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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 15

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Feb 8Feb 15Feb 22 →

Receipts

2,377 head

▼ 130 vs last sale 2,507▲ 593 vs year ago 1,784 · +33.2%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last week: light steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Steers 800 lbs 5.00 higher, 850 lbs 1.00 lower. Light heifers 1.00 higher with instances sharply higher. Heavier heifers 800 lbs were lower, as flesh condition and hide color was discounted. Several load lots of mostly steers today, along with many smaller packages in the offering. Good demand, especially on light 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 $263.06/cwt on 1,188 head.

Average price

$263.06

1,188 head · 753 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$19.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

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	264.16	1,991	1,121
Medium and Large 1-2	749	244.75	1,834	67

One grade step is worth $19.40/cwt here — about $157 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 sale1,188 hd

263.06

—

IA average8 barns · 8,429 hd

264.59

−1.53

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	257	780.00/head	780.00–780.00	780	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	501	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	304.28/cwt	296.00–317.00	1,619	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,463	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	294.23/cwt	279.00–304.50	1,707	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	283.05/cwt	279.00–295.50	1,761	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	276.37/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,849	232
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	251.26/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,721	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	248.05/cwt	247.75–249.00	1,791	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	268.47/cwt	252.00–277.50	1,973	189
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	265.10/cwt	254.00–271.00	2,039	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	242.15/cwt	228.00–248.50	1,920	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,900	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	253.21/cwt	241.50–265.50	2,097	259
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	241.12/cwt	229.50–247.50	2,144	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	941	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,995	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,094	45
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	259.81/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,104	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,156	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	270.06/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,294	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	268.03/cwt	255.00–276.50	1,383	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	246.94/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,319	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	268.92/cwt	259.75–277.50	1,514	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	268.08/cwt	257.50–273.00	1,665	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	243.53/cwt	240.50–245.00	1,554	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	244.18/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,626	216
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	245.15/cwt	235.50–258.50	1,780	141
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	227.09/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,735	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	217.65/cwt	210.00–223.25	1,761	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	876	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,629	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	898	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,038	25

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 Feb 15, 2024

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

Receipts 2,377Last week 2,507Year ago 1,784

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	516	255.00–276.50	268.03
24	—	425	250.00–270.00	259.81
25	—	898	227.00	227.00
28	—	479	263.00–280.00	270.06
35	—	764	215.00–232.50	227.09
73	—	621	257.50–273.00	268.08
114	—	563	259.75–277.50	268.92
141	—	726	235.50–258.50	245.15
121	—	809	210.00–223.25	217.65
216	—	666	232.00–250.00	244.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	534	235.00–250.00	246.94
5	—	470	246.00	246.00
34	—	638	240.50–245.00	243.53
3	—	876	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	685	250.00–255.00	251.26
12	—	722	247.75–249.00	248.05
4	—	941	212.00	212.00
6	—	805	236.00	236.00
25	—	793	228.00–248.50	242.15
4	—	540	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
259	—	828	241.50–265.50	253.21
111	—	889	229.50–247.50	241.12
45	—	956	219.00	219.00
4	—	257	780.00	780.00
6	—	340	1,060.00	1,060.00
32	—	580	279.00–304.50	294.23
232	—	669	265.00–282.00	276.37
189	—	735	252.00–277.50	268.47
30	—	532	296.00–317.00	304.28
78	—	622	279.00–295.50	283.05
3	—	501	975.00	975.00
145	—	769	254.00–271.00	265.10

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.