Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the sale last Thursday steers 650-750 pounds were 3.6-5.9 higher, 800-900 pounds steady to 2.1 higher. Light heifers 700-750 pounds were 4.3 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.92/cwt on 962 head.

Average price

$192.92

962 head · 766 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$232

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$27.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.21

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	766	194.39	1,489	893
Medium and Large 1-2	739	174.80	1,292	61
Large 1	1,029	167.25	1,721	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.14/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale962 hd

192.92

—

IA average9 barns · 6,986 hd

203.13

−10.21

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	974	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,630	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	210.10/cwt	205.00–215.00	975	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	159.63/cwt	158.50–160.75	1,548	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	187.11/cwt	182.00–189.00	986	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,287	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	221.63/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,161	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	175.02/cwt	172.00–176.75	1,598	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	222.80/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,074	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,074	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,279	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	213.03/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,336	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	203.71/cwt	194.50–216.00	1,381	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,070	4
Steers	Large 1	—	1,029	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,721	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	193.47/cwt	191.00–197.50	1,403	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,301	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	187.63/cwt	175.00–190.00	1,572	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	195.15/cwt	182.50–202.00	1,505	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,186	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	178.54/cwt	173.25–181.00	1,562	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	175.16/cwt	169.50–180.00	1,177	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	165.63/cwt	161.25–174.50	1,444	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	177.46/cwt	177.25–177.50	1,393	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	724	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,361	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	212.36/cwt	204.00–221.50	1,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	175.20/cwt	164.75–177.75	1,421	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,299	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	183.19/cwt	178.00–189.00	1,136	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	177.13/cwt	170.25–182.75	1,288	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	186.13/cwt	177.00–191.00	1,057	52

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 Mar 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,948Last week 1,587Year ago 2,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	237.50	237.50
17	—	937	174.00	174.00
18	—	464	205.00–215.00	210.10
18	—	970	158.50–160.75	159.63
22	—	527	182.00–189.00	187.11
96	—	672	169.50–180.00	175.16
109	—	872	161.25–174.50	165.63
52	—	785	177.25–177.50	177.46
136	—	811	164.75–177.75	175.20
90	—	620	178.00–189.00	183.19
191	—	727	170.25–182.75	177.13
52	—	568	177.00–191.00	186.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	181.00	181.00
3	—	770	154.00	154.00
5	—	462	189.00	189.00
3	—	613	157.00	157.00
4	—	822	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	724	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	775	166.00	166.00
5	—	587	183.00	183.00
4	—	735	174.00	174.00
18	—	681	191.00	191.00
3	—	971	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	524	210.00–230.00	221.63
64	—	913	172.00–176.75	175.02
7	—	482	215.00–229.00	222.80
40	—	627	200.00–218.00	213.03
126	—	678	194.50–216.00	203.71
4	—	428	250.00	250.00
15	—	725	191.00–197.50	193.47
114	—	838	175.00–190.00	187.63
358	—	771	182.50–202.00	195.15
115	—	875	173.25–181.00	178.54
14	—	579	204.00–221.50	212.36
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,029	167.25	167.25

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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