Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to last week; steers 600-700 lbs mostly 4.00-9.00 higher, 750-800 lbs 8.00 to 11.00 higher on load lots. Heifers 600-650 lbs 7.00-8.00 higher. Several load lots of steers, two load lots of replacement heifers, along with many smaller strings in the offering. Demand was good, especially on light cattle and load lots driving the prices up. CME feeder cattle futures rebounding this week, up 2.00 today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.52/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −121.80 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$353.52

120 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.93

vs IA average

+5.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	353.52	1,943	120

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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

353.52

—

IA average5 barns · 664 hd

357.45

−3.93

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+5.28

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−121.80

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

34 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	600–650	622	292.48/cwt	271.00–298.00	1,819	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	305.29/cwt	296.00–324.00	1,765	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	280.50/cwt	261.00–287.50	1,877	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	280.48/cwt	272.00–285.00	2,048	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	254.25/cwt	250.00–260.50	2,100	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	274.08/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,869	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	289.27/cwt	277.00–295.50	2,384	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	296.67/cwt	284.00–303.00	2,299	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,261	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	274.22/cwt	267.00–280.00	2,005	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,524	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	372.69/cwt	357.50–381.00	1,931	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	238.60/cwt	237.00–239.00	2,283	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	265.22/cwt	256.50–266.75	2,424	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	323.89/cwt	303.50–334.75	2,070	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	300.11/cwt	283.00–311.00	2,170	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	709	306.58/cwt	294.50–308.00	2,174	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	350.65/cwt	342.00–360.00	1,655	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	395.10/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,861	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	263.92/cwt	253.00–275.50	2,035	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,164	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	311.89/cwt	291.00–316.00	2,093	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	339.82/cwt	325.00–356.00	1,944	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	333.82/cwt	324.00–339.00	1,726	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	290.03/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,650	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	814	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,312	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	767	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,217	26

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 27, 2025

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

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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
3	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
8	400–450	405	420.00	420.00
18	450–500	472	342.00–360.00	350.65
25	500–550	517	324.00–339.00	333.82
17	550–600	578	296.00–324.00	305.29
86	600–650	622	271.00–298.00	292.48
136	650–700	669	261.00–287.50	280.50
85	700–750	730	272.00–285.00	280.48
61	750–800	771	253.00–275.50	263.92
38	800–850	826	250.00–260.50	254.25
17	850–900	869	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	360.00	360.00
5	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
27	550–600	569	287.00–291.00	290.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
139	700–750	709	294.50–308.00	306.58
26	750–800	767	289.00	289.00
59	800–850	814	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	649	286.00	286.00
8	650–700	682	261.00–282.00	274.08
12	700–750	731	267.00–280.00	274.22
10	900–950	946	239.00	239.00
15	950–1000	957	237.00–239.00	238.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	444.00	444.00
5	400–450	447	396.00	396.00
21	450–500	471	380.00–410.00	395.10
50	500–550	518	357.50–381.00	372.69
70	550–600	572	325.00–356.00	339.82
126	600–650	639	303.50–334.75	323.89
60	650–700	671	291.00–316.00	311.89
250	700–750	723	283.00–311.00	300.11
216	750–800	775	284.00–303.00	296.67
179	800–850	824	277.00–295.50	289.27
34	850–900	857	294.50	294.50
20	900–950	914	256.50–266.75	265.22

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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