Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-03-09

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Mar 9
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,885 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 1,948▼ 190 vs year ago 2,075 · −9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale last Thursday, steers were mostly 8.00-10.00 higher. Light heifers 600-650 pounds 8.00-9.00 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.75/cwt on 1,023 head.
Average price
$202.75
1,023 head · 734 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,489
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1740204.071,509931
Medium and Large 1-2680189.401,28992
One grade step is worth $14.66/cwt here — about $220 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 sale1,023 hd
202.75
—
IA average9 barns · 5,398 hd
202.44
+0.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1283252.50/cwt252.50–252.507154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned355271.00/cwt271.00–271.009623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned356212.50/cwt212.50–212.507573
Steers—Medium and Large 1439243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0678
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0414
Steers—Medium and Large 1469240.87/cwt220.00–258.001,13023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483200.00/cwt200.00–200.009663
Steers—Medium and Large 1528233.62/cwt228.00–238.001,23414
Steers—Medium and Large 1565224.56/cwt220.25–231.001,26957
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591206.88/cwt206.00–207.001,22324
Steers—Medium and Large 1620220.20/cwt200.00–224.501,365107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635181.70/cwt176.00–186.001,1547
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,23516
Steers—Medium and Large 1677211.93/cwt197.50–219.751,43588
Steers—Medium and Large 1734201.58/cwt187.00–204.501,480186
Steers—Medium and Large 1772196.98/cwt185.50–209.001,521112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783178.47/cwt175.00–182.001,39735
Steers—Medium and Large 1830196.05/cwt184.00–199.001,627159
Steers—Medium and Large 1865188.64/cwt180.00–193.001,63279
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2911166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5124
Steers—Medium and Large 1925183.04/cwt169.00–185.751,69358
Steers—Medium and Large 1957179.78/cwt175.25–180.501,72029
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned330227.50/cwt227.50–227.507514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned365226.00/cwt226.00–226.008253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408219.62/cwt217.00–223.008967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475219.36/cwt207.00–230.001,04233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504194.50/cwt194.00–195.009806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522213.38/cwt201.00–221.001,1148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577201.60/cwt190.00–206.001,16315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583180.45/cwt177.00–184.001,0526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617191.32/cwt182.50–201.001,180110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677184.37/cwt181.50–188.001,24877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720176.12/cwt171.00–181.001,26860
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,2004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781172.97/cwt168.50–177.501,35195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1842170.40/cwt167.00–173.501,43531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927164.31/cwt164.00–165.501,52330
Heifers—Large 11,050151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5863
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1403

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.