Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Not a true comparison today, as the previous sale included short weaned calves and possibly less vaccinations. Lower trend in steers and upward trend in heifers. Good offering of both light steers and yearlings. Mostly light heifers today. Many half loads and plenty of smaller strings in the offering. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.91/cwt on 141 head, down $12.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −13.41 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$461.91

▼ 12.76 vs prior sale

141 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$46.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.92

vs IA average

−25.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	472.51	2,676	109
Medium and Large 1-2	587	425.79	2,499	32

One grade step is worth $46.72/cwt here — about $176 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 sale141 hd

461.91

—

IA average7 barns · 947 hd

482.83

−20.92

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−25.44

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−13.41

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

36 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	800–850	849	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,780	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,782	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	503.67/cwt	498.00–511.00	2,186	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	383.73/cwt	362.00–398.00	3,116	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	351.88/cwt	335.00–355.25	3,213	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	454.97/cwt	437.50–484.00	2,652	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	420.27/cwt	407.50–440.00	2,660	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	397.07/cwt	384.00–420.00	2,903	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,266	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	519.97/cwt	502.50–541.00	2,459	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,558	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,000	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	374.80/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,766	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	361.81/cwt	356.00–363.50	3,188	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	425.79/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,499	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	387.84/cwt	371.00–396.25	2,967	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	421.91/cwt	418.00–437.00	2,861	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	398.51/cwt	380.00–411.00	2,475	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	381.07/cwt	366.00–392.50	2,595	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	991	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,745	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,175	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,358	3
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	3,339	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	354.27/cwt	338.50–370.00	2,710	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	422.16/cwt	402.00–440.00	2,427	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	455.19/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,381	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	475.41/cwt	451.00–495.00	2,306	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	370.08/cwt	355.00–379.50	2,676	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	520.89/cwt	500.00–531.00	2,709	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 1,987Last week 2,062Year ago 2,213

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	2,175.00	2,175.00
22	400–450	434	498.00–511.00	503.67
3	400–450	423	2,125.00	2,125.00
49	450–500	485	451.00–495.00	475.41
56	500–550	523	435.00–465.00	455.19
135	550–600	575	402.00–440.00	422.16
114	600–650	621	380.00–411.00	398.51
106	650–700	681	366.00–392.50	381.07
54	700–750	723	355.00–379.50	370.08
167	750–800	765	338.50–370.00	354.27
12	800–850	849	327.50	327.50
16	850–900	856	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	447.50	447.50
5	500–550	531	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	573	387.50	387.50
3	600–650	646	365.00	365.00
12	950–1000	991	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	550.00	550.00
33	450–500	473	502.50–541.00	519.97
3	450–500	491	2,200.00	2,200.00
29	500–550	520	500.00–531.00	520.89
3	500–550	533	2,050.00	2,050.00
80	550–600	583	437.50–484.00	454.97
94	600–650	633	407.50–440.00	420.27
111	650–700	678	418.00–437.00	421.91
139	700–750	731	384.00–420.00	397.07
103	750–800	765	371.00–396.25	387.84
170	800–850	812	362.00–398.00	383.73
54	850–900	881	356.00–363.50	361.81
55	900–950	913	335.00–355.25	351.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	587	420.00–435.00	425.79
8	650–700	656	390.00	390.00
25	700–750	738	370.00–376.00	374.80
19	800–850	844	355.50	355.50
5	950–1000	965	308.00	308.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,032	323.50	323.50

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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