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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many unweaned calves. Several load lots of yearlings, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good for this light sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.42/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −159.90 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$315.42

109 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$34.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.03

vs IA average

−8.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	318.31	1,766	100
Medium and Large 1-2	575	283.33	1,628	9thin

One grade step is worth $34.98/cwt here — about $138 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale109 hd

315.42

—

IA average8 barns · 1,945 hd

326.45

−11.03

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−8.93

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−159.90

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

32 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	1,092	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,042	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	335.37/cwt	315.00–348.50	1,533	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,673	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	292.96/cwt	287.00–296.00	1,673	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	299.76/cwt	289.00–313.00	1,553	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,303	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	262.64/cwt	257.50–266.50	2,201	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	399.42/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,658	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,255	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	347.93/cwt	333.00–360.00	1,781	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	337.30/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,562	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,474	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	331.55/cwt	311.00–347.50	1,280	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,604	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	203	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	1,210.00/head	1,210.00–1,210.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	306.32/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,777	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	276.71/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,724	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	2,063	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	1,320.00/head	1,320.00–1,320.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	1,212.25/head	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	291.49/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	355.69/cwt	350.00–378.00	1,561	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,372	3

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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 949Last week 2,101Year ago 2,123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,092	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212.25
35	400–450	439	350.00–378.00	355.69
13	450–500	457	315.00–348.50	335.37
3	450–500	453	1,320.00	1,320.00
33	500–550	518	289.00–313.00	299.76
37	550–600	571	287.00–296.00	292.96
22	600–650	623	265.00–280.00	276.71
19	650–700	694	241.00	241.00
140	850–900	866	238.25	238.25
11	900–950	939	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	474	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	349.00	349.00
15	350–400	386	311.00–347.50	331.55
3	400–450	441	311.00	311.00
4	450–500	497	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	203	1,000.00	1,000.00
3	250–300	283	1,210.00	1,210.00
26	400–450	415	397.50–400.00	399.42
39	500–550	512	333.00–360.00	347.93
49	550–600	580	285.00–315.00	306.32
8	600–650	635	279.00–299.00	291.49
5	650–700	669	297.50	297.50
91	800–850	838	257.50–266.50	262.64
64	850–900	859	262.50	262.50
64	950–1000	982	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	355.00	355.00
17	450–500	463	325.00–341.00	337.30
3	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	592	280.00	280.00
6	700–750	720	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	592	271.00	271.00

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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