Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Many load-lots of yearling cattle today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $210.36/cwt on 1,389 head.

Average price

$210.36

1,389 head · 781 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$383

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.71

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	588	219.52	1,291	117
Medium and Large 1	799	209.52	1,674	1,272

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$383 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 sale1,389 hd

210.36

—

IA average7 barns · 5,243 hd

231.06

−20.71

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

43 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	Large 1	—	1,115	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	184.92/cwt	178.00–194.00	1,531	451
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	201.89/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,274	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,033	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	296	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	226.85/cwt	221.00–233.00	1,411	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,827	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	381	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,097	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	269.06/cwt	267.00–272.50	1,265	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	197.28/cwt	193.00–200.00	1,328	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	256.17/cwt	254.00–261.00	1,376	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	347	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	266.22/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,177	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	200.51/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,754	555
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	227.97/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,320	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	204.85/cwt	201.00–207.00	1,686	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	219.58/cwt	217.25–224.00	1,502	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,316	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	215.50/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,241	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	186.25/cwt	186.25–186.25	1,155	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	223.95/cwt	215.00–230.00	833	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	198.59/cwt	195.75–201.00	1,335	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	173.49/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	236.79/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,118	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	194.21/cwt	183.50–200.50	1,420	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	192.69/cwt	184.50–205.00	1,470	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	227.73/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,168	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	212.32/cwt	201.00–220.00	1,635	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	409	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,043	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	334	820.00/head	820.00–820.00	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	386	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	963	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	455	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,128	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	210.29/cwt	210.00–211.00	1,331	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	241.10/cwt	237.50–244.00	1,148	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	221.19/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,619	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	193.32/cwt	185.00–206.00	1,429	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	232.01/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,204	21

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 Apr 6, 2023

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

Receipts 2,777Last week 2,319Year ago 2,142

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Many load-lots of yearling cattle today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
451	—	828	178.00–194.00	184.92
45	—	631	195.00–210.00	201.89
4	—	296	785.00	785.00
14	—	576	215.00–216.00	215.50
83	—	672	195.75–201.00	198.59
17	—	472	235.00–240.00	236.79
191	—	731	183.50–200.50	194.21
68	—	763	184.50–205.00	192.69
28	—	513	220.00–236.00	227.73
4	—	362	850.00	850.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	551	195.00	195.00
7	—	535	193.00	193.00
11	—	620	186.25	186.25
7	—	372	215.00–230.00	223.95
6	—	773	182.50	182.50
6	—	679	171.00–176.00	173.49
4	—	747	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	409	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per head · actual wt
6	—	334	820.00	820.00
12	—	386	249.50	249.50
7	—	455	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	622	221.00–233.00	226.85
95	—	959	190.50	190.50
3	—	925	186.00	186.00
8	—	470	267.00–272.50	269.06
16	—	537	254.00–261.00	256.17
12	—	442	255.00–270.00	266.22
555	—	875	190.00–207.00	200.51
45	—	579	221.00–236.00	227.97
71	—	823	201.00–207.00	204.85
73	—	684	217.25–224.00	219.58
245	—	770	201.00–220.00	212.32
67	—	732	216.00–231.00	221.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	381	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	673	193.00–200.00	197.28
4	—	856	172.50	172.50
14	—	633	210.00–211.00	210.29
43	—	476	237.50–244.00	241.10
24	—	739	185.00–206.00	193.32
21	—	519	229.00–235.00	232.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	347	270.00	270.00
5	—	612	215.00	215.00

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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