Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-02-02

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 2
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,123 head
326 vs last sale 2,449 141 vs year ago 1,982 · +7.1%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last Thursday 600-650 pound steers were 3.5-7.00 higher, 700-750 pound steers 1.7-4.3 higher, 800 pound steers 11.5 higher. Heifers 500-750 pounds were mostly 2.9-3.6 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $194.64/cwt on 1,063 head.
Average price
$194.64
1,063 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,361
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1700195.121,3671,033
Medium and Large 1-2664178.171,18330
One grade step is worth $16.95/cwt here — about $183 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 sale1,063 hd
194.64
IA average9 barns · 8,151 hd
193.01
+1.63
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

35 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 1338205.00/cwt205.00–205.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 1389197.00/cwt197.00–197.007665
HeifersMedium and Large 1402203.00/cwt203.00–203.008166
HeifersMedium and Large 1831166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,38211
HeifersMedium and Large 1861176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,51513
HeifersMedium and Large 1473195.01/cwt186.50–202.0092224
SteersMedium and Large 1828188.98/cwt179.50–195.501,565129
SteersMedium and Large 1335235.00/cwt235.00–235.007873
SteersMedium and Large 1915182.15/cwt180.00–184.501,66717
SteersMedium and Large 1772180.10/cwt171.00–190.501,390132
SteersMedium and Large 1620203.31/cwt192.00–207.501,261167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2856179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5324
SteersMedium and Large 1520216.14/cwt210.00–222.001,12429
SteersMedium and Large 1465227.51/cwt220.00–240.001,05814
SteersMedium and Large 1876193.41/cwt188.50–196.501,69457
SteersMedium and Large 1-2693181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2276
SteersMedium and Large 1575205.83/cwt195.00–211.001,184118
SteersMedium and Large 1728187.50/cwt180.00–194.501,365246
SteersMedium and Large 1423241.91/cwt223.00–258.001,02318
SteersMedium and Large 1666198.12/cwt192.50–203.001,319103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443180.00/cwt180.00–180.007973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431200.00/cwt200.00–200.008623
HeifersMedium and Large 1729171.01/cwt164.00–172.001,247113
HeifersMedium and Large 1619177.88/cwt171.00–187.001,101164
HeifersMedium and Large 1674174.07/cwt165.75–179.251,173171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0606
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0494
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491180.94/cwt180.00–182.508888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1515195.80/cwt193.00–201.501,00872
HeifersMedium and Large 1777169.18/cwt165.00–172.501,31597
HeifersMedium and Large 1572182.56/cwt176.00–195.001,044100

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.