Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-01-19

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 19
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,378 head
914 vs last sale 2,292 611 vs year ago 1,989 · 30.7%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. Blizzard conditions Wednesday night making travel difficult today. Compared to the sale last week light steers 600-700 pounds were .70-1.00 lower, steers 750-800 pounds 5.00-10 lower. Lightweight heifers were mixed. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.79/cwt on 642 head.
Average price
$183.79
642 head · 744 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,367
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.44
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745183.981,370632
Medium and Large 1-2689172.001,18510thin
One grade step is worth $11.98/cwt here — about $185 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 sale642 hd
183.79
IA average13 barns · 13,112 hd
187.23
−3.44
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

23 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 1689167.14/cwt165.75–169.751,152112
HeifersMedium and Large 1616176.64/cwt167.00–181.001,088117
HeifersMedium and Large 1825162.24/cwt158.00–163.251,33843
HeifersMedium and Large 1726167.48/cwt165.75–172.251,21662
HeifersMedium and Large 1773169.19/cwt159.00–178.001,30870
HeifersMedium and Large 1436179.06/cwt177.00–182.507818
SteersMedium and Large 1779177.86/cwt175.00–181.501,386128
SteersMedium and Large 1478211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,0116
SteersMedium and Large 1664182.06/cwt177.00–185.001,20924
SteersMedium and Large 1566210.20/cwt204.50–211.001,19033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585160.00/cwt160.00–160.009363
SteersMedium and Large 1907168.64/cwt168.50–169.001,53091
SteersMedium and Large 1825176.43/cwt169.00–177.001,45692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,18510
SteersMedium and Large 1627202.40/cwt197.50–205.251,269119
HeifersMedium and Large 1492775.00/head775.00–775.007754
SteersMedium and Large 1719182.22/cwt180.00–185.501,310136
HeifersMedium and Large 1345550.00/head550.00–550.005503
HeifersMedium and Large 1524176.28/cwt170.00–181.0092426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,0094
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545163.00/cwt163.00–163.008889
HeifersMedium and Large 1594181.50/cwt170.50–184.001,07816
SteersMedium and Large 1855162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3853

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.