Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Preconditioned. Many unweaned calves today. Two loads of heifers, one load of steers, and plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.74/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −58.58 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$416.74

54 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.57

vs IA average

−13.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	416.74	2,318	54

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

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 sale54 hd

416.74

—

IA average10 barns · 1,828 hd

434.30

−17.57

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−13.89

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−58.58

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	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	356.19/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,262	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	353.43/cwt	350.00–359.50	2,060	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	410.07/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,796	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	1,377.60/head	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,378	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	1,528.16/head	1,480.00–1,575.00	1,528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,619	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	374.16/cwt	373.00–375.00	2,701	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	461.68/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,985	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	489.69/cwt	462.50–505.00	2,292	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	402.47/cwt	387.50–417.00	2,523	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	792	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	369.66/cwt	363.00–389.50	2,429	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	321.96/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,791	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,586	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,360	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	236	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	511.10/cwt	495.00–540.00	1,845	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	427.86/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,225	24
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,371	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	407.84/cwt	405.50–411.00	2,386	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,577	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	376.73/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,978	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	402.08/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,890	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,233	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,336	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	7
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,769	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	329.48/cwt	329.25–331.25	2,754	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,342	14

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

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

Receipts 923Last week 2,113Year ago 949

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	276	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,377.60
6	350–400	358	1,480.00–1,575.00	1,528.16
12	400–450	438	400.00–420.00	410.07
7	450–500	470	400.00–405.00	402.08
10	500–550	528	1,325.00	1,325.00
35	500–550	525	360.00–390.00	376.73
31	550–600	583	350.00–359.50	353.43
32	600–650	635	348.00–360.00	356.19
8	650–700	652	362.00	362.00
9	750–800	781	330.00	330.00
193	800–850	836	329.25–331.25	329.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	200–250	236	1,125.00	1,125.00
3	300–350	318	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	571	335.00	335.00
14	700–750	712	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	686	325.50	325.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	287	1,400.00	1,400.00
17	350–400	361	495.00–540.00	511.10
27	450–500	468	462.50–505.00	489.69
24	500–550	520	415.00–440.00	427.86
30	550–600	585	405.50–411.00	407.84
49	600–650	627	387.50–417.00	402.47
143	650–700	653	401.00	401.00
11	700–750	713	380.50	380.50
5	750–800	758	367.00	367.00
9	800–850	843	344.50	344.50
12	850–900	867	320.00–323.00	321.96
5	900–950	933	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	350	453.00	453.00
3	450–500	498	411.00	411.00
3	600–650	626	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	440.00–475.00	461.68
24	650–700	657	363.00–389.50	369.66
29	700–750	722	373.00–375.00	374.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	792	326.00	326.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1050–1100	1,065	316.50	316.50
12	1100–1150	1,135	244.00	244.00

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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