Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2025-03-06

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Mar 6
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,203 head
957 vs last sale 2,160 1,203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots of yearlings in the offering, along with smaller strings of cattle mostly over 700 lbs. Ice and snow storm came through the area yesterday, resulting in a few less consignments and a lighter crowd. Bidding was active throughout the sale, especially on the load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $274.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 144.67 against this barn's trailing median of $418.67.
Average price
$274.00
3 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
40.58
vs IA average
42.51 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2665274.001,8223thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales
462430398366median 418.6712/1801/2903/1205/1408/13
Steers 600–700 lb: high $447.76, low $379.60, median $418.67 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
274.00
IA average4 barns · 351 hd
314.58
−40.58
National average165 barns · 16,725 hd
316.51
−42.51
This barn, trailing median18 sales
418.67
−144.67
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

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5833
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750738240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7714
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5543
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,04013
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700678257.16/cwt247.00–262.501,74438
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800763247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,88868
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950927258.21/cwt252.00–260.002,39435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,8223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900863249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,1495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000996232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,3119
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779281.22/cwt278.50–282.252,191190
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900871274.24/cwt257.00–282.252,389385
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830241.71/cwt238.00–248.002,006129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750706242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,7093
SteersLarge 11000–10501,026220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,25715
SteersLarge 11100–11501,126218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,45526
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850812275.60/cwt273.00–278.502,23867
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000950258.43/cwt248.00–260.002,45569

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.