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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-10

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Aug 10

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jul 27Aug 10Aug 31 →

Receipts

2,378 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 2,303▲ 159 vs year ago 2,219 · +7.2%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. The next feeder cattle auction will be August 31. Many load lots offered 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 $241.47/cwt on 1,249 head.

Average price

$241.47

1,249 head · 886 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$47.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.09

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	881	242.95	2,141	1,201
Medium and Large 1-2	837	215.57	1,804	22
Large 1	1,136	195.00	2,215	26

One grade step is worth $47.95/cwt here — about −$74 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 sale1,249 hd

241.47

—

IA average6 barns · 5,723 hd

245.56

−4.09

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,224	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,353	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,414	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	551	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,598	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	278.71/cwt	276.00–279.00	1,798	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	257.93/cwt	249.00–263.00	1,878	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	255.10/cwt	243.00–259.50	1,985	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	244.37/cwt	238.25–248.00	2,001	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	247.85/cwt	234.00–255.25	2,139	250
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	210.92/cwt	208.00–213.00	1,822	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	231.57/cwt	230.00–234.75	2,130	192
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	967	234.09/cwt	226.50–237.25	2,264	461
Steers	—	Large 1	1,042	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,876	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,164	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	2,322	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,216	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,348	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,482	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,651	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,542	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,458	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	254.58/cwt	238.00–260.00	1,729	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	702	256.48/cwt	239.00–259.00	1,800	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	248.46/cwt	235.25–253.25	1,933	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	237.78/cwt	226.50–246.25	1,945	149
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	236.60/cwt	224.00–239.00	2,047	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	224.00/cwt	222.75–230.50	2,038	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	222.69/cwt	210.00–225.25	2,158	61

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 Aug 10, 2023

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

Receipts 2,378Last week 2,303Year ago 2,219

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. The next feeder cattle auction will be August 31. Many load lots offered today. 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
16	—	623	265.00	265.00
61	—	969	210.00–225.25	222.69
80	—	702	239.00–259.00	256.48
149	—	818	226.50–246.25	237.78
75	—	910	222.75–230.50	224.00
88	—	679	238.00–260.00	254.58
86	—	865	224.00–239.00	236.60
139	—	778	235.25–253.25	248.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	645	239.00	239.00
5	—	669	218.00	218.00
11	—	588	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	287.50	287.50
3	—	473	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	299.00	299.00
8	—	433	312.50	312.50
4	—	360	340.00	340.00
5	—	551	290.00	290.00
3	—	545	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	778	243.00–259.50	255.10
192	—	920	230.00–234.75	231.57
53	—	728	249.00–263.00	257.93
68	—	819	238.25–248.00	244.37
30	—	645	276.00–279.00	278.71
250	—	863	234.00–255.25	247.85
461	—	967	226.50–237.25	234.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	864	208.00–213.00	210.92
3	—	665	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,164	199.50	199.50
6	—	1,042	180.00	180.00

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.