Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale last week; Limited number of light steers both weeks, 800-850 lb steers steady to 4.00 higher. Too light a test for heifers last sale, no comparison applicable. Many load lots of yearlings, including a load of replacement heifers in the offering. Demand good throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.74/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −120.58 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$354.74

163 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$28.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.26

vs IA average

−3.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	355.78	1,984	157
Medium and Large 1-2	538	327.50	1,760	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.28/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale163 hd

354.74

—

IA average6 barns · 777 hd

360.00

−5.26

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−3.93

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−120.58

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

44 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
Steers	Large 1	1300–1350	1,306	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,697	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	267.86/cwt	255.00–271.25	2,073	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	389.47/cwt	384.00–397.00	2,006	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,828	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	260.21/cwt	258.75–265.00	2,368	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	326.46/cwt	323.00–328.00	2,044	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,489	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,850	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,871	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	289.92/cwt	282.00–292.50	2,250	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	279.54/cwt	264.00–282.00	2,270	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	403.32/cwt	397.50–420.00	1,888	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	301.41/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,884	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,656	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,899	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,604	3
Bulls	Large 1	1150–1200	1,164	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,060	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	349.06/cwt	335.00–363.00	2,000	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,455	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,914	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	252.19/cwt	251.50–254.50	2,176	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	349.97/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,809	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	328.67/cwt	309.00–340.50	2,238	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	309.96/cwt	301.00–319.00	2,266	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	336	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,310	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	2,100	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	420.55/cwt	390.00–427.00	1,728	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	260.49/cwt	252.00–277.00	1,935	43
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,518	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	1,906	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,218	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	388.20/cwt	380.00–402.00	1,471	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	277.37/cwt	275.00–280.50	1,917	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	372.16/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,738	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	844	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,211	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	325.25/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,847	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,281	14

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 Mar 13, 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
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	1000–1050	1,004	250.75	250.75
29	1300–1350	1,306	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	490.00	490.00
4	300–350	313	465.00	465.00
24	400–450	409	447.00	447.00
36	450–500	468	397.50–420.00	403.32
27	500–550	515	384.00–397.00	389.47
92	550–600	573	335.00–363.00	349.06
33	600–650	626	323.00–328.00	326.46
149	650–700	681	309.00–340.50	328.67
37	700–750	731	301.00–319.00	309.96
28	750–800	776	282.00–292.50	289.92
129	800–850	812	264.00–282.00	279.54
139	850–900	897	277.50	277.50
73	900–950	910	258.75–265.00	260.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	442.50	442.50
3	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	515	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
22	600–650	637	290.50	290.50
14	650–700	689	271.50	271.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	523	364.50	364.50
14	550–600	598	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	411	390.00–427.00	420.55
25	450–500	467	350.00–385.00	372.16
80	500–550	517	330.00–360.00	349.97
17	550–600	568	317.00–340.00	325.25
78	600–650	625	295.00–315.00	301.41
111	650–700	691	275.00–280.50	277.37
43	700–750	743	252.00–277.00	260.49
163	750–800	774	255.00–271.25	267.86
29	800–850	834	251.75	251.75
74	850–900	863	251.50–254.50	252.19
14	900–950	940	236.00	236.00
14	950–1000	983	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	380.00–402.00	388.20
8	400–450	411	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	336	390.00	390.00
6	550–600	589	299.50	299.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	800–850	844	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	400.00	400.00
4	650–700	690	240.00	240.00
3	900–950	945	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1150–1200	1,164	177.00	177.00

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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