Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last week; Steers 600-650 lbs 3.00-8.00 higher, 700-800 lbs mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, 850 lbs sharply lower with light numbers this week, 900-950 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher. Heifers 600 lbs 2.00 lower, 700-750 lbs 6.00 to sharply lower. Most of the offering consisted of smaller strings with two load lots of yearling steers. Demand good today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.54/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −143.78 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$331.54

92 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$28.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.39

vs IA average

−9.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	344.08	1,904	52
Medium and Large 1-2	557	315.24	1,755	40

One grade step is worth $28.85/cwt here — about $149 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 sale92 hd

331.54

—

IA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

339.93

−8.39

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−9.40

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−143.78

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

33 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	353	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,444	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	358.11/cwt	340.00–364.00	1,526	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	288.95/cwt	280.00–299.75	1,664	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	274.43/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,844	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	307.41/cwt	295.00–324.00	1,608	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	259.48/cwt	255.00–262.50	2,156	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	306.95/cwt	300.00–312.75	2,057	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	292.56/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,136	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	314.93/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,634	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	315.40/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,820	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	401.49/cwt	387.50–410.00	1,498	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	343.77/cwt	340.00–363.00	1,922	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	260.97/cwt	255.50–268.00	2,289	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	284.51/cwt	271.00–289.00	2,213	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	262.77/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,902	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	258.86/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,980	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	293.83/cwt	280.25–305.00	1,816	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	281.07/cwt	268.00–285.00	2,336	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	347.65/cwt	325.00–354.00	1,672	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	271.32/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,696	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	314.23/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,505	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	318.02/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,953	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	259.38/cwt	259.00–259.50	2,542	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	263.21/cwt	258.00–266.75	2,427	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,059	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	314.92/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,499	12

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 2,133Last week 2,260Year ago 2,089

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	353	409.00	409.00
36	400–450	426	340.00–364.00	358.11
71	500–550	523	295.00–324.00	307.41
40	550–600	576	280.00–299.75	288.95
110	600–650	618	280.25–305.00	293.83
68	650–700	672	262.00–277.00	274.43
117	700–750	724	251.00–272.00	262.77
141	750–800	765	251.00–263.00	258.86
76	800–850	831	255.00–262.50	259.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
22	450–500	479	307.00–320.00	314.23
3	500–550	535	291.00	291.00
12	600–650	625	270.00–274.00	271.32
4	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
5	800–850	834	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	373	387.50–410.00	401.49
5	400–450	430	387.50	387.50
34	450–500	481	325.00–354.00	347.65
5	500–550	500	347.00	347.00
47	550–600	559	340.00–363.00	343.77
86	600–650	614	306.00–323.00	318.02
112	650–700	670	300.00–312.75	306.95
155	700–750	730	285.00–305.00	292.56
202	750–800	778	271.00–289.00	284.51
156	800–850	831	268.00–285.00	281.07
56	850–900	877	255.50–268.00	260.97
95	900–950	922	258.00–266.75	263.21
89	950–1000	980	259.00–259.50	259.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	476	300.00–320.00	314.92
14	500–550	519	301.00–320.00	314.93
26	550–600	577	300.00–326.00	315.40
6	600–650	635	290.00	290.00
10	700–750	738	279.00	279.00

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