Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load-lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.94/cwt on 1,064 head.

Average price

$200.94

1,064 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$564

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

$29.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.03

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	616	203.64	1,255	95
Medium and Large 1	763	203.63	1,554	871
Large 1	1,042	174.47	1,819	98

One grade step is worth $29.17/cwt here — about −$564 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 sale1,064 hd

200.94

—

IA average9 barns · 6,883 hd

206.98

−6.03

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

40 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	—	533	211.55/cwt	203.00–217.00	1,128	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	199.22/cwt	193.00–221.00	1,157	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	174.75/cwt	165.00–177.50	1,426	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	1,548	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	177.98/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,043	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	251.05/cwt	247.25–253.00	1,326	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	212.14/cwt	200.00–226.00	1,330	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	196.52/cwt	190.00–204.00	1,513	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	211.18/cwt	199.50–212.75	1,512	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	263.35/cwt	255.00–287.50	1,130	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	233.69/cwt	224.00–250.00	1,327	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	194.58/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,193	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,357	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	169.50/cwt	161.50–174.00	1,658	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	181.22/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,674	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	234.72/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	203.44/cwt	196.00–213.50	1,389	47
Steers	Large 1	—	1,053	175.34/cwt	169.00–176.00	1,846	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	186.60/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,648	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	258.97/cwt	242.50–266.00	1,220	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	188.69/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,370	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	175.24/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,374	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	221.14/cwt	211.00–223.00	902	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	196.46/cwt	189.50–201.50	1,609	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	213.63/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,250	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	179.42/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,321	226
Steers	Large 1	—	1,008	171.62/cwt	168.50–172.50	1,730	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,501	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	190.55/cwt	189.50–192.00	1,298	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	882	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,069	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	183.70/cwt	174.00–191.00	1,170	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	843	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	169.86/cwt	159.50–173.50	1,457	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	176.56/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,197	149

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 2,319Last week 1,885Year ago 2,085

Western IA Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load-lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	533	203.00–217.00	211.55
47	—	581	193.00–221.00	199.22
51	—	816	165.00–177.50	174.75
58	—	909	170.25	170.25
79	—	784	170.00–179.00	175.24
27	—	408	211.00–223.00	221.14
226	—	736	175.00–184.00	179.42
10	—	950	158.00	158.00
23	—	470	227.50	227.50
126	—	637	174.00–191.00	183.70
4	—	383	220.00	220.00
6	—	330	220.00	220.00
93	—	858	159.50–173.50	169.86
149	—	678	173.00–181.00	176.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	485	192.00	192.00
15	—	586	175.00–184.00	177.98
4	—	531	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	528	247.25–253.00	251.05
43	—	627	200.00–226.00	212.14
73	—	770	190.00–204.00	196.52
116	—	716	199.50–212.75	211.18
37	—	429	255.00–287.50	263.35
22	—	568	224.00–250.00	233.69
29	—	978	161.50–174.00	169.50
30	—	924	170.00–182.50	181.22
47	—	683	196.00–213.50	203.44
141	—	883	175.00–192.00	186.60
10	—	471	242.50–266.00	258.97
282	—	819	189.50–201.50	196.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	613	194.00–195.00	194.58
9	—	758	179.00	179.00
10	—	481	234.00–235.00	234.72
6	—	527	220.00	220.00
14	—	726	184.00–190.00	188.69
5	—	444	233.00	233.00
7	—	585	209.00–217.00	213.63
30	—	681	189.50–192.00	190.55
7	—	366	241.00	241.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,053	169.00–176.00	175.34
23	—	1,008	168.50–172.50	171.62

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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