Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend applicable, as the last sale was three weeks ago. The auction consisted of five loads and four half loads of yearling steers, along with many smaller packages. Good demand, especially on the load lots. The next feeder sale is July 30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $444.20/cwt on 11 head, up $11.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 18 comparable sales and sits +25.53 against this barn's trailing median of $418.67.

Average price

$444.20

▲ 11.45 vs prior sale

11 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$47.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.63

vs IA average

+11.59 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	457.02	2,911	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	645	410.00	2,645	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.02/cwt here — about $267 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $447.76, low $379.60, median $418.67 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

444.20

—

IA average3 barns · 274 hd

462.83

−18.63

National average147 barns · 9,757 hd

432.61

+11.59

This barn, trailing median18 sales

418.67

+25.53

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

23 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,925	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,011	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	338.75/cwt	333.00–344.00	2,649	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	384.44/cwt	376.00–389.00	3,191	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	347.89/cwt	323.00–350.75	3,350	116
Steers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,251	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	3,246	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	3
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,181	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	3,277	3
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,293	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,994	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	362.67/cwt	335.00–365.25	3,228	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	457.02/cwt	440.00–467.50	2,911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	382.04/cwt	350.00–383.50	3,014	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	356.89/cwt	356.50–358.50	3,273	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	984	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,050	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	330.48/cwt	315.00–346.00	2,756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	3
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,394	10

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

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,041	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	543	465.00	465.00
4	550–600	567	462.50	462.50
21	750–800	782	333.00–344.00	338.75
6	800–850	825	365.00	365.00
4	850–900	865	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	586	2,400.00	2,400.00
8	600–650	637	440.00–467.50	457.02
3	600–650	648	2,600.00	2,600.00
8	700–750	725	413.00	413.00
123	750–800	789	350.00–383.50	382.04
208	800–850	830	376.00–389.00	384.44
73	850–900	890	335.00–365.25	362.67
36	900–950	917	356.50–358.50	356.89
116	950–1000	963	323.00–350.75	347.89
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,010	326.00	326.00
10	1050–1100	1,059	320.50	320.50
3	1150–1200	1,181	277.50	277.50
9	1250–1300	1,251	259.50	259.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
3	700–750	725	367.00	367.00
6	800–850	834	315.00–346.00	330.48
9	950–1000	984	310.00	310.00

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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