Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2025-04-03

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Apr 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,207 head
0 vs last sale 2,207 303 vs year ago 2,510 · 12.1%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Preconditioned. Most of the sale included many load lots of yearling steers, plenty of half loads and smaller strings. Load lots showing mostly steady to 2.00 higher today. Demand was good, especially on loads of heavy steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $367.71/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 107.61 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.
Average price
$367.71
75 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.04
vs IA average
1.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546369.272,01668
Medium and Large 1-2546352.501,9257thin
One grade step is worth $16.77/cwt here — about $92 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
521483446408median 475.3212/1801/2903/0504/2307/30
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 sale75 hd
367.71
IA average6 barns · 968 hd
373.74
−6.04
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
−1.30
This barn, trailing median16 sales
475.32
−107.61
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600588290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7054
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850840261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,1926
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450433363.53/cwt350.00–377.501,57422
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700676294.68/cwt286.50–298.501,99223
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481345.05/cwt341.50–350.001,66024
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634294.32/cwt285.50–300.001,86689
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450402423.20/cwt420.00–425.001,70114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950920255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3464
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850830293.65/cwt279.25–304.002,437412
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735296.78/cwt295.50–308.002,18162
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670335.39/cwt327.50–351.002,247102
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900883281.06/cwt270.00–286.502,482172
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570356.00/cwt337.50–365.002,02936
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763300.41/cwt283.00–308.502,292117
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519384.20/cwt370.00–393.001,99432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500496380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,88525
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,9386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637301.27/cwt291.00–320.001,91935
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,29718
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900863255.62/cwt249.00–258.002,20662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700691301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0808
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950917287.72/cwt268.50–293.502,638342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850816270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2038
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000973277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,69569
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400362410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4844
SteersLarge 11000–10501,014264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,67720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9257
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600593291.15/cwt290.00–294.501,72736
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750733271.73/cwt265.00–277.001,99255
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525322.21/cwt313.00–343.001,69277
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800787260.55/cwt260.25–261.252,05137

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.