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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-18

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 18

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25 →

Receipts

1,785 head

▼ 426 vs last sale 2,211▲ 407 vs year ago 1,378 · +29.5%

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 750-850 lbs were 2.00-4.00 higher. Lighter steers were limited in numbers. Light heifers 600-700 lbs were steady to 5.00 lower. Heavier heifers, 800 lbs were 8.00 lower. Lighter sale today. Snowstorms and frigid temperatures remain in the area, causing cancelled sales and producers postponing their consignments. Several load lots offered, along with many smaller packages. Good demand.

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 $244.23/cwt on 860 head.

Average price

$244.23

860 head · 755 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$381

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

$8.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.36

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	586	252.72	1,482	44
Medium and Large 1	764	243.78	1,863	816

One grade step is worth $8.94/cwt here — about −$381 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 sale860 hd

244.23

—

IA average7 barns · 4,278 hd

246.59

−2.36

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	276.98/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,100	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	336.60/cwt	336.00–337.00	1,441	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	276.66/cwt	263.00–285.00	1,317	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	286.12/cwt	274.00–302.00	1,496	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	272.88/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,599	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	280.30/cwt	262.50–290.00	1,724	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	250.49/cwt	242.50–257.00	1,581	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	256.77/cwt	238.00–263.75	1,697	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	245.12/cwt	243.00–253.50	1,748	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,641	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	240.41/cwt	229.00–247.00	1,837	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	230.75/cwt	225.50–235.00	1,911	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	227.58/cwt	223.50–229.75	1,973	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	218.68/cwt	217.25–220.00	2,040	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	988	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,867	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	277.57/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,046	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	237.12/cwt	231.00–240.00	991	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,008	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	236.11/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,145	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,160	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	546	233.57/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,275	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,436	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	225.78/cwt	211.00–230.75	1,402	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	223.12/cwt	216.00–227.00	1,488	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	217.88/cwt	215.00–219.50	1,591	184
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	216.70/cwt	207.00–220.50	1,686	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	213.45/cwt	210.00–219.50	1,772	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,831	24

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,785Last week 2,211Year ago 1,378

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	418	231.00–240.00	237.12
20	—	377	265.00–290.00	277.57
21	—	546	225.00–239.00	233.57
23	—	485	230.00–240.00	236.11
184	—	730	215.00–219.50	217.88
3	—	280	760.00	760.00
27	—	579	248.00	248.00
59	—	621	211.00–230.75	225.78
3	—	471	900.00	900.00
24	—	872	210.00	210.00
78	—	667	216.00–227.00	223.12
96	—	830	210.00–219.50	213.45
150	—	778	207.00–220.50	216.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	542	214.00	214.00
3	—	480	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	523	274.00–302.00	286.12
8	—	988	189.00	189.00
15	—	428	336.00–337.00	336.60
129	—	933	217.25–220.00	218.68
145	—	867	223.50–229.75	227.58
15	—	476	263.00–285.00	276.66
19	—	586	270.00–275.00	272.88
44	—	615	262.50–290.00	280.30
69	—	661	238.00–263.75	256.77
147	—	764	229.00–247.00	240.41
44	—	713	243.00–253.50	245.12
111	—	828	225.50–235.00	230.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	736	223.00	223.00
12	—	397	265.00–281.00	276.98
24	—	631	242.50–257.00	250.49

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.