Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last week; steers 700 lbs 1.00 higher, 750 lbs 7.00 higher, 800 lbs 3.00 higher. Heifers 600 lbs 4.00 higher, 700 lbs sharply higher, 850 lbs 8.00 higher with lighter numbers last week. Several load lots of calves and yearlings, along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Very active demand with many buyers in the stands.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.99/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −144.33 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$330.99

120 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$26.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.81

vs IA average

−11.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	334.02	1,870	106
Medium and Large 1-2	598	308.00	1,842	14thin

One grade step is worth $26.02/cwt here — about $28 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 sale120 hd

330.99

—

IA average8 barns · 1,783 hd

341.80

−10.81

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−11.46

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−144.33

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

39 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	1000–1050	1,015	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,071	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,134	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	295.48/cwt	288.00–304.50	1,832	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	264.38/cwt	254.00–276.00	2,001	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	275.01/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,887	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	283.66/cwt	271.00–300.00	2,357	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	300.70/cwt	289.50–318.75	2,159	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,842	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	312.17/cwt	303.00–318.00	1,979	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	332.12/cwt	316.00–346.00	1,896	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	356.19/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,667	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,560	8
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,453	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	286.73/cwt	274.00–292.50	2,196	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,872	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	359.20/cwt	342.50–370.00	1,343	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	296.88/cwt	290.25–309.00	1,707	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,821	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	261.25/cwt	261.25–261.25	2,401	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	298.79/cwt	296.50–303.00	2,029	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,497	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	264.39/cwt	260.00–268.00	2,194	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	334.56/cwt	332.00–342.50	1,623	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	276.68/cwt	265.75–278.75	2,402	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	342.20/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,752	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	252.63/cwt	238.00–255.00	2,175	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	1,220.79/head	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,221	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	325.93/cwt	319.50–337.00	1,727	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	288.04/cwt	268.00–293.50	2,080	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	317.13/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,399	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	245.47/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,932	15

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 2,260Last week 2,317Year ago 1,785

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,015	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	372.50	372.50
26	350–400	374	342.50–370.00	359.20
10	350–400	366	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,220.79
8	400–450	421	371.00	371.00
19	450–500	485	332.00–342.50	334.56
58	500–550	530	319.50–337.00	325.93
62	550–600	575	290.25–309.00	296.88
161	600–650	620	288.00–304.50	295.48
131	700–750	722	268.00–293.50	288.04
126	750–800	757	254.00–276.00	264.38
26	800–850	830	260.00–268.00	264.39
95	850–900	861	238.00–255.00	252.63
12	900–950	928	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	441	312.50–330.00	317.13
8	500–550	538	290.00	290.00
70	650–700	686	268.00–277.00	275.01
6	700–750	714	255.00	255.00
15	750–800	787	244.00–246.00	245.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	398	390.00	390.00
31	450–500	468	335.00–370.00	356.19
20	500–550	512	325.00–355.00	342.20
86	550–600	571	316.00–346.00	332.12
122	600–650	634	303.00–318.00	312.17
48	650–700	679	296.50–303.00	298.79
245	700–750	718	289.50–318.75	300.70
59	750–800	766	274.00–292.50	286.73
227	800–850	831	271.00–300.00	283.66
90	850–900	868	265.75–278.75	276.68
66	900–950	919	261.25	261.25
51	950–1000	987	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
14	550–600	598	308.00	308.00
3	600–650	621	285.00	285.00
8	650–700	657	285.00	285.00
3	700–750	716	287.00	287.00
3	800–850	806	269.00	269.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,044	235.00	235.00

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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