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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-19

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 19

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 12Jan 19Jan 26 →

Receipts

1,378 head

▼ 914 vs last sale 2,292▼ 611 vs year ago 1,989 · −30.7%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. Blizzard conditions Wednesday night making travel difficult today. Compared to the sale last week light steers 600-700 pounds were .70-1.00 lower, steers 750-800 pounds 5.00-10 lower. Lightweight heifers were mixed. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.79/cwt on 642 head.

Average price

$183.79

642 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$11.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	745	183.98	1,370	632
Medium and Large 1-2	689	172.00	1,185	10thin

One grade step is worth $11.98/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale642 hd

183.79

—

IA average13 barns · 13,112 hd

187.23

−3.44

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,011	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	210.20/cwt	204.50–211.00	1,190	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	202.40/cwt	197.50–205.25	1,269	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	182.06/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,209	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,185	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	182.22/cwt	180.00–185.50	1,310	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	177.86/cwt	175.00–181.50	1,386	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	176.43/cwt	169.00–177.00	1,456	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,385	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	168.64/cwt	168.50–169.00	1,530	91
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	179.06/cwt	177.00–182.50	781	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	176.28/cwt	170.00–181.00	924	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	888	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	936	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	181.50/cwt	170.50–184.00	1,078	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	176.64/cwt	167.00–181.00	1,088	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,009	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	167.14/cwt	165.75–169.75	1,152	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	167.48/cwt	165.75–172.25	1,216	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	169.19/cwt	159.00–178.00	1,308	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	162.24/cwt	158.00–163.25	1,338	43

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 19, 2023

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

Receipts 1,378Last week 2,292Year ago 1,989

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	689	165.75–169.75	167.14
117	—	616	167.00–181.00	176.64
43	—	825	158.00–163.25	162.24
62	—	726	165.75–172.25	167.48
70	—	773	159.00–178.00	169.19
8	—	436	177.00–182.50	179.06
4	—	492	775.00	775.00
3	—	345	550.00	550.00
26	—	524	170.00–181.00	176.28
16	—	594	170.50–184.00	181.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	160.00	160.00
4	—	625	161.50	161.50
9	—	545	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	779	175.00–181.50	177.86
6	—	478	211.50	211.50
24	—	664	177.00–185.00	182.06
33	—	566	204.50–211.00	210.20
91	—	907	168.50–169.00	168.64
92	—	825	169.00–177.00	176.43
119	—	627	197.50–205.25	202.40
136	—	719	180.00–185.50	182.22
3	—	855	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	689	172.00	172.00

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.