Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Most of the sale consisted of small strings, with a load lot of yearling steers. Big crowd today. Good demand for this offering of quality cattle. The next Preconditioned feeder cattle sale is January 2, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.29/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −152.03 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$323.29

210 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$22.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.34

vs IA average

−3.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	330.26	1,804	145
Medium and Large 1-2	558	307.74	1,718	65

One grade step is worth $22.52/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale210 hd

323.29

—

IA average4 barns · 692 hd

326.63

−3.34

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−3.34

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−152.03

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

36 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	900–950	923	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,141	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	332.57/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,364	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	240.84/cwt	232.00–250.50	1,975	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	248.69/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,920	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	305.53/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,573	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,600	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	257.02/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,755	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	342.58/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	291.60/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,732	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	317.83/cwt	313.00–323.00	1,704	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	250.64/cwt	246.00–266.00	2,196	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	338.05/cwt	325.00–357.00	1,771	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	324.11/cwt	306.00–332.00	1,828	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	355.67/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,665	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	267.21/cwt	257.50–272.50	2,164	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	284.40/cwt	268.00–290.00	2,059	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	299.53/cwt	292.50–313.00	1,896	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	288.69/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,931	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	418.85/cwt	405.00–431.00	1,512	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	363.90/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,557	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	290.22/cwt	284.00–296.50	1,541	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	324.23/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,498	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	330.42/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,226	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	266.39/cwt	254.50–283.75	2,083	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	251.25/cwt	250.50–253.00	2,286	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	279.68/cwt	263.00–289.00	1,720	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	264.22/cwt	257.00–270.50	1,797	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	287.65/cwt	276.00–296.00	1,654	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	258.69/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,852	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,794	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	299.66/cwt	287.50–306.00	1,435	25

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 2,161Last week 949Year ago 2,123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	950.00	950.00
24	400–450	410	324.00–350.00	332.57
28	450–500	462	310.00–340.00	324.23
53	500–550	515	300.00–330.00	305.53
135	550–600	575	276.00–296.00	287.65
69	600–650	615	263.00–289.00	279.68
129	650–700	680	257.00–270.50	264.22
136	700–750	716	250.00–270.00	258.69
27	750–800	772	244.00–250.00	248.69
24	800–850	820	232.00–250.50	240.84
8	900–950	923	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	327.50–335.00	330.42
25	450–500	479	287.50–306.00	299.66
34	500–550	531	284.00–296.50	290.22
11	750–800	794	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
10	400–450	424	335.00–347.50	342.58
8	450–500	496	322.50	322.50
40	500–550	536	313.00–323.00	317.83
25	550–600	594	291.00–295.00	291.60
4	600–650	600	277.00	277.00
9	650–700	683	251.00–260.00	257.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	311	420.00	420.00
22	350–400	361	405.00–431.00	418.85
23	400–450	428	361.00–375.00	363.90
16	450–500	468	350.00–360.00	355.67
64	500–550	524	325.00–357.00	338.05
81	550–600	564	306.00–332.00	324.11
132	600–650	633	292.50–313.00	299.53
177	650–700	669	272.50–298.00	288.69
117	700–750	724	268.00–290.00	284.40
210	750–800	782	254.50–283.75	266.39
105	800–850	810	257.50–272.50	267.21
38	850–900	876	246.00–266.00	250.64
83	900–950	910	250.50–253.00	251.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,015	248.00	248.00

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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