Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Downward trend in the market this week. The sale consisted of 6 loads of yearling steers, 2 1/2 loads of yearling heifers, and many smaller strings. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.43/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −84.89 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$390.43

58 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$28.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.97

vs IA average

−39.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	392.92	2,247	53
Medium and Large 1-2	594	364.00	2,162	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.92/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale58 hd

390.43

—

IA average3 barns · 384 hd

421.40

−30.97

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−39.29

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−84.89

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

33 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 1Unweaned	550–600	573	340.03/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,948	11
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,212	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	361.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,066	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,936	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	2,311	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	338.37/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,284	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	328.63/cwt	317.00–336.00	2,215	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	359.33/cwt	346.00–369.00	2,285	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,793	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	304.95/cwt	293.25–319.00	2,546	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	460.15/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,919	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	331.69/cwt	329.50–335.00	2,425	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	328.92/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	443.06/cwt	437.50–454.00	2,100	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	354.32/cwt	347.00–358.50	3,090	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	356.80/cwt	349.00–358.00	2,747	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	354.75/cwt	354.75–354.75	3,267	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	347.72/cwt	344.50–349.50	2,858	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	1,835.00/head	1,835.00–1,835.00	1,835	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	337.54/cwt	337.00–338.00	2,440	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	318.33/cwt	298.50–324.00	2,445	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	388.46/cwt	382.00–407.50	2,280	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	335.27/cwt	323.00–343.00	3,239	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	411.53/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,214	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	385.14/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,014	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,162	5

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 Oct 30, 2025

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

Receipts 1,342Last week 1,493Year ago 2,219

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	375.00	375.00
11	550–600	573	330.00–349.00	340.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	417	440.00–470.00	460.15
8	400–450	416	1,835.00	1,835.00
13	450–500	484	400.00	400.00
54	500–550	523	380.00–392.00	385.14
10	550–600	571	350.00–370.00	361.75
4	600–650	606	365.00	365.00
47	650–700	674	317.00–336.00	328.63
18	700–750	739	312.75	312.75
43	750–800	768	298.50–324.00	318.33
83	800–850	835	293.25–319.00	304.95
7	850–900	889	313.00	313.00
55	900–950	928	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	414.00	414.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,115	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	1,750.00	1,750.00
22	450–500	474	437.50–454.00	443.06
11	500–550	538	405.00–430.00	411.53
37	550–600	587	382.00–407.50	388.46
30	600–650	636	346.00–369.00	359.33
22	650–700	675	338.00–340.00	338.37
15	700–750	723	337.00–338.00	337.54
67	750–800	770	349.00–358.00	356.80
63	800–850	822	344.50–349.50	347.72
277	850–900	872	347.00–358.50	354.32
57	900–950	921	354.75	354.75
56	950–1000	966	323.00–343.00	335.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	385.00	385.00
32	700–750	731	329.50–335.00	331.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	364.00	364.00
7	600–650	612	327.50–330.00	328.92
6	850–900	890	322.50	322.50

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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