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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-22

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 22

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Feb 15Feb 22Mar 21 →

Receipts

2,209 head

▼ 168 vs last sale 2,377▲ 622 vs year ago 1,587 · +39.2%

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: Steers 700-800 lbs were mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Lighter steers were sharply higher. Steers 850 lbs 1.00 higher. Heifers 600-700 lbs 2.00-6.00 lower. Lighter heifers sharply higher. Heifers 800 lbs 8.00 higher. Many load lots of quality cattle over 750 lbs in the offering today, along with plenty of smaller packages. Good demand, especially on cattle 650 lbs and lighter as supply is getting short. Good flesh condition also brought a premium.

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 $263.23/cwt on 1,128 head.

Average price

$263.23

1,128 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$356

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

$23.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.81

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	589	285.72	1,682	26
Medium and Large 1	776	262.70	2,038	1,102

One grade step is worth $23.01/cwt here — about −$356 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 sale1,128 hd

263.23

—

IA average9 barns · 8,925 hd

273.04

−9.81

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,378	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	324.38/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,531	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	327.58/cwt	316.00–338.00	1,726	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	317.12/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,814	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	292.25/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,733	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	307.98/cwt	289.00–316.50	1,906	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	275.33/cwt	274.50–276.00	1,726	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	286.36/cwt	279.50–292.00	1,907	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	263.00/cwt	249.00–271.50	1,930	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	257.18/cwt	247.50–260.75	1,967	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	250.44/cwt	247.00–252.50	2,054	252
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	242.33/cwt	226.75–246.50	2,074	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	230.18/cwt	225.00–234.00	2,127	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	957	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,297	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,389	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,240	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,315	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	285.13/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,551	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	280.86/cwt	268.00–285.50	1,576	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	266.51/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,682	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	257.98/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,705	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	239.35/cwt	234.00–258.00	1,731	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,677	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	233.06/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,781	252
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	225.86/cwt	219.00–229.50	1,886	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	226.81/cwt	215.00–229.75	1,962	189

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 2,209Last week 2,377Year ago 1,587

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	865	215.00–229.75	226.81
11	—	463	300.00	300.00
33	—	661	246.00–260.00	257.98
60	—	544	276.00–290.00	285.13
64	—	835	219.00–229.50	225.86
75	—	561	268.00–285.50	280.86
124	—	631	250.00–272.50	266.51
137	—	723	234.00–258.00	239.35
252	—	764	223.00–235.00	233.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	261.00	261.00
26	—	730	229.75	229.75
3	—	500	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	765	247.50–260.75	257.18
252	—	820	247.00–252.50	250.44
146	—	666	279.50–292.00	286.36
107	—	856	226.75–246.50	242.33
120	—	957	240.00	240.00
153	—	734	249.00–271.50	263.00
45	—	527	316.00–338.00	327.58
12	—	572	300.00–326.00	317.12
69	—	619	289.00–316.50	307.98
61	—	924	225.00–234.00	230.18
8	—	472	319.00–330.00	324.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	446	309.00	309.00
8	—	593	291.00–293.00	292.25
14	—	627	274.50–276.00	275.33

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.