Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2025-08-14

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Aug 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
986 head
887 vs last sale 1,873 986 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Steers 800 lbs 9.00+ lower with a much larger offering in the previous sale. Steers 850 lbs 7.00 lower, 900 lbs 2.00 lower. Heifers 800 lbs 2.00 higher. Too light a test on smaller cattle. CME feeder cattle futures 5.00-7.00 lower today. Several load lots, many half loads and smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good for this light sale. The next auction is August 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $375.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 100.32 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.
Average price
$375.00
3 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,130
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
32.67
vs IA average
12.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568375.002,1303thin
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
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 sale3 hd
375.00
IA average2 barns · 9 hd
407.67
−32.67
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
−12.49
This barn, trailing median16 sales
475.32
−100.32
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

26 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
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,011260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6293
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,096252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,76211
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9303
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400398460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8315
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577336.19/cwt330.00–358.001,94013
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850820314.51/cwt302.00–328.002,579139
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–4504201,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7007
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450446530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3648
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000990273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,708120
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1265
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300253920.00/head920.00–920.009204
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700671327.58/cwt307.00–336.002,19816
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–3503311,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4504
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950910332.12/cwt319.00–334.753,022139
SteersLarge 11050–11001,067311.03/cwt300.00–315.003,31942
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750704335.65/cwt328.00–336.502,36360
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850833343.60/cwt339.00–345.502,862145
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617419.49/cwt416.00–423.002,58814
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950925310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,86818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1303
SteersLarge 11150–12001,156251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,9027
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900886330.38/cwt328.00–330.502,927147
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900852328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,79515
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–8508082,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-41000–10501,005213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,1414

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.