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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 23

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Feb 16Feb 23Mar 2 →

Receipts

1,587 head

▼ 197 vs last sale 1,784▼ 832 vs year ago 2,419 · −34.4%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last Thursday, steers 650-800 pounds 4.4-7.5 higher. Heifers 600-700-pound steers 11 lower, 750 pounds 1.5 lower. Many load-lots today. 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 $192.24/cwt on 941 head.

Average price

$192.24

941 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$212

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.80

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	769	192.71	1,482	922
Medium and Large 1-2	772	175.00	1,351	8thin
Large 1	1,022	165.75	1,694	11thin

One grade step is worth $26.96/cwt here — about −$212 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 sale941 hd

192.24

—

IA average9 barns · 8,521 hd

202.04

−9.80

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

Every lot

26 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	586	215.41/cwt	199.00–220.00	1,262	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	219.55/cwt	215.50–220.50	1,370	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	197.80/cwt	194.50–215.00	1,323	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	196.67/cwt	182.00–200.00	1,453	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	191.49/cwt	186.25–197.25	1,463	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,351	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	187.50/cwt	179.50–190.50	1,568	252
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,588	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	172.91/cwt	168.25–174.25	1,598	106
Steers	—	Large 1	1,022	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,694	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	810	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	211.33/cwt	206.00–217.00	1,023	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	182.70/cwt	180.00–188.00	956	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	183.51/cwt	177.50–193.25	1,052	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	184.72/cwt	180.00–193.00	1,180	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	165.33/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,091	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	181.57/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,246	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	172.65/cwt	169.00–177.00	1,250	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,180	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	173.14/cwt	171.25–174.00	1,354	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	165.13/cwt	158.50–167.00	1,341	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	163.66/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,435	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	957	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,555	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	987	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,392	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,355	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,992	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	938	3

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 1,587Last week 1,784Year ago 2,419

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	877	162.00–166.00	163.66
17	—	957	162.50	162.50
28	—	812	158.50–167.00	165.13
33	—	686	174.00–185.00	181.57
47	—	573	177.50–193.25	183.51
68	—	782	171.25–174.00	173.14
13	—	484	206.00–217.00	211.33
81	—	639	180.00–193.00	184.72
92	—	724	169.00–177.00	172.65
9	—	523	180.00–188.00	182.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	766	154.00	154.00
4	—	987	141.00	141.00
9	—	660	164.00–167.00	165.33
4	—	433	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	624	215.50–220.50	219.55
57	—	586	199.00–220.00	215.41
133	—	764	186.25–197.25	191.49
184	—	739	182.00–200.00	196.67
106	—	924	168.25–174.25	172.91
128	—	669	194.50–215.00	197.80
21	—	868	183.00	183.00
252	—	836	179.50–190.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,022	165.75	165.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	772	175.00	175.00

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.