Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Green tag vaccinated calf & yearling sale. The last covered auction was January 29. CME cattle futures have mostly been upward since, creating mostly higher prices today. The auction consisted of load lots and half loads of mostly yearling cattle, along with some smaller packages. Light cattle limited today. Good demand throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.67/cwt on 24 head, up $25.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 16 comparable sales and sits −0.65 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$474.67

▲ 25.76 vs prior sale

24 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$58.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.37

vs IA average

−3.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	494.00	2,559	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	580	436.00	2,529	8thin

One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about $30 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 sale24 hd

474.67

—

IA average8 barns · 991 hd

485.04

−10.37

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−3.72

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−0.65

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	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,760	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,529	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,942	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,399	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	313.99/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,590	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	356.00/cwt	334.00–365.00	2,884	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	453.83/cwt	436.00–480.00	2,401	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	376.08/cwt	375.50–376.25	3,310	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	410.70/cwt	387.50–419.25	2,937	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	343.03/cwt	341.50–345.75	2,610	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	385.18/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,427	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	505.09/cwt	502.50–512.00	2,389	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	402.54/cwt	381.00–403.00	3,168	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,133	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,804	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	354.06/cwt	344.50–358.00	2,521	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	367.09/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,504	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,979	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	393.07/cwt	381.00–397.00	3,219	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,741	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,559	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	333.14/cwt	313.00–341.50	2,952	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,375	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,315	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,574	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,761	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,146	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,100	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,006	77

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 Feb 12, 2026

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

Receipts 2,062Last week 2,145Year ago 2,008

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	591	406.00	406.00
18	600–650	630	375.00–394.00	385.18
14	750–800	780	330.00	330.00
11	800–850	825	310.00–325.00	313.99
32	850–900	852	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
4	350–400	382	1,825.00	1,825.00
8	450–500	459	467.50	467.50
33	500–550	529	436.00–480.00	453.83
5	600–650	621	1,750.00	1,750.00
8	600–650	617	447.50	447.50
110	650–700	682	365.00–376.00	367.09
110	700–750	712	344.50–358.00	354.06
186	750–800	761	341.50–345.75	343.03
98	800–850	810	334.00–365.00	356.00
5	850–900	896	346.00	346.00
21	900–950	928	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	1000–1050	1,040	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	421	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	456	460.00	460.00
8	550–600	580	436.00	436.00
6	600–650	605	392.50	392.50
37	850–900	886	313.00–341.50	333.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	522.50	522.50
14	450–500	473	502.50–512.00	505.09
16	500–550	518	494.00	494.00
23	600–650	601	456.00	456.00
45	650–700	689	407.00	407.00
147	700–750	715	387.50–419.25	410.70
281	750–800	787	381.00–403.00	402.54
262	800–850	819	381.00–397.00	393.07
246	850–900	880	375.50–376.25	376.08
65	900–950	908	345.00	345.00

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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