Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the auction last Thursday; Steers 650-700 lbs 3.00-11.00 higher, 750-850 lbs 2.00-10.00 lower, 900 lbs 20.00 higher with load lots. Heifers 600-650 lbs 12.00-20.00 higher. Lots of colored cattle, bringing fluctuating prices. The sale consisted of eight load lots, many half loads and smaller strings. Good quality cattle brought good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.91/cwt on 65 head, down $27.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −26.41 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$448.91

▼ 27.48 vs prior sale

65 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

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

$54.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.28

vs IA average

−35.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	468.94	2,658	41
Medium and Large 1-2	554	414.70	2,298	24

One grade step is worth $54.24/cwt here — about $360 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 sale65 hd

448.91

—

IA average8 barns · 1,005 hd

470.19

−21.28

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−35.19

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−26.41

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

32 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	1,007	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,895	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	378.74/cwt	363.00–389.00	2,197	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	294.21/cwt	294.00–296.00	2,604	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	346.12/cwt	339.50–350.25	2,658	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	393.50/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,849	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	372.87/cwt	364.50–385.50	2,916	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	400.12/cwt	389.00–411.00	2,721	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	327.83/cwt	318.50–337.50	3,196	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	360.81/cwt	353.50–375.50	3,125	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	409.94/cwt	397.00–430.00	2,603	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	417.79/cwt	398.00–433.00	2,260	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	326.84/cwt	316.00–331.75	2,651	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	368.80/cwt	364.50–369.50	2,652	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,538	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	416.62/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	327.23/cwt	299.00–333.50	2,808	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	360.52/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,452	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	413.91/cwt	404.00–424.00	2,355	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	460.22/cwt	432.50–476.00	2,701	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	398.67/cwt	385.50–411.50	2,420	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	672	372.92/cwt	366.00–378.50	2,506	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	413.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,323	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	440.75/cwt	420.00–451.00	2,164	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	367.83/cwt	359.00–378.00	3,027	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	348.81/cwt	343.00–353.00	3,209	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	355.45/cwt	344.50–361.50	2,552	84

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 2,145Last week 2,103Year ago 2,089

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,007	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	580	363.00–389.00	378.74
48	850–900	885	294.00–296.00	294.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	2,050.00	2,050.00
3	400–450	431	1,725.00	1,725.00
12	450–500	491	420.00–451.00	440.75
7	500–550	541	398.00–433.00	417.79
6	550–600	556	1,800.00	1,800.00
11	550–600	562	400.00–430.00	413.35
53	600–650	607	385.50–411.50	398.67
105	650–700	680	351.00–367.00	360.52
84	700–750	718	344.50–361.50	355.45
175	750–800	768	339.50–350.25	346.12
63	800–850	811	316.00–331.75	326.84
91	850–900	858	299.00–333.50	327.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	650–700	672	366.00–378.50	372.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
4	400–450	421	2,150.00	2,150.00
3	450–500	451	2,025.00	2,025.00
12	500–550	518	490.00	490.00
29	550–600	587	432.50–476.00	460.22
34	600–650	635	397.00–430.00	409.94
122	650–700	680	389.00–411.00	400.12
159	700–750	724	382.50–405.00	393.50
310	750–800	782	364.50–385.50	372.87
116	800–850	823	359.00–378.00	367.83
90	850–900	866	353.50–375.50	360.81
119	900–950	920	343.00–353.00	348.81
28	950–1000	975	318.50–337.50	327.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	460.00	460.00
7	500–550	518	410.00–425.00	416.62
17	550–600	569	404.00–424.00	413.91
29	700–750	719	364.50–369.50	368.80

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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