Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-01-05

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,787 head
▼ 987 vs last sale 2,774▼ 116 vs year ago 1,903 · −6.1%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1709192.251,364916
Medium and Large 1-2597182.751,09139
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—830168.48/cwt167.50–170.001,39815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—756160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479177.89/cwt175.00–179.5085252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—621181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,12411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672173.13/cwt164.50–176.001,163133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720173.45/cwt166.00–176.001,249154
HeifersMedium and Large 1—634173.17/cwt168.00–183.001,09874
SteersMedium and Large 1—832182.24/cwt174.00–186.001,516112
SteersMedium and Large 1—428214.26/cwt210.00–220.0091718
SteersMedium and Large 1—478213.61/cwt210.00–221.001,02125
SteersMedium and Large 1—629199.08/cwt186.00–208.251,252122
SteersMedium and Large 1—666192.71/cwt181.00–200.001,283108
SteersMedium and Large 1—880185.73/cwt180.50–188.501,63483
SteersMedium and Large 1—780188.34/cwt178.00–192.001,469159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—617155.65/cwt155.00–156.009609
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580185.37/cwt172.00–197.001,075117
SteersMedium and Large 1—568209.71/cwt197.00–219.501,19183
SteersMedium and Large 1—718185.92/cwt176.00–195.001,335189
SteersMedium and Large 1—398212.50/cwt212.50–212.508464
SteersMedium and Large 1—528202.90/cwt198.00–211.001,07113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—777171.41/cwt164.00–180.001,33244
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525180.69/cwt170.00–190.0094934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—562184.93/cwt184.00–190.001,03925
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—800171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343213.00/cwt213.00–213.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424182.16/cwt180.00–183.5077219

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.