Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-06-15

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jun 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,303 head
662 vs last sale 1,641 2,303 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, as the last sale was three weeks ago.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.93/cwt on 1,120 head.
Average price
$217.93
1,120 head · 799 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$519
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$30.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.46
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2664220.151,46146
Medium and Large 1802218.201,7491,060
Large 11,042190.001,98014thin
One grade step is worth $30.15/cwt here — about −$519 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 sale1,120 hd
217.93
IA average6 barns · 2,583 hd
227.38
−9.46
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

29 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 1811182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4764
HeifersLarge 11,042190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,98014
HeifersMedium and Large 1558270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5076
HeifersMedium and Large 1467275.84/cwt261.00–287.501,2887
HeifersMedium and Large 1517259.97/cwt257.50–261.001,34410
HeifersMedium and Large 1664234.28/cwt234.00–235.001,55650
SteersMedium and Large 1531282.62/cwt279.00–285.001,50122
SteersMedium and Large 1817233.06/cwt221.00–242.001,904108
SteersMedium and Large 1627263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6495
SteersMedium and Large 1915221.64/cwt206.75–227.502,028118
SteersMedium and Large 1573273.80/cwt268.00–280.001,56927
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009573
SteersMedium and Large 1495289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 1786235.19/cwt220.50–237.501,849130
SteersMedium and Large 1883223.36/cwt216.00–229.001,972208
HeifersMedium and Large 1816216.98/cwt215.00–220.001,771264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5983
HeifersMedium and Large 1609240.15/cwt235.00–242.001,46333
HeifersMedium and Large 1936205.02/cwt200.00–211.001,919150
HeifersMedium and Large 1860213.00/cwt203.50–215.751,832168
SteersLarge 11,125176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9803
HeifersMedium and Large 1731223.07/cwt216.00–229.501,631156
SteersMedium and Large 1726242.06/cwt232.50–248.001,757175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2870194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6887
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2921185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7046
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573233.45/cwt227.00–242.001,33826
HeifersMedium and Large 1789217.05/cwt208.50–220.251,713216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5323

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.