Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. Upward trend noted. Feeder cattle futures on the rise, easing the uncertainty in the market. The auction consisted of 4 loads of yearlings, many half loads and smaller strings. Big crowd today. Good demand throughout the sale on this quality offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.91/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −72.41 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$402.91

84 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,291

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$43.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.13

vs IA average

−26.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	412.29	2,341	66
Medium and Large 1-2	572	368.52	2,108	18thin

One grade step is worth $43.77/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale84 hd

402.91

—

IA average5 barns · 968 hd

432.04

−29.13

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−26.24

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−72.41

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

34 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	1000–1050	1,030	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	443.61/cwt	422.50–465.00	1,655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,540	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	378.61/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,779	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	346.66/cwt	325.00–357.50	1,972	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,390	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	339.03/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,933	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	381.24/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,592	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	373.32/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,994	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	364.66/cwt	349.00–380.00	2,666	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	353.19/cwt	336.50–358.50	2,939	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	352.48/cwt	345.00–364.50	2,214	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	341.25/cwt	331.00–353.00	2,310	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	395.17/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,517	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	299.83/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,018	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	341.33/cwt	320.00–354.00	2,103	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	403.48/cwt	398.00–431.00	2,324	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	330.52/cwt	330.50–331.50	3,193	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	323.04/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,471	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	323.80/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,014	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	341.36/cwt	329.00–347.50	2,502	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	321.78/cwt	318.00–325.00	2,783	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	309.60/cwt	301.00–322.50	1,805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,195	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	412.79/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,783	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	368.52/cwt	354.00–385.00	2,108	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	361.72/cwt	341.00–374.50	2,782	138

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,113Last week 1,123Year ago 2,101

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,030	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	250	1,150.00	1,150.00
6	350–400	373	422.50–465.00	443.61
7	400–450	443	395.00	395.00
43	450–500	470	360.00–395.00	378.61
71	500–550	534	350.00–387.00	373.32
48	550–600	569	325.00–357.50	346.66
3	550–600	591	1,450.00	1,450.00
123	600–650	628	345.00–364.50	352.48
94	650–700	677	331.00–353.00	341.25
211	700–750	733	329.00–347.50	341.36
53	750–800	765	300.00–325.00	323.04
13	800–850	830	306.00	306.00
82	850–900	865	318.00–325.00	321.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	461	348.00	348.00
12	500–550	542	340.00	340.00
9	550–600	583	301.00–322.50	309.60
11	600–650	622	320.00–327.00	323.80
17	650–700	673	290.00–320.00	299.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	1,300.00	1,300.00
14	500–550	537	445.00	445.00
52	550–600	576	398.00–431.00	403.48
74	600–650	637	386.00–400.00	395.17
124	650–700	680	365.00–390.00	381.24
156	700–750	731	349.00–380.00	364.66
138	750–800	769	341.00–374.50	361.72
184	800–850	832	336.50–358.50	353.19
76	850–900	865	330.00–347.00	339.03
52	950–1000	966	330.50–331.50	330.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	400.00–420.00	412.79
18	550–600	572	354.00–385.00	368.52
45	600–650	616	320.00–354.00	341.33
4	650–700	660	332.50	332.50

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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