Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last week: CME feeder cattle futures up 4.00 today. Steer calves and yearlings sharply higher. Heifers 550-600 lbs 8.00-10.00 higher, 650-700 lbs sharply higher. Light offering of heavier heifers both weeks. Most of the sale included several load lots, and many smaller packages. The seats were full today. Bidding was active throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.76/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −145.56 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$329.76

112 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$34.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.07

vs IA average

−12.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	344.06	1,933	66
Medium and Large 1-2	571	309.24	1,764	46

One grade step is worth $34.82/cwt here — about $169 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 sale112 hd

329.76

—

IA average11 barns · 2,355 hd

333.83

−4.07

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−12.32

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−145.56

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	350–400	351	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	330.60/cwt	319.00–345.00	1,531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	344.87/cwt	335.00–348.00	1,504	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	249.73/cwt	244.75–257.50	1,943	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	332.73/cwt	311.00–342.00	1,760	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	313.77/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,767	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,313	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	335.52/cwt	334.00–337.00	1,654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,003	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,615	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	274.70/cwt	267.00–280.00	2,137	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	307.60/cwt	285.00–309.50	1,799	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	362.16/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,742	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	342.22/cwt	327.00–358.00	1,968	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	260.50/cwt	253.50–262.50	2,430	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	282.64/cwt	282.00–284.00	2,450	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	313.32/cwt	299.00–325.00	2,090	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	328.99/cwt	307.00–337.00	2,040	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	306.57/cwt	294.00–315.50	2,195	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	291.81/cwt	271.50–298.00	2,367	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	349.37/cwt	343.00–354.00	1,831	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	246.18/cwt	244.50–248.25	2,371	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	258.46/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	235.94/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	302.51/cwt	289.00–313.00	2,323	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	277.01/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,842	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	300.45/cwt	283.00–309.00	1,860	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	257.59/cwt	244.00–262.00	2,107	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	272.94/cwt	264.50–279.00	1,965	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	281.60/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,512	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	308.44/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,502	29

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	379.00	379.00
15	400–450	436	335.00–348.00	344.87
9	450–500	463	319.00–345.00	330.60
66	500–550	529	311.00–342.00	332.73
76	550–600	563	300.00–325.00	313.77
118	600–650	619	283.00–309.00	300.45
100	650–700	665	267.00–285.00	277.01
264	700–750	720	264.50–279.00	272.94
28	750–800	778	244.75–257.50	249.73
139	800–850	818	244.00–262.00	257.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
29	450–500	487	305.00–309.00	308.44
9	500–550	537	276.00–286.00	281.60
3	600–650	610	260.00	260.00
6	650–700	681	256.00–261.00	258.46
6	750–800	785	231.00–241.00	235.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	493	334.00–337.00	335.52
9	500–550	511	316.00	316.00
37	550–600	585	285.00–309.50	307.60
4	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
6	650–700	693	289.00	289.00
13	750–800	778	267.00–280.00	274.70
4	850–900	863	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
22	450–500	481	350.00–371.00	362.16
17	500–550	524	343.00–354.00	349.37
49	550–600	575	327.00–358.00	342.22
122	600–650	620	307.00–337.00	328.99
119	650–700	667	299.00–325.00	313.32
142	700–750	716	294.00–315.50	306.57
192	750–800	768	289.00–313.00	302.51
177	800–850	811	271.50–298.00	291.81
83	850–900	867	282.00–284.00	282.64
80	900–950	933	253.50–262.50	260.50
20	950–1000	963	244.50–248.25	246.18

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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