146	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	237.96/cwt	235.00–239.00	2,351	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	296.37/cwt	281.00–302.50	1,574	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	290.84/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,826	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	295.58/cwt	289.00–298.50	1,972	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	264.79/cwt	260.25–268.25	2,267	139
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,404	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	287.09/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,170	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	269.91/cwt	268.50–272.00	1,714	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	299.18/cwt	283.75–311.00	2,154	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	397.59/cwt	395.00–401.00	1,507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	292.14/cwt	276.50–305.50	1,671	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	257.20/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,870	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	299.24/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,299	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,107	4

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,101Last week 1,303Year ago 2,301

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
14	400–450	445	320.00–340.00	327.20
30	450–500	484	290.00–320.00	300.36
59	500–550	531	281.00–302.50	296.37
122	550–600	572	276.50–305.50	292.14
262	600–650	628	275.00–305.00	290.84
62	650–700	669	254.00–266.25	264.67
157	700–750	727	248.00–263.00	257.20
53	750–800	793	250.50	250.50
39	800–850	832	235.00–241.00	240.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	388	304.00	304.00
8	400–450	434	298.00–300.00	299.24
3	450–500	480	281.00	281.00
20	600–650	635	268.50–272.00	269.91
8	700–750	718	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	489	326.00–327.00	326.54
9	500–550	531	296.00–305.00	298.98
54	700–750	725	259.50–277.00	272.25
39	750–800	795	257.00–262.00	261.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	395.00–401.00	397.59
12	400–450	417	355.00–387.50	376.36
20	450–500	489	330.00–362.50	339.76
60	500–550	526	315.00–345.00	332.01
45	550–600	591	314.50–322.00	316.63
173	600–650	625	299.00–310.00	303.38
63	650–700	667	289.00–298.50	295.58
181	700–750	720	283.75–311.00	299.18
58	750–800	756	280.00–290.00	287.09
24	800–850	807	262.00–285.00	265.91
139	850–900	856	260.25–268.25	264.79
42	900–950	905	248.50	248.50
31	950–1000	988	235.00–239.00	237.96
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	1000–1050	1,006	239.00	239.00

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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