Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-02-09

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 9
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,377 head
254 vs last sale 2,123 200 vs year ago 2,177 · +9.2%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Many 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 $195.52/cwt on 1,291 head.
Average price
$195.52
1,291 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,412
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.77
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1725195.851,4191,262
Medium and Large 1-2617180.911,11629
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about $304 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 sale1,291 hd
195.52
IA average9 barns · 8,932 hd
197.29
−1.77
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

33 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
BullsMedium and Large 1750141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0583
HeifersLarge 11,028137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,4083
HeifersMedium and Large 1357204.10/cwt195.00–213.007296
HeifersMedium and Large 1969148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,4346
HeifersMedium and Large 1432200.98/cwt199.00–205.0086818
HeifersMedium and Large 1770168.96/cwt164.00–173.001,30155
SteersMedium and Large 1819182.86/cwt177.50–186.001,498187
SteersMedium and Large 1778183.95/cwt174.00–189.501,431199
SteersMedium and Large 1719197.46/cwt186.50–203.501,420235
SteersMedium and Large 1863179.08/cwt175.00–183.501,545101
SteersMedium and Large 1901172.48/cwt170.00–174.251,554101
SteersMedium and Large 1623215.40/cwt205.00–222.001,342183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425201.00/cwt201.00–201.008543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478203.00/cwt203.00–203.009704
SteersMedium and Large 1670198.00/cwt190.00–205.001,32785
HeifersMedium and Large 1669176.29/cwt169.50–182.501,179131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526167.00/cwt167.00–167.008783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555171.00/cwt171.00–171.009493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584179.68/cwt175.00–192.001,04911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2805
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478181.00/cwt181.00–181.008655
HeifersMedium and Large 1863166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,43763
HeifersMedium and Large 1479200.03/cwt187.00–204.5095865
SteersMedium and Large 1566212.48/cwt205.00–215.001,20346
SteersMedium and Large 1525222.08/cwt218.00–229.001,16681
SteersMedium and Large 1434234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,01612
HeifersMedium and Large 1524184.27/cwt180.00–188.5096667
HeifersMedium and Large 1568185.68/cwt177.00–189.251,055163
HeifersMedium and Large 1716174.17/cwt166.00–177.501,247121
HeifersMedium and Large 1621182.37/cwt170.00–187.251,13398
SteersMedium and Large 1468238.75/cwt215.00–244.001,11729
SteersMedium and Large 1360238.00/cwt238.00–238.008573

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.