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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 16

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Receipts

1,784 head

▼ 593 vs last sale 2,377▼ 105 vs year ago 1,889 · −5.6%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load-lots. 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 $191.21/cwt on 996 head.

Average price

$191.21

996 head · 729 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$8.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.99

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	191.34	1,397	980
Medium and Large 1-2	655	183.03	1,200	16thin

One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about $198 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 sale996 hd

191.21

—

IA average8 barns · 6,594 hd

193.19

−1.99

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	224.17/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,098	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	218.77/cwt	211.00–225.00	1,144	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	211.37/cwt	203.00–212.75	1,249	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	604	187.25/cwt	187.25–187.25	1,131	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	205.40/cwt	190.00–210.50	1,259	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	193.40/cwt	188.00–197.50	1,309	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	189.81/cwt	179.00–193.50	1,386	298
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	741	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,304	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	184.49/cwt	175.00–189.00	1,437	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	179.96/cwt	176.75–181.25	1,477	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	178.60/cwt	171.00–179.50	1,573	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	172.52/cwt	172.00–173.75	1,575	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	981	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,641	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	884	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	196.40/cwt	192.00–201.00	941	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	199.90/cwt	195.00–202.00	1,047	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,203	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	195.80/cwt	184.50–203.00	1,214	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	177.73/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,136	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	188.04/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,249	191
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,178	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	183.58/cwt	174.50–191.00	1,327	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	170.00/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,267	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	174.64/cwt	166.00–178.50	1,343	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	165.38/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,361	13

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 Feb 16, 2023

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

Receipts 1,784Last week 2,377Year ago 1,889

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load-lots. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	201.00	201.00
7	—	584	206.00	206.00
13	—	823	160.00–167.00	165.38
17	—	479	192.00–201.00	196.40
53	—	620	184.50–203.00	195.80
68	—	524	195.00–202.00	199.90
168	—	769	166.00–178.50	174.64
126	—	723	174.50–191.00	183.58
191	—	664	180.00–195.00	188.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	683	172.50	172.50
20	—	639	170.00–180.00	177.73
12	—	745	164.00–172.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	677	188.00–197.50	193.40
24	—	913	172.00–173.75	172.52
22	—	490	220.00–225.00	224.17
99	—	881	171.00–179.50	178.60
46	—	523	211.00–225.00	218.77
164	—	779	175.00–189.00	184.49
298	—	730	179.00–193.50	189.81
6	—	981	167.25	167.25
96	—	821	176.75–181.25	179.96
39	—	591	203.00–212.75	211.37
115	—	613	190.00–210.50	205.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	604	187.25	187.25
6	—	741	176.00	176.00

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.