Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Preconditioned. The sale consisted of nine loads, many half loads and smaller packages. Heifers were light in numbers but brought exceptional prices, especially for replacement heifers. Good demand. Load lots of yearlings and replacement heifers getting the most interest today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.97/cwt on 105 head, down $1.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 16 comparable sales and sits +0.65 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$475.97

▼ 1.51 vs prior sale

105 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$38.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.71

vs IA average

+0.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	478.15	2,663	99
Medium and Large 1-2	586	440.00	2,578	6thin

One grade step is worth $38.15/cwt here — about $85 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 sale105 hd

475.97

—

IA average4 barns · 554 hd

470.26

+5.71

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+0.41

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	366.75/cwt	348.00–368.00	2,985	373
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	722	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,792	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	475.62/cwt	456.00–500.00	2,706	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	392.79/cwt	370.00–403.50	2,828	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	469.50/cwt	469.50–469.50	2,953	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	374.52/cwt	360.50–381.50	2,876	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	354.18/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,692	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	528.88/cwt	522.50–535.00	2,470	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	309.80/cwt	295.00–313.50	3,042	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	354.37/cwt	340.00–362.50	3,108	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	342.95/cwt	330.00–347.00	3,121	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	551.05/cwt	550.00–552.50	2,325	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	497.36/cwt	485.00–506.00	2,561	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	2,124.76/head	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,125	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	407.64/cwt	402.00–410.00	2,792	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,475	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,562	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,800	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	2,680	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	372.35/cwt	361.00–377.50	2,465	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,328	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	800	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,864	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	869	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,972	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	465.84/cwt	465.00–466.00	2,455	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	406.79/cwt	401.50–415.00	2,587	25
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	320.25/cwt	320.25–320.25	3,215	55

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 Mar 5, 2026

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

Receipts 1,824Last week 2,403Year ago 1,203

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
6	300–350	319	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,124.76
9	350–400	367	2,125.00	2,125.00
6	350–400	370	575.00	575.00
7	400–450	422	550.00–552.50	551.05
8	450–500	467	522.50–535.00	528.88
21	500–550	515	485.00–506.00	497.36
68	550–600	569	456.00–500.00	475.62
70	600–650	629	469.50	469.50
72	650–700	685	402.00–410.00	407.64
22	700–750	720	370.00–403.50	392.79
28	750–800	768	360.50–381.50	374.52
373	800–850	814	348.00–368.00	366.75
244	850–900	877	340.00–362.50	354.37
143	900–950	910	330.00–347.00	342.95
91	950–1000	982	295.00–313.50	309.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	586	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	490	505.00	505.00
10	550–600	563	455.00	455.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,004	320.25	320.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	722	370.00	370.00
18	800–850	800	358.00	358.00
26	850–900	869	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	1,850.00	1,850.00
10	450–500	475	490.00	490.00
30	500–550	527	465.00–466.00	465.84
7	550–600	550	479.00	479.00
25	600–650	636	401.50–415.00	406.79
13	650–700	662	361.00–377.50	372.35
58	750–800	760	349.00–355.00	354.18
59	800–850	831	336.00	336.00
16	850–900	857	312.75	312.75
40	900–950	906	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	400–450	408	2,225.00	2,225.00
6	450–500	465	482.50	482.50

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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