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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 4

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Dec 14Jan 4Jan 11 →

Receipts

2,219 head

▲ 96 vs last sale 2,123▲ 432 vs year ago 1,787 · +24.2%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Many packages of both light and heavier calves in the offering. Good demand today. The next Western Iowa Preconditioned feeder sale is Monday, January 8th.

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 $253.31/cwt on 1,003 head.

Average price

$253.31

1,003 head · 710 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$628

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

$79.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.00

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	487	274.59	1,337	27
Medium and Large 1	712	253.62	1,806	961
Large 1	1,008	195.00	1,966	15thin

One grade step is worth $79.59/cwt here — about −$628 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 sale1,003 hd

253.31

—

IA average11 barns · 9,076 hd

249.30

+4.00

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,232	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	356	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,139	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,431	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	343.94/cwt	332.00–358.00	1,448	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,229	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	308.90/cwt	291.00–321.00	1,452	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	273.36/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,331	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,318	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,555	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	262.24/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,479	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	288.40/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,635	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	266.92/cwt	250.00–275.25	1,655	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	251.22/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,683	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	242.30/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,742	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	236.72/cwt	230.50–241.00	1,844	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	238.40/cwt	225.00–240.50	1,981	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	226.38/cwt	214.50–238.00	1,985	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	217.24/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,994	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	207.25/cwt	207.25–207.25	2,010	33
Steers	—	Large 1	1,008	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,966	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,129	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	271.16/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,128	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	250.50/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,162	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	276.17/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,287	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	272.51/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,442	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	246.21/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,315	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,340	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	276.06/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,551	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	249.40/cwt	241.00–267.50	1,539	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	236.60/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,507	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	232.25/cwt	220.55–236.00	1,577	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	227.03/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,632	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	222.35/cwt	218.25–226.75	1,717	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	213.71/cwt	211.00–214.50	1,744	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	897	202.73/cwt	195.00–204.00	1,818	21

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,219Last week 2,123Year ago 1,787

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	897	195.00–204.00	202.73
29	—	466	271.00–285.00	276.17
7	—	375	301.00	301.00
45	—	416	260.00–277.50	271.16
45	—	562	275.00–279.00	276.06
81	—	772	218.25–226.75	222.35
64	—	529	260.00–281.00	272.51
91	—	816	211.00–214.50	213.71
102	—	617	241.00–267.50	249.40
106	—	679	220.55–236.00	232.25
120	—	719	221.00–230.00	227.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	241.00	241.00
12	—	464	249.00–251.00	250.50
28	—	534	240.00–249.00	246.21
94	—	637	231.00–240.00	236.60
3	—	390	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	367.00	367.00
124	—	719	237.00–246.00	242.30
4	—	332	371.00	371.00
20	—	918	210.00–222.00	217.24
23	—	421	332.00–358.00	343.94
23	—	528	294.50	294.50
33	—	970	207.25	207.25
157	—	779	230.50–241.00	236.72
62	—	470	291.00–321.00	308.90
68	—	831	225.00–240.50	238.40
76	—	567	275.00–302.00	288.40
109	—	620	250.00–275.25	266.92
123	—	670	235.00–258.00	251.22
136	—	877	214.50–238.00	226.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	356	320.00	320.00
3	—	505	261.00	261.00
5	—	447	275.00	275.00
7	—	564	260.00–264.00	262.24
9	—	487	265.00–280.00	273.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,008	195.00	195.00

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.