Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Last auction was three weeks ago, comparison is not applicable. Upward trend noted. Many load lots of yearlings, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering. Light cattle showing limited numbers. Demand was good, especially on load lots and replacement heifers. The next sale is May 15.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.03/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −91.29 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$384.03

64 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.09

vs IA average

+10.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	384.03	2,134	64

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 sale64 hd

384.03

—

IA average5 barns · 897 hd

380.94

+3.09

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+10.01

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−91.29

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

33 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	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	347.79/cwt	338.00–365.00	2,163	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	399.67/cwt	391.00–402.50	1,882	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	318.18/cwt	300.00–327.00	2,348	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	280.43/cwt	276.75–285.25	2,611	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	257.52/cwt	252.00–265.00	2,552	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	301.72/cwt	291.50–303.50	1,979	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	270.95/cwt	269.50–272.00	1,981	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	292.08/cwt	273.00–301.50	2,550	344
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	870	2,412.94/head	2,375.00–2,435.00	2,413	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	270.10/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,858	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	292.86/cwt	284.00–298.50	2,428	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	275.01/cwt	270.00–277.00	2,244	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	262.66/cwt	255.25–266.00	2,264	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	294.50/cwt	294.00–295.00	2,091	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	427.10/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	814	2,380.93/head	2,275.00–2,525.00	2,381	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	780	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	297.60/cwt	291.00–303.00	1,872	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	298.80/cwt	293.50–313.00	2,331	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	374.61/cwt	362.50–388.00	2,147	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	523	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,102	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	273.37/cwt	261.00–277.00	2,157	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	351.77/cwt	335.00–359.00	2,336	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	252.22/cwt	252.00–254.50	2,353	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	375.06/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,785	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	340.92/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,947	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	355.49/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,902	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	247.75/cwt	247.75–247.75	2,443	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,645	11
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,155	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,460	3

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 Apr 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,996Last week 2,207Year ago 1,503

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	412	425.00–430.00	427.10
30	450–500	471	391.00–402.50	399.67
42	550–600	573	362.50–388.00	374.61
32	600–650	622	338.00–365.00	347.79
22	650–700	664	335.00–359.00	351.77
67	700–750	738	300.00–327.00	318.18
123	750–800	780	293.50–313.00	298.80
188	800–850	829	284.00–298.50	292.86
344	850–900	873	273.00–301.50	292.08
136	900–950	931	276.75–285.25	280.43
40	950–1000	991	252.00–265.00	257.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	640	327.00	327.00
10	700–750	710	294.00–295.00	294.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	523	402.00	402.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1150–1200	1,155	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	433	380.00	380.00
28	450–500	476	350.00–380.00	375.06
19	500–550	535	355.00–357.50	355.49
26	550–600	571	324.00–350.00	340.92
41	600–650	629	291.00–303.00	297.60
34	650–700	656	291.50–303.50	301.72
35	700–750	731	269.50–272.00	270.95
36	750–800	789	261.00–277.00	273.37
108	800–850	816	270.00–277.00	275.01
78	850–900	862	255.25–266.00	262.66
35	900–950	933	252.00–254.50	252.22
12	950–1000	986	247.75	247.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
6	750–800	780	2,150.00	2,150.00
82	800–850	814	2,275.00–2,525.00	2,380.93
95	850–900	870	2,375.00–2,435.00	2,412.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	553	312.50	312.50
6	600–650	640	272.00	272.00
19	650–700	688	269.00–271.00	270.10

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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