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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-09

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Nov 9

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Oct 26Nov 9Nov 16 →

Receipts

2,239 head

▲ 69 vs last sale 2,170▲ 598 vs year ago 1,641 · +36.4%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Plenty of sellers made for a full house in the barn today. Good demand for large groups of calves and load lots of yearlings. Moderate demand for smaller packages and groups with colored cattle.

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 $247.48/cwt on 1,392 head.

Average price

$247.48

1,392 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$211

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$44.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	754	250.15	1,887	1,161
Medium and Large 1-2	661	235.74	1,559	218
Large 1	1,018	206.00	2,097	13thin

One grade step is worth $44.15/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale1,392 hd

247.48

—

IA average8 barns · 4,274 hd

243.27

+4.21

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,182	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	299.92/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,158	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	261.63/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,013	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	313.90/cwt	301.00–317.50	1,365	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	284.54/cwt	275.00–304.00	1,389	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,337	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	263.98/cwt	252.50–268.00	1,399	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	287.21/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,539	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	242.85/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,379	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	275.51/cwt	262.00–283.00	1,584	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	241.78/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,506	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	270.32/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,717	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	253.19/cwt	240.75–258.00	1,681	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	204.12/cwt	195.00–221.00	1,382	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	229.35/cwt	229.25–229.50	1,672	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	245.00/cwt	235.75–258.00	1,791	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	233.14/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,765	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	235.36/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,946	267
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	228.94/cwt	226.00–231.50	2,125	280
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	932	202.84/cwt	202.00–203.00	1,890	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,212	60
Steers	—	Large 1	1,018	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,097	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	286.12/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,099	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	259.36/cwt	242.00–266.00	1,139	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	252.14/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,205	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,106	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	225.64/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,196	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	255.21/cwt	237.00–263.00	1,363	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,258	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	247.52/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,448	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	233.29/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,470	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	212.64/cwt	200.00–217.50	1,386	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	189.21/cwt	181.00–195.00	1,290	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,456	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,412	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,453	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 Nov 9, 2023

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

Receipts 2,239Last week 2,170Year ago 1,641

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	384	278.00–295.00	286.12
26	—	439	242.00–266.00	259.36
29	—	652	200.00–217.50	212.64
40	—	707	206.00	206.00
72	—	585	237.00–255.00	247.52
87	—	478	237.50–260.00	252.14
113	—	534	237.00–263.00	255.21
117	—	630	220.00–244.00	233.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	803	181.00	181.00
3	—	600	190.00	190.00
7	—	776	182.00	182.00
24	—	530	221.00–235.00	225.64
3	—	481	230.00	230.00
13	—	682	181.00–195.00	189.21
5	—	577	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	387	255.00–275.00	261.63
7	—	495	270.00	270.00
38	—	932	202.00–203.00	202.84
116	—	623	225.00–252.00	241.78
10	—	729	229.25–229.50	229.35
11	—	677	195.00–221.00	204.12
13	—	568	240.00–252.00	242.85
14	—	530	252.50–268.00	263.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	386	295.00–320.00	299.92
3	—	333	355.00	355.00
42	—	435	301.00–317.50	313.90
134	—	731	235.75–258.00	245.00
267	—	827	225.00–238.00	235.36
60	—	970	228.00	228.00
25	—	488	275.00–304.00	284.54
124	—	536	270.00–300.00	287.21
24	—	575	262.00–283.00	275.51
280	—	928	226.00–231.50	228.94
8	—	757	230.00–235.00	233.14
88	—	635	260.00–285.00	270.32
87	—	664	240.75–258.00	253.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,018	206.00	206.00

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.