Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the auction two weeks ago; Not enough light calves in the previous sale to compare. Steers, 800-900 lbs sharply higher. Heifers 800 lbs sharply higher. Seven load lots of yearlings, several half loads and plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.80/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 6 of 16 comparable sales and sits −11.52 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$463.80

140 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$68.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.81

vs IA average

+54.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	491.72	2,659	83
Medium and Large 1-2	570	423.15	2,413	57

One grade step is worth $68.57/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale140 hd

463.80

—

IA average6 barns · 487 hd

455.99

+7.81

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+54.50

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−11.52

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
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,137	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,843	6
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,087	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	3,076	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,220	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	362.92/cwt	360.00–363.50	2,384	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	505.32/cwt	495.00–522.50	1,991	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	486.89/cwt	460.00–502.50	2,030	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	335.63/cwt	330.50–345.00	2,782	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	354.58/cwt	352.50–355.50	3,255	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	503.66/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,176	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	494.12/cwt	455.00–503.00	2,505	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	383.69/cwt	380.50–389.00	2,728	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	424.99/cwt	401.00–435.00	2,248	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	409.11/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,340	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	446.70/cwt	426.00–471.00	2,140	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	544.56/cwt	540.00–555.00	1,797	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	426.67/cwt	416.50–460.00	2,658	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	358.47/cwt	351.00–360.50	2,613	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	334.05/cwt	333.75–335.50	3,143	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	388.30/cwt	385.00–394.00	2,586	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	377.15/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,870	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	424.00/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,179	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	573.02/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,189	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	490.29/cwt	482.00–510.00	2,751	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	369.09/cwt	368.00–375.00	2,344	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	423.03/cwt	409.00–441.00	2,445	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	401.28/cwt	390.00–408.00	2,472	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	487.33/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,368	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	3,186	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	370.04/cwt	350.00–379.00	3,034	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,958	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	582.76/cwt	575.00–590.00	1,847	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,725	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,014	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,052	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 Aug 28, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,003	321.00	321.00
7	1050–1100	1,087	283.00	283.00
6	1100–1150	1,137	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	330	540.00–555.00	544.56
22	350–400	394	495.00–522.50	505.32
23	400–450	417	460.00–502.50	486.89
92	450–500	479	426.00–471.00	446.70
79	500–550	529	401.00–435.00	424.99
82	550–600	572	390.00–417.50	409.11
25	600–650	635	368.00–375.00	369.09
18	650–700	657	360.00–363.50	362.92
38	700–750	729	351.00–360.50	358.47
75	750–800	798	341.50	341.50
102	800–850	829	330.50–345.00	335.63
150	850–900	875	338.00	338.00
46	900–950	941	333.75–335.50	334.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	397	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	435	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	575.00–590.00	582.76
28	350–400	382	540.00–600.00	573.02
19	400–450	432	485.00–530.00	503.66
69	450–500	486	460.00–510.00	487.33
31	500–550	507	455.00–503.00	494.12
52	550–600	561	482.00–510.00	490.29
68	600–650	623	416.50–460.00	426.67
16	650–700	666	385.00–394.00	388.30
44	700–750	711	380.50–389.00	383.69
8	750–800	761	372.50–380.00	377.15
251	800–850	820	350.00–379.00	370.04
146	850–900	853	373.50	373.50
105	900–950	918	352.50–355.50	354.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	520.00	520.00
8	350–400	388	519.00	519.00
3	450–500	456	450.00	450.00
7	500–550	514	412.50–440.00	424.00
50	550–600	578	409.00–441.00	423.03
35	600–650	616	390.00–408.00	401.28

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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