Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison is applicable, as the last reported sale was three weeks ago. Fourteen loads of yearling steers and one load of yearling heifers, along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.83/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −19.49 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$455.83

72 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,469

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$53.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.58

vs IA average

+51.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	461.07	2,480	65
Medium and Large 1-2	576	407.11	2,345	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.96/cwt here — about $135 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 sale72 hd

455.83

—

IA average3 barns · 186 hd

431.24

+24.58

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+51.19

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−19.49

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

42 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 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,015	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,319	103
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	3,077	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	420.07/cwt	390.00–427.00	2,390	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	341.11/cwt	337.00–346.00	2,582	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	319.24/cwt	316.00–323.00	2,774	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	375.85/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,342	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	1,800.15/head	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,800	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	365.31/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,422	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	435.23/cwt	425.00–458.00	2,285	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	381.78/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,592	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	479.50/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,489	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	368.73/cwt	345.00–372.50	2,607	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	357.63/cwt	342.00–359.00	3,136	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	374.40/cwt	348.00–386.00	3,040	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,214	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,083	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	440.82/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,491	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	491.89/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,346	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,071	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,386	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	387.70/cwt	376.00–403.00	2,152	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	365.93/cwt	353.50–387.50	2,638	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	373.34/cwt	363.50–375.50	2,949	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	348.34/cwt	340.00–353.50	3,166	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,191	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	402.86/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,994	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	477.91/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,194	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	472	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,982	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	640	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	377.81/cwt	350.00–380.75	2,195	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	407.11/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,345	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,434	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	423.10/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,632	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	538.35/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,250	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	391.04/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,096	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	446.96/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,940	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	338.68/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,174	13

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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,213Last week 2,103Year ago 2,507

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	1000–1050	1,015	327.00	327.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,004	306.50	306.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
10	350–400	393	530.00	530.00
7	400–450	417	1,500.00	1,500.00
7	400–450	410	540.00	540.00
20	450–500	477	490.00–495.00	491.89
12	500–550	540	1,950.00	1,950.00
42	500–550	519	455.00–500.00	479.50
13	550–600	565	430.00–460.00	440.82
39	650–700	679	360.00–395.00	381.78
86	700–750	721	353.50–387.50	365.93
98	750–800	790	363.50–375.50	373.34
302	800–850	812	348.00–386.00	374.40
301	850–900	877	342.00–359.00	357.63
298	900–950	909	340.00–353.50	348.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	582	410.00	410.00
15	600–650	622	410.00–450.00	423.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	440.00	440.00
7	550–600	576	405.00–410.00	407.11
19	600–650	610	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	640	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,800.15
28	400–450	418	535.00–540.00	538.35
4	450–500	462	490.00	490.00
48	500–550	525	425.00–458.00	435.23
22	550–600	569	390.00–427.00	420.07
28	600–650	623	370.00–380.00	375.85
34	650–700	663	360.00–366.00	365.31
144	700–750	707	345.00–372.50	368.73
22	750–800	757	337.00–346.00	341.11
24	850–900	869	316.00–323.00	319.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	410.00	410.00
7	550–600	555	376.00–403.00	387.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	495	400.00–405.00	402.86
3	550–600	583	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	505.00	505.00
11	400–450	434	440.00–455.00	446.96
12	500–550	536	380.00–412.50	391.04
49	550–600	581	350.00–380.75	377.81
13	600–650	642	335.00–343.00	338.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	459	470.00–490.00	477.91

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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