Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2023-07-27

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jul 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,303 head
0 vs last sale 2,303 84 vs year ago 2,219 · +3.8%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recent sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.16/cwt on 1,274 head.
Average price
$253.16
1,274 head · 838 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$33.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.12
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1821256.842,1101,127
Medium and Large 1-2781230.071,79736
Large 11,025223.302,288111
One grade step is worth $33.53/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale1,274 hd
253.16
IA average4 barns · 1,859 hd
232.03
+21.12
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

38 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1951213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,0265
HeifersMedium and Large 1375290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,08810
HeifersMedium and Large 1480237.01/cwt232.50–250.001,13811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2739219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2783207.50/cwt206.00–209.001,6256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383240.00/cwt240.00–240.009193
SteersMedium and Large 1871254.27/cwt243.00–259.502,215303
SteersMedium and Large 1585299.20/cwt294.00–300.001,75064
SteersMedium and Large 1719260.39/cwt247.50–267.001,87264
SteersMedium and Large 1792264.75/cwt264.75–264.752,097119
SteersMedium and Large 1990232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,302196
SteersMedium and Large 1335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,07214
SteersMedium and Large 1524288.36/cwt284.00–290.001,51122
SteersMedium and Large 1495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,53524
SteersMedium and Large 1932237.72/cwt220.00–244.002,216122
SteersMedium and Large 1826255.89/cwt247.00–257.502,114128
SteersMedium and Large 1621270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6776
SteersMedium and Large 1241330.00/cwt330.00–330.0079513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2906210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9033
SteersMedium and Large 1688261.37/cwt249.00–263.001,79852
HeifersMedium and Large 1832236.62/cwt227.00–237.501,969156
HeifersMedium and Large 1893222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,98226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2832226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8809
SteersMedium and Large 1-2787233.80/cwt226.00–236.001,84018
SteersLarge 11,014229.78/cwt229.50–230.502,33097
SteersLarge 11,065180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,9226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2949180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7087
HeifersMedium and Large 1714240.43/cwt231.00–244.001,717180
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5303
HeifersMedium and Large 1243325.00/cwt325.00–325.0079014
HeifersMedium and Large 1907220.75/cwt220.75–220.752,00295
HeifersMedium and Large 1794234.96/cwt222.00–239.501,866192
HeifersMedium and Large 1533251.41/cwt242.50–258.001,34012
HeifersMedium and Large 1635249.45/cwt241.00–252.001,58445
SteersLarge 11,123176.89/cwt175.00–180.001,9868
HeifersMedium and Large 1579250.86/cwt242.00–253.001,45233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1463

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.