Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No trend. today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.86/cwt on 955 head.

Average price

$191.86

955 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$9.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.05

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	709	192.25	1,364	916
Medium and Large 1-2	597	182.75	1,091	39

One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $273 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 sale955 hd

191.86

—

IA average13 barns · 15,823 hd

189.81

+2.05

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

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	168.48/cwt	167.50–170.00	1,398	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	177.89/cwt	175.00–179.50	852	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,124	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	173.13/cwt	164.50–176.00	1,163	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	173.45/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,249	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	173.17/cwt	168.00–183.00	1,098	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	182.24/cwt	174.00–186.00	1,516	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	214.26/cwt	210.00–220.00	917	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	213.61/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,021	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	199.08/cwt	186.00–208.25	1,252	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	192.71/cwt	181.00–200.00	1,283	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	185.73/cwt	180.50–188.50	1,634	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	188.34/cwt	178.00–192.00	1,469	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	155.65/cwt	155.00–156.00	960	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	185.37/cwt	172.00–197.00	1,075	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	209.71/cwt	197.00–219.50	1,191	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	185.92/cwt	176.00–195.00	1,335	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	202.90/cwt	198.00–211.00	1,071	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	171.41/cwt	164.00–180.00	1,332	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	180.69/cwt	170.00–190.00	949	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	184.93/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,039	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	182.16/cwt	180.00–183.50	772	19

How this sale compares

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 5, 2023

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

Receipts 1,787Last week 2,774Year ago 1,903

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No trend. today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	830	167.50–170.00	168.48
52	—	479	175.00–179.50	177.89
133	—	672	164.50–176.00	173.13
154	—	720	166.00–176.00	173.45
74	—	634	168.00–183.00	173.17
117	—	580	172.00–197.00	185.37
44	—	777	164.00–180.00	171.41
34	—	525	170.00–190.00	180.69
4	—	343	213.00	213.00
19	—	424	180.00–183.50	182.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	756	160.00	160.00
9	—	617	155.00–156.00	155.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	621	181.00	181.00
25	—	562	184.00–190.00	184.93
3	—	800	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	832	174.00–186.00	182.24
18	—	428	210.00–220.00	214.26
25	—	478	210.00–221.00	213.61
122	—	629	186.00–208.25	199.08
108	—	666	181.00–200.00	192.71
83	—	880	180.50–188.50	185.73
159	—	780	178.00–192.00	188.34
83	—	568	197.00–219.50	209.71
189	—	718	176.00–195.00	185.92
4	—	398	212.50	212.50
13	—	528	198.00–211.00	202.90

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.

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