Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder calf / yearling auction was 3 weeks ago. Available today were many load lots of quality, green and reputation yearling steers and heifers. Also, opportunities for quality replacement heifers were in today's moderate offering. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $399.14/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −76.18 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$399.14

17 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.70

vs IA average

+20.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	399.14	2,223	17thin

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 sale17 hd

399.14

—

IA average3 barns · 220 hd

386.44

+12.70

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+20.56

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−76.18

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

22 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,840	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,526	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	278.61/cwt	278.00–280.00	2,418	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	286.50/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,223	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	356.83/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,034	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	297.03/cwt	294.00–300.00	2,020	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	274.32/cwt	270.25–276.25	2,516	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	247.75/cwt	247.75–247.75	2,807	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	307.09/cwt	301.00–327.00	2,426	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	392.12/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,251	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	380.83/cwt	372.00–387.00	2,369	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,792	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	319.80/cwt	306.00–327.50	2,635	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	306.84/cwt	285.00–313.50	2,795	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,099	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	285.12/cwt	273.00–288.50	2,318	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,167	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	273.68/cwt	267.50–275.50	2,616	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	330.29/cwt	320.00–339.00	2,381	68

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 Jun 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,545Last week 2,292Year ago 1,503

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	478	385.00	385.00
41	550–600	570	350.00–358.00	356.83
6	600–650	645	307.00	307.00
49	650–700	680	294.00–300.00	297.03
38	750–800	776	285.00–295.00	286.50
97	800–850	813	273.00–288.50	285.12
36	850–900	868	278.00–280.00	278.61
76	900–950	917	270.25–276.25	274.32
26	1000–1050	1,046	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	412.00	412.00
11	550–600	574	377.50–397.50	392.12
47	600–650	622	372.00–387.00	380.83
3	650–700	680	345.00	345.00
68	700–750	721	320.00–339.00	330.29
40	750–800	790	301.00–327.00	307.09
274	800–850	824	306.00–327.50	319.80
66	850–900	892	313.00	313.00
316	900–950	911	285.00–313.50	306.84
67	950–1000	956	267.50–275.50	273.68
39	1100–1150	1,133	247.75	247.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	636	330.00	330.00
6	800–850	810	294.50	294.50

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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