Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Preconditioned. The auction consisted of fourteen load lots, nine half loads and many smaller strings. Good demand today, especially on replacement heifers and load lots. The next sale is April 23.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $506.91/cwt on 45 head, up $21.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 16 comparable sales and sits +31.60 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$506.91

▲ 21.06 vs prior sale

45 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$177

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

$33.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

vs IA average

+23.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	524.86	2,677	21
Medium and Large 1-2	581	491.21	2,854	24

One grade step is worth $33.65/cwt here — about −$177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale45 hd

506.91

—

IA average3 barns · 588 hd

508.70

−1.79

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+23.73

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

+31.60

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

37 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	400–450	415	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,406	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	369.80/cwt	368.50–372.00	2,622	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	375.23/cwt	362.00–386.00	2,589	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,538	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,000	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	425.50/cwt	425.50–425.50	2,915	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	404.50/cwt	376.75–412.50	3,066	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	325.57/cwt	320.00–328.50	3,207	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	3,252	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	407.70/cwt	392.00–414.00	2,972	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	524.86/cwt	512.50–532.50	2,677	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	777	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,859	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	368.33/cwt	350.00–384.50	3,057	284
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,353	20
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	361.75/cwt	339.50–372.00	3,176	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	444.69/cwt	444.00–445.00	2,748	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,806	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	491.21/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,854	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	483.29/cwt	470.00–498.00	2,320	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	406.16/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,461	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	861	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,919	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	818	2,994.59/head	2,925.00–3,025.00	2,995	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	426.65/cwt	409.00–450.00	2,436	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	860	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	3,023	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	351.80/cwt	334.00–361.25	2,719	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	341.86/cwt	336.50–345.50	2,783	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	789	3,059.75/head	2,925.00–3,175.00	3,060	64

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 Apr 2, 2026

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Receipts 2,312Last week 1,903Year ago 2,207

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	300–350	330	2,175.00	2,175.00
4	350–400	368	2,100.00	2,100.00
6	400–450	415	2,525.00	2,525.00
3	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
31	450–500	480	470.00–498.00	483.29
50	550–600	571	409.00–450.00	426.65
16	600–650	606	400.00–419.00	406.16
60	650–700	690	362.00–386.00	375.23
90	700–750	709	368.50–372.00	369.80
156	750–800	773	334.00–361.25	351.80
109	800–850	814	336.50–345.50	341.86
26	900–950	908	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	729	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	750–800	789	2,925.00–3,175.00	3,059.75
137	800–850	818	2,925.00–3,025.00	2,994.59
72	850–900	861	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	527.50	527.50
24	550–600	581	465.00–495.00	491.21
44	600–650	618	444.00–445.00	444.69
5	700–750	723	351.00	351.00
3	850–900	888	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	620.00	620.00
7	450–500	450	605.00	605.00
21	500–550	510	512.50–532.50	524.86
6	600–650	600	500.00	500.00
8	650–700	685	425.50	425.50
141	700–750	729	392.00–414.00	407.70
297	750–800	758	376.75–412.50	404.50
284	800–850	830	350.00–384.50	368.33
132	850–900	878	339.50–372.00	361.75
131	900–950	902	360.50	360.50
35	950–1000	985	320.00–328.50	325.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	750–800	777	368.00	368.00
64	850–900	860	351.50	351.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,027	328.00	328.00
20	1050–1100	1,061	316.00	316.00

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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