Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Steers 600-700 lbs 6.00-7.00 higher, 750 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 800 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 500-600 heifers mostly 13.00-16.00 higher, 650 lbs 1.00 lower, 700 lbs steady. Limited number of heavier heifers. Many green cattle today. Most of the sale consisted of half loads and smaller strings, along with a couple load lots. Good demand throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.09/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −149.23 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$326.09

85 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$48.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.14

vs IA average

−6.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	337.43	1,828	65
Medium and Large 1-2	575	289.23	1,663	20

One grade step is worth $48.20/cwt here — about $165 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 sale85 hd

326.09

—

IA average4 barns · 666 hd

327.23

−1.14

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−6.78

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−149.23

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

30 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	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,389	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	333.14/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,439	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	2,003	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	309.04/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,502	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	231.78/cwt	231.00–234.00	2,033	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	325.11/cwt	310.00–342.50	1,837	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	346.75/cwt	333.00–356.00	1,817	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,375	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	289.23/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,663	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	271.99/cwt	257.00–277.00	2,252	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	305.63/cwt	296.00–311.00	1,929	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	290.67/cwt	270.00–295.50	2,104	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	249.60/cwt	246.00–255.00	2,301	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	341.34/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,615	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,321	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	282.89/cwt	281.00–284.00	1,638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	234.35/cwt	230.00–239.50	1,692	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	264.18/cwt	253.00–273.50	2,304	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	266.40/cwt	254.00–274.00	2,083	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	292.81/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,962	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	309.26/cwt	293.00–322.00	1,583	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	303.99/cwt	289.00–319.50	1,754	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	257.30/cwt	246.00–267.50	1,837	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	254.06/cwt	244.50–266.00	1,969	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	262.98/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,770	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	292.43/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,804	133

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 Jan 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,897Last week 2,161Year ago 2,219

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	349.00	349.00
8	400–450	432	320.00–341.00	333.14
10	450–500	486	301.00–319.00	309.04
55	500–550	512	293.00–322.00	309.26
57	550–600	577	289.00–319.50	303.99
133	600–650	617	286.00–296.00	292.43
110	650–700	673	251.00–271.00	262.98
93	700–750	714	246.00–267.50	257.30
97	750–800	775	244.50–266.00	254.06
9	800–850	810	247.25	247.25
46	850–900	877	231.00–234.00	231.78
3	900–950	923	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	305.00	305.00
8	550–600	579	281.00–284.00	282.89
18	700–750	722	230.00–239.50	234.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	395.00	395.00
17	450–500	473	330.00–357.50	341.34
37	500–550	524	333.00–356.00	346.75
28	550–600	565	310.00–342.50	325.11
170	600–650	631	296.00–311.00	305.63
123	650–700	670	285.00–312.00	292.81
254	700–750	724	270.00–295.50	290.67
106	750–800	782	254.00–274.00	266.40
158	800–850	828	257.00–277.00	271.99
47	850–900	872	253.00–273.50	264.18
15	900–950	922	246.00–255.00	249.60
41	950–1000	950	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	575	280.00–292.00	289.23
8	650–700	685	275.00	275.00
5	850–900	895	244.00	244.00

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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