Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Lower undertones were noted. Several large groups of both calves and yearlings offered. Lots of green cattle today. Moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $250.64/cwt on 594 head.

Average price

$250.64

594 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$8.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.65

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	251.34	1,539	544
Medium and Large 1-2	534	243.06	1,297	50

One grade step is worth $8.28/cwt here — about $242 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 sale594 hd

250.64

—

IA average10 barns · 8,368 hd

240.99

+9.65

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,786	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	306.20/cwt	302.00–333.00	1,194	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	250.17/cwt	234.00–259.00	1,421	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	233.23/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,665	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	319.85/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,071	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	273.50/cwt	255.00–283.00	1,203	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,149	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	222.25/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,487	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	265.20/cwt	252.50–271.00	1,122	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	233.66/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,337	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	225.35/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,402	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	244.61/cwt	236.00–260.00	1,299	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	254.62/cwt	241.00–265.00	1,194	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,302	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	306.58/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,269	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	242.99/cwt	231.00–252.00	1,502	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	222.78/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,390	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	213.17/cwt	208.00–214.25	1,754	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	262.54/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,389	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	279.14/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,304	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,951	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,933	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	236.62/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,566	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	281.84/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,040	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	293.85/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,017	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,476	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	220.80/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,283	11

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 Nov 16, 2023

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

Receipts 1,397Last week 2,239Year ago 1,581

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	752	237.50	237.50
20	—	390	302.00–333.00	306.20
112	—	568	234.00–259.00	250.17
31	—	714	225.00–235.00	233.23
12	—	335	310.00–330.00	319.85
3	—	276	340.00	340.00
16	—	414	300.00–325.00	306.58
109	—	618	231.00–252.00	242.99
71	—	529	250.00–273.00	262.54
30	—	467	270.00–295.00	279.14
39	—	927	210.50	210.50
32	—	820	235.75	235.75
58	—	662	235.00–241.00	236.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	440	255.00–283.00	273.50
18	—	456	252.00	252.00
8	—	538	242.00	242.00
3	—	905	182.00	182.00
12	—	624	222.00–225.00	222.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	669	215.00–225.00	222.25
36	—	423	252.50–271.00	265.20
63	—	572	230.00–250.00	233.66
63	—	622	216.00–231.00	225.35
80	—	531	236.00–260.00	244.61
81	—	469	241.00–265.00	254.62
141	—	823	208.00–214.25	213.17
3	—	260	300.00	300.00
22	—	369	271.00–290.00	281.84
13	—	346	292.50–295.00	293.85
8	—	703	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	651	202.00	202.00
11	—	581	220.00–223.00	220.80

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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