Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-05-25

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, May 25
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,641 head
78 vs last sale 1,719 1,641 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $216.62/cwt on 771 head.
Average price
$216.62
771 head · 837 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,813
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$41.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.05
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840217.771,829736
Medium and Large 1-2746194.511,45131
Large 11,002176.001,7644thin
One grade step is worth $41.77/cwt here — about $66 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 sale771 hd
216.62
IA average9 barns · 4,177 hd
238.67
−22.05
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

31 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2853190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6217
HeifersMedium and Large 1587238.97/cwt226.00–243.001,40312
HeifersMedium and Large 1446262.96/cwt245.00–270.001,17314
HeifersMedium and Large 1641209.54/cwt204.00–213.001,34315
HeifersMedium and Large 1768204.33/cwt201.00–207.001,56919
HeifersMedium and Large 1529257.44/cwt233.00–266.001,36238
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531218.99/cwt207.00–227.501,16316
SteersMedium and Large 1533281.99/cwt278.00–293.001,50312
SteersMedium and Large 1626241.35/cwt230.00–254.001,51120
SteersMedium and Large 1463315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4583
SteersMedium and Large 1819223.50/cwt216.25–227.001,830238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626218.87/cwt216.00–222.501,3707
SteersMedium and Large 1706228.00/cwt226.00–230.001,61014
SteersMedium and Large 1759224.64/cwt209.50–232.001,70559
SteersMedium and Large 1685234.16/cwt220.00–243.001,60447
SteersMedium and Large 1927204.15/cwt191.75–207.751,892244
SteersMedium and Large 1581248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775182.45/cwt180.00–190.501,41413
SteersMedium and Large 1859213.76/cwt210.00–215.251,83632
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement735218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,60214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3454
HeifersMedium and Large 1821198.76/cwt189.00–205.001,632132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned630199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2543
HeifersMedium and Large 1739209.67/cwt203.00–214.501,549129
SteersLarge 11,002176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7644
HeifersMedium and Large 1658215.27/cwt207.00–229.001,41658
SteersMedium and Large 1955203.69/cwt192.00–206.251,94563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710188.67/cwt187.00–192.001,3409
HeifersMedium and Large 1875192.34/cwt187.00–194.501,68354
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2346220.00/cwt220.00–220.007614

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.