Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the previous Preconditioned sale on December 18; steers 550-600 lbs sharply higher, 650 lbs 6.00 higher, 700-750 lbs sharply higher, 800 lbs 3.00 higher. Heifers 600 lbs sharply higher, 700 lbs 2.00 higher. The auction consisted of two loads, several half loads and plenty of smaller strings. Good demand today. The next feeder sale is Monday, January 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.84/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −2.29 against this barn's trailing median of $471.13.

Average price

$468.84

110 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$53.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.40

vs IA average

+16.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	472.24	2,626	103
Medium and Large 1-2	549	418.86	2,299	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.38/cwt here — about $327 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale110 hd

468.84

—

IA average4 barns · 620 hd

458.45

+10.40

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

+16.68

This barn, trailing median2 sales

471.13

−2.29

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

39 lots · USDA AMS · Denison Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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 1-2	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	817	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,933	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	519.83/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,960	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	468.25/cwt	454.00–476.25	2,243	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	355.56/cwt	342.00–369.00	3,104	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	377.46/cwt	359.50–396.00	2,959	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	394.19/cwt	371.00–405.00	2,665	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	425.79/cwt	410.00–433.00	2,248	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	291.14/cwt	289.00–295.00	2,280	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	431.21/cwt	415.00–446.50	2,708	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	337.99/cwt	315.00–348.00	2,447	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	330.05/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,277	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	376.62/cwt	376.00–377.00	2,463	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	981	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	478.51/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,292	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	468.71/cwt	457.50–484.00	2,662	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	332.02/cwt	331.50–337.00	3,297	71
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,323	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	392.55/cwt	372.00–409.50	2,842	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	353.80/cwt	335.00–368.00	2,944	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	394.10/cwt	370.00–404.00	2,506	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	480.83/cwt	450.00–496.00	2,534	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	353.60/cwt	344.00–356.50	3,250	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	344.05/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,660	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	391.43/cwt	379.00–405.00	2,482	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	330.37/cwt	325.50–355.00	2,666	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	331.22/cwt	321.00–343.00	2,550	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	413.02/cwt	392.50–417.00	2,358	42

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	355.00	355.00
3	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
22	650–700	690	321.00–340.00	330.05
3	700–750	728	312.50	312.50
11	750–800	783	289.00–295.00	291.14
6	800–850	829	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	800–850	817	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	510.00–530.00	519.83
4	400–450	422	490.00	490.00
49	450–500	479	454.00–476.25	468.25
38	500–550	528	410.00–433.00	425.79
42	550–600	571	392.50–417.00	413.02
64	600–650	634	379.00–405.00	391.43
47	650–700	654	376.00–377.00	376.62
105	700–750	724	315.00–348.00	337.99
43	750–800	770	321.00–343.00	331.22
40	800–850	807	325.50–355.00	330.37
4	850–900	857	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	240	1,525.00	1,525.00
5	350–400	383	520.00	520.00
4	400–450	446	470.00	470.00
14	450–500	479	475.00–480.00	478.51
30	500–550	527	450.00–496.00	480.83
73	550–600	568	457.50–484.00	468.71
52	600–650	628	415.00–446.50	431.21
79	650–700	676	371.00–405.00	394.19
140	700–750	724	372.00–409.50	392.55
84	750–800	784	359.50–396.00	377.46
52	800–850	832	335.00–368.00	353.80
125	850–900	873	342.00–369.00	355.56
53	900–950	919	344.00–356.50	353.60
71	950–1000	993	331.50–337.00	332.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	538	444.00	444.00
4	550–600	557	400.00	400.00
13	600–650	636	370.00–404.00	394.10
15	750–800	773	340.00–347.50	344.05
5	800–850	809	321.00	321.00
4	950–1000	981	293.00	293.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,007	330.00	330.00

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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