Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Last auction was three weeks ago, comparison is not applicable. Many load lots of yearling steers, load of replacement heifers, and plenty of smaller strings in the offering. Light cattle in short supply today. Active bidding throughout the sale. The next feeder cattle auction is June 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.34/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −80.97 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$394.34

56 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$49.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.61

vs IA average

+9.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	404.87	2,271	44
Medium and Large 1-2	559	355.75	1,989	12thin

One grade step is worth $49.12/cwt here — about $283 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

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 sale56 hd

394.34

—

IA average3 barns · 441 hd

404.95

−10.61

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+9.74

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−80.97

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

38 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	1250–1300	1,275	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,270	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	426.20/cwt	422.50–430.00	1,568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,614	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	280.70/cwt	277.00–282.00	2,274	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	271.40/cwt	266.00–271.75	2,318	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	287.37/cwt	279.50–297.50	2,095	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	792	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	283.32/cwt	271.25–287.00	2,173	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	404.87/cwt	380.00–418.00	2,271	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	280.67/cwt	275.00–289.00	2,599	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	357.47/cwt	347.00–368.00	2,030	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	350.02/cwt	334.00–362.00	2,363	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	327.49/cwt	322.00–335.00	2,027	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	369.15/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,897	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	254.99/cwt	254.50–260.50	2,336	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	811	2,430.00/head	2,430.00–2,430.00	2,430	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	455.17/cwt	452.50–460.00	1,989	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	422.74/cwt	413.00–440.00	1,987	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	367.59/cwt	356.00–382.00	2,331	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	304.64/cwt	300.00–307.50	2,382	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,027	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	317.52/cwt	310.00–319.00	2,086	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	291.72/cwt	287.00–295.00	2,564	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	270.04/cwt	267.50–272.25	2,609	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,432	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	296.27/cwt	284.00–303.75	2,412	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	299.69/cwt	291.00–313.00	2,035	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	394.61/cwt	391.00–397.00	1,839	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,051	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,613	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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1250–1300	1,275	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	468.00	468.00
11	400–450	437	452.50–460.00	455.17
26	450–500	470	413.00–440.00	422.74
44	550–600	561	380.00–418.00	404.87
33	600–650	634	356.00–382.00	367.59
84	650–700	675	334.00–362.00	350.02
5	700–750	704	336.50	336.50
82	750–800	782	300.00–307.50	304.64
346	800–850	814	284.00–303.75	296.27
109	850–900	879	287.00–295.00	291.72
289	900–950	926	275.00–289.00	280.67
134	950–1000	966	267.50–272.25	270.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	412.50	412.50
3	400–450	438	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	508	355.00	355.00
9	550–600	576	356.00	356.00
10	600–650	618	328.00	328.00
19	650–700	657	310.00–319.00	317.52
3	750–800	783	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	440.00	440.00
8	350–400	368	422.50–430.00	426.20
9	400–450	406	397.50	397.50
25	450–500	466	391.00–397.00	394.61
44	500–550	514	360.00–372.00	369.15
31	550–600	568	347.00–368.00	357.47
80	600–650	619	322.00–335.00	327.49
66	650–700	679	291.00–313.00	299.69
126	700–750	729	279.50–297.50	287.37
155	750–800	767	271.25–287.00	283.32
24	800–850	810	277.00–282.00	280.70
51	850–900	854	266.00–271.75	271.40
48	900–950	916	254.50–260.50	254.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
15	750–800	792	2,375.00	2,375.00
71	800–850	811	2,430.00	2,430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	409	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	548	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	665	274.00	274.00

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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