Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was three weeks ago. Comparison is not applicable. Upward trend noted. Most of the sale consisted of many load lots of yearling steers, along with plenty of smaller packages. Light test of heifers and lightweight calves today. Demand good throughout the sale. The next feeder auction is July 31.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −115.32 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$360.00

3 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−38.49

vs IA average

−9.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	360.00	2,034	3thin

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 sale3 hd

360.00

—

IA average3 barns · 109 hd

398.49

−38.49

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−9.58

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−115.32

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

23 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,350	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,150	8
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	269.52/cwt	262.00–274.00	2,760	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	252.30/cwt	236.00–259.25	2,374	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	322.86/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,296	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,419	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,292	3
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,086	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,927	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	302.37/cwt	291.00–307.25	2,809	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	326.43/cwt	308.00–330.50	2,687	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	291.71/cwt	270.00–294.25	2,780	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	283.04/cwt	278.00–290.75	2,213	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	308.95/cwt	289.50–318.25	2,728	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	321.77/cwt	311.00–326.00	1,992	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,424	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	325.12/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,591	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	333.92/cwt	329.00–339.00	2,331	22

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 1,202Last week 1,545Year ago 1,389

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	390.00	390.00
11	600–650	619	311.00–326.00	321.77
4	650–700	670	307.00	307.00
8	700–750	706	304.50	304.50
48	750–800	782	278.00–290.75	283.04
4	800–850	804	290.00	290.00
40	850–900	886	273.00	273.00
20	900–950	941	236.00–259.25	252.30
4	950–1000	971	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1000–1050	1,024	262.00–274.00	269.52
15	1050–1100	1,086	269.50	269.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	635	361.00	361.00
22	650–700	698	329.00–339.00	333.92
7	700–750	711	320.00–325.00	322.86
185	750–800	797	325.00–326.00	325.12
172	800–850	823	308.00–330.50	326.43
311	850–900	883	289.50–318.25	308.95
88	900–950	929	291.00–307.25	302.37
118	950–1000	953	270.00–294.25	291.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	360.00	360.00
7	800–850	833	291.00	291.00

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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