Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to last Thursday; 600-650 lbs 1.00-9.00 higher, 700-750 lbs mixed, 800-850 lbs mixed. Heifers 550 lbs 23.00 higher, 600-650 lbs mixed, 750 lbs 1.00 higher. The auction consisted of five loads, many half loads and smaller strings. Good demand on this moderate offering of quality cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.23/cwt on 114 head, up $23.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 16 comparable sales and sits +16.91 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$492.23

▲ 23.66 vs prior sale

114 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$43.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.89

vs IA average

+20.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	493.77	2,714	110
Medium and Large 1-2	537	450.00	2,417	4thin

One grade step is worth $43.77/cwt here — about $298 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 sale114 hd

492.23

—

IA average9 barns · 1,707 hd

472.34

+19.89

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+20.25

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

+16.91

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

31 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	357	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,033	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,959	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	493.13/cwt	472.50–502.50	2,071	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	495.05/cwt	485.00–497.00	2,302	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	344.83/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,459	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,178	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	403.31/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,597	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	518.69/cwt	477.50–528.00	2,744	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	352.85/cwt	336.00–359.50	3,119	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,223	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	443.02/cwt	411.00–451.00	2,787	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	405.88/cwt	380.00–417.00	2,939	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,417	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	454.93/cwt	435.00–474.00	2,648	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	385.17/cwt	369.00–388.50	2,947	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	505.19/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,208	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	487.83/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,303	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	438.21/cwt	407.50–445.00	2,230	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	408.65/cwt	397.00–431.50	2,807	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	428.30/cwt	421.50–437.51	2,501	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	386.49/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,396	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	389.27/cwt	366.00–405.00	2,596	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	379.36/cwt	362.00–384.75	3,084	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,389	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,244	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	309.84/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,578	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	360.14/cwt	341.00–377.00	2,773	190

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 Jan 15, 2026

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

Receipts 2,010Last week 2,413Year ago 2,260

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	510.00	510.00
16	400–450	420	472.50–502.50	493.13
39	450–500	465	485.00–497.00	495.05
42	500–550	509	407.50–445.00	438.21
91	550–600	584	421.50–437.51	428.30
85	600–650	620	370.00–405.00	386.49
173	650–700	667	366.00–405.00	389.27
39	700–750	713	340.00–355.00	344.83
190	750–800	770	341.00–377.00	360.14
14	850–900	886	334.00	334.00
7	900–950	922	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	568	395.00	395.00
11	700–750	710	336.50	336.50
12	800–850	832	305.00–325.00	309.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	294	1,875.00	1,875.00
4	350–400	380	585.00	585.00
12	400–450	437	490.00–510.00	505.19
26	450–500	472	465.00–500.00	487.83
67	500–550	529	477.50–528.00	518.69
43	550–600	582	435.00–474.00	454.93
110	600–650	629	411.00–451.00	443.02
87	650–700	687	397.00–431.50	408.65
186	700–750	724	380.00–417.00	405.88
241	750–800	765	369.00–388.50	385.17
214	800–850	813	362.00–384.75	379.36
142	850–900	884	336.00–359.50	352.85
14	950–1000	987	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	537	450.00	450.00
32	600–650	644	400.00–407.50	403.31
4	650–700	688	380.00	380.00
4	800–850	842	341.00	341.00

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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