Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. Many half loads of mostly yearling cattle and plenty of smaller strings in this moderate 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 $424.64/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −50.68 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$424.64

112 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

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

$78.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.29

vs IA average

−19.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	440.86	2,440	89
Medium and Large 1-2	549	361.87	1,988	23

One grade step is worth $78.98/cwt here — about $453 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 sale112 hd

424.64

—

IA average4 barns · 413 hd

437.93

−13.29

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−19.46

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−50.68

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	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	414.09/cwt	407.50–417.00	1,756	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	394.04/cwt	376.00–415.00	1,935	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	410.86/cwt	385.00–425.00	2,153	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	399.40/cwt	382.50–412.00	2,313	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	312.88/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	443.38/cwt	430.00–462.00	2,332	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	438.70/cwt	419.00–460.00	2,531	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	412.08/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,576	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	351.23/cwt	329.00–359.00	2,870	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	358.29/cwt	337.00–371.00	2,583	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	358.38/cwt	334.00–367.50	2,767	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	388.13/cwt	377.00–395.00	2,628	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	377.31/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	335.75/cwt	317.00–347.00	2,988	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	440.24/cwt	427.50–445.00	1,840	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	3,129	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	302.11/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	342.46/cwt	329.00–353.00	2,325	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,964	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,149	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	365.20/cwt	360.00–369.00	2,337	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	395.61/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,662	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	328.72/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,874	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	1,635.81/head	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,636	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	340.73/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,789	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	335.84/cwt	320.00–340.50	2,435	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	335.41/cwt	320.00–348.00	2,593	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	367.46/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,300	130

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,906Last week 923Year ago 2,161

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	422.50	422.50
11	350–400	376	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,635.81
15	400–450	424	407.50–417.00	414.09
21	450–500	491	376.00–415.00	394.04
34	500–550	524	385.00–425.00	410.86
61	550–600	579	382.50–412.00	399.40
130	600–650	626	355.00–380.00	367.46
198	650–700	679	329.00–353.00	342.46
178	700–750	725	320.00–340.50	335.84
89	750–800	773	320.00–348.00	335.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	488	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	525	325.00–352.00	340.73
26	550–600	570	317.50–350.00	328.72
7	650–700	682	310.00–315.00	312.88
7	700–750	723	300.00–305.00	302.11
4	900–950	917	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	1,625.00	1,625.00
15	400–450	418	427.50–445.00	440.24
41	500–550	526	430.00–462.00	443.38
48	550–600	577	419.00–460.00	438.70
68	600–650	625	400.00–430.00	412.08
86	650–700	677	377.00–395.00	388.13
118	700–750	721	337.00–371.00	358.29
285	750–800	772	334.00–367.50	358.38
72	800–850	817	329.00–359.00	351.23
100	850–900	890	317.00–347.00	335.75
16	900–950	919	340.50	340.50
11	950–1000	987	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	390.00–400.00	395.61
4	450–500	482	410.00	410.00
10	500–550	534	355.00–390.00	377.31
13	550–600	561	350.00	350.00
7	600–650	640	360.00–369.00	365.20
4	750–800	763	330.00	330.00

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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