Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend applicable, as the last feeder auction was a month ago. The sale consisted of many full loads, multiple loads, and plenty of large strings of quality yearling cattle. Very good demand today. CME up 4.00+, after last week's decline.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $422.43/cwt on 23 head, down $72.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −52.88 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$422.43

▼ 72.78 vs prior sale

23 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.47

vs IA average

+23.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	422.43	2,409	23

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

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 sale23 hd

422.43

—

IA average2 barns · 42 hd

418.97

+3.47

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

+23.14

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−52.88

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

25 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	800–850	825	362.06/cwt	341.00–364.00	2,987	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	364.41/cwt	341.00–371.50	3,163	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	357.63/cwt	333.00–360.50	3,269	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,379	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	311.87/cwt	305.00–312.50	3,088	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	362.43/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,805	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	407.38/cwt	396.00–415.00	2,583	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,429	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	377.17/cwt	349.00–385.50	2,757	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	4
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,143	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	336.40/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,607	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	418.30/cwt	418.00–419.00	2,426	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	347.90/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,568	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,122	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	304.83/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,692	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	416.96/cwt	415.00–422.50	2,181	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	348.88/cwt	343.00–353.00	2,146	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	383.89/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,261	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,592	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,121	4

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 Jul 30, 2026

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

Receipts 1,402Last week 897Year ago 1,873

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	520.00	520.00
4	350–400	383	1,825.00	1,825.00
9	450–500	475	445.00	445.00
3	500–550	505	450.00	450.00
20	550–600	580	418.00–419.00	418.30
19	600–650	634	396.00–415.00	407.38
26	700–750	731	349.00–385.50	377.17
64	750–800	774	341.00–370.00	362.43
308	800–850	825	341.00–364.00	362.06
184	850–900	868	341.00–371.50	364.41
267	900–950	914	333.00–360.50	357.63
35	950–1000	990	305.00–312.50	311.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	643	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,027	304.00	304.00
8	1100–1150	1,143	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	400–450	413	2,000.00	2,000.00
4	450–500	482	440.00	440.00
15	500–550	523	415.00–422.50	416.96
12	550–600	589	375.00–402.50	383.89
14	600–650	615	343.00–353.00	348.88
25	650–700	689	352.50	352.50
78	700–750	738	335.00–350.00	347.90
38	750–800	775	331.00–343.00	336.40
7	800–850	805	322.00	322.00
44	850–900	883	295.00–310.00	304.83

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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