Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last week, steers 700-800 pounds .50-1.00 higher. Steers 900 pounds 7.00 higher. Light heifers 650-700 pounds steady to 3.4 higher, 750 pounds 2.8 lower. Several load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.49/cwt on 1,103 head.

Average price

$185.49

1,103 head · 743 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$2.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.60

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	747	185.60	1,386	1,059
Medium and Large 1-2	648	182.73	1,184	44

One grade step is worth $2.87/cwt here — about $202 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 sale1,103 hd

185.49

—

IA average10 barns · 7,453 hd

190.09

−4.60

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

38 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	—	850	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,352	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	755.89/head	750.00–760.00	756	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	176.46/cwt	174.00–181.00	932	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	166.10/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,058	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,353	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	193.79/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,120	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,184	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,075	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	210.00/cwt	201.00–221.25	1,191	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	194.65/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,314	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	178.38/cwt	175.00–180.50	1,379	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	176.03/cwt	175.25–176.50	1,588	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,284	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	196.32/cwt	187.50–206.50	1,231	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,103	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	165.76/cwt	163.00–168.50	1,613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	174.50/cwt	170.00–177.25	1,525	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	192.31/cwt	188.00–194.25	1,027	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	170.58/cwt	168.50–177.00	1,136	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	235.05/cwt	222.50–242.00	978	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	222.16/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,086	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	183.15/cwt	177.00–189.25	1,328	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	195.53/cwt	194.00–200.00	856	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	762.38/head	750.00–775.00	762	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	166.33/cwt	160.00–168.50	1,276	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	166.03/cwt	163.50–169.00	1,375	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	188.17/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,076	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	167.23/cwt	163.50–173.50	1,217	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	188.14/cwt	183.00–189.50	1,150	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	177.49/cwt	174.50–181.00	1,439	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	168.02/cwt	162.00–175.00	973	12

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 2,449Last week 1,378Year ago 1,777

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	850	159.00	159.00
7	—	423	750.00–760.00	755.89
4	—	361	550.00	550.00
4	—	543	550.00	550.00
54	—	534	188.00–194.25	192.31
187	—	666	168.50–177.00	170.58
9	—	460	191.00	191.00
30	—	438	194.00–200.00	195.53
176	—	767	160.00–168.50	166.33
181	—	828	163.50–169.00	166.03
120	—	572	185.00–196.00	188.17
152	—	728	163.50–173.50	167.23
42	—	611	183.00–189.50	188.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	528	174.00–181.00	176.46
44	—	637	160.00–171.00	166.10
3	—	431	175.00	175.00
12	—	579	162.00–175.00	168.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	810	167.00	167.00
13	—	578	190.00–198.00	193.79
6	—	740	160.00	160.00
9	—	540	199.00	199.00
4	—	770	166.75	166.75
3	—	443	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	567	201.00–221.25	210.00
93	—	675	186.00–200.00	194.65
93	—	773	175.00–180.50	178.38
102	—	902	175.25–176.50	176.03
127	—	627	187.50–206.50	196.32
5	—	506	218.00	218.00
8	—	973	163.00–168.50	165.76
4	—	303	625.00	625.00
131	—	874	170.00–177.25	174.50
11	—	416	222.50–242.00	235.05
14	—	489	215.00–224.00	222.16
216	—	725	177.00–189.25	183.15
4	—	353	760.00	760.00
6	—	406	750.00–775.00	762.38
183	—	811	174.50–181.00	177.49

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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