Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last week; CME feeder cattle markets under severe pressure today, reaching 5.00 lower. Several load lots of both steers and heifers, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering. Bidding was active, especially on yearlings and load lots, as the prices lowered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.49/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −133.83 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$341.49

112 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$35.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.14

vs IA average

−0.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	343.71	1,878	105
Medium and Large 1-2	536	308.14	1,652	7thin

One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $226 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

341.49

—

IA average7 barns · 1,421 hd

354.63

−13.14

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−0.89

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−133.83

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

31 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	917	217.99/cwt	211.00–230.00	1,999	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	342.64/cwt	328.00–350.00	1,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,326	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	380.14/cwt	357.50–388.00	1,483	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	311.26/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,619	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,154	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	270.71/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,952	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	308.14/cwt	301.00–317.50	1,652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	373.13/cwt	360.00–378.00	1,582	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	262.72/cwt	245.00–268.00	2,307	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,958	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	291.86/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,160	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	341.51/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,612	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	353.72/cwt	339.00–375.00	1,846	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	271.33/cwt	255.00–278.50	2,255	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	294.17/cwt	283.50–302.50	2,009	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	284.02/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,218	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	312.87/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,962	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	261.33/cwt	244.50–271.25	2,046	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	252.49/cwt	245.00–256.50	2,341	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	278.63/cwt	267.00–283.50	1,875	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	285.11/cwt	273.50–298.50	1,796	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	267.83/cwt	253.50–276.00	1,944	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	332.70/cwt	327.50–342.00	1,906	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	251.72/cwt	246.00–253.00	2,104	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	295.55/cwt	278.75–308.00	1,714	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	295.41/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,442	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	242.25/cwt	242.00–242.50	1,870	8

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 Feb 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,988Last week 2,089Year ago 2,507

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	390	357.50–388.00	380.14
9	400–450	429	328.00–350.00	342.64
36	450–500	472	332.50–345.00	341.51
23	500–550	520	310.00–316.00	311.26
98	550–600	580	278.75–308.00	295.55
70	600–650	630	273.50–298.50	285.11
144	650–700	673	267.00–283.50	278.63
131	700–750	726	253.50–276.00	267.83
106	750–800	783	244.50–271.25	261.33
67	800–850	836	246.00–253.00	251.72
35	850–900	853	252.50	252.50
8	900–950	917	211.00–230.00	217.99
10	950–1000	969	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	488	291.00–300.00	295.41
3	500–550	541	276.00	276.00
4	650–700	662	245.00	245.00
8	750–800	772	242.00–242.50	242.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	536	301.00–317.50	308.14
5	600–650	621	275.00	275.00
10	700–750	721	270.00–271.00	270.71
7	750–800	783	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	424	360.00–378.00	373.13
55	500–550	522	339.00–375.00	353.72
50	550–600	573	327.50–342.00	332.70
97	600–650	627	304.00–323.00	312.87
122	650–700	683	283.50–302.50	294.17
194	700–750	740	280.00–300.00	291.86
154	750–800	781	275.00–290.00	284.02
112	800–850	831	255.00–278.50	271.33
150	850–900	878	245.00–268.00	262.72
55	900–950	927	245.00–256.50	252.49

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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