Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2026-03-12

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Mar 12
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,610 head
214 vs last sale 1,824 403 vs year ago 2,013 · 20.0%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale last Thursday; 800-850 lb steers were mixed. Lower trend noted in the market this week. Light cattle and heifers were limited in numbers. The sale consisted of eighteen loads and several half loads of yearling steers, along with smaller strings. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $452.38/cwt on 48 head, down $23.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits 22.94 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.
Average price
$452.38
23.59 vs prior sale
48 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
18.99
vs IA average
19.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581452.382,62748
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales
521483446408median 475.3212/1801/2903/0504/2307/30
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 sale48 hd
452.38
IA average7 barns · 427 hd
471.37
−18.99
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
−19.82
This barn, trailing median16 sales
475.32
−22.94
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

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3295
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800788330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6009
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700659380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,50411
SteersLarge 11000–10501,000319.00/cwt319.00–319.003,19051
SteersLarge 1950–1000989320.75/cwt320.75–320.753,17299
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478482.87/cwt470.00–510.002,3089
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600595435.26/cwt412.00–440.002,59035
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687379.60/cwt374.00–408.002,60835
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800797378.41/cwt373.00–381.003,016330
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900881362.19/cwt359.00–365.503,191683
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950920300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850820320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6247
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717378.25/cwt376.00–385.002,71243
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850846343.96/cwt343.00–368.002,910201
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950933337.00/cwt337.00–337.003,14412
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550542498.47/cwt497.50–500.002,70213

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.