Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Many load lots offered today of mostly yearling cattle. Plenty of small packages of calves, with the majority in the 500-650 lb range came with high demand from buyers. Overall, good demand today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $245.10/cwt on 944 head.

Average price

$245.10

944 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$6.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.24

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	246.48	1,775	749
Medium and Large 1-2	651	239.80	1,562	195

One grade step is worth $6.69/cwt here — about $213 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 sale944 hd

245.10

—

IA average7 barns · 5,474 hd

252.34

−7.24

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

34 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	Medium and Large 1	—	481	264.94/cwt	259.00–272.00	1,274	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	245.09/cwt	235.00–257.00	1,390	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,653	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	229.48/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,528	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	202.85/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,574	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	255.85/cwt	246.00–263.50	1,325	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	238.82/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,505	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	239.53/cwt	233.00–242.00	1,638	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	262.12/cwt	250.00–270.50	1,733	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	326.07/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	206.81/cwt	206.50–207.00	2,027	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	221.76/cwt	220.50–224.00	1,918	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	265.11/cwt	256.50–270.75	1,665	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	258.41/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,209	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,490	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	259.46/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,375	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	221.29/cwt	218.25–231.00	1,850	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,216	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	315.33/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,189	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	244.71/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,449	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	240.27/cwt	229.00–250.50	1,716	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	285.27/cwt	272.00–297.00	1,483	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	273.59/cwt	270.00–276.25	1,146	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	288.60/cwt	279.00–295.00	1,120	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	268.34/cwt	255.00–278.50	1,532	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	278.73/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,318	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,638	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	245.34/cwt	235.00–261.50	1,521	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	237.39/cwt	226.00–245.50	1,826	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	302.28/cwt	298.00–320.00	1,309	16

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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 2,009Last week 1,397Year ago 2,187

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	481	259.00–272.00	264.94
57	—	567	235.00–257.00	245.09
81	—	879	188.00	188.00
101	—	666	221.00–235.00	229.48
123	—	776	200.00–213.00	202.85
154	—	518	246.00–263.50	255.85
11	—	419	270.00–276.25	273.59
15	—	388	279.00–295.00	288.60
27	—	712	230.00	230.00
3	—	322	300.00	300.00
172	—	620	235.00–261.50	245.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	226.00	226.00
4	—	396	265.00	265.00
5	—	638	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	630	231.00–244.00	238.82
108	—	684	233.00–242.00	239.53
4	—	798	210.00	210.00
7	—	468	255.00–261.00	258.41
9	—	732	203.50	203.50
15	—	530	258.00–260.00	259.46
17	—	592	244.00–245.00	244.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	661	250.00–270.50	262.12
6	—	315	317.50–335.00	326.07
99	—	980	206.50–207.00	206.81
39	—	865	220.50–224.00	221.76
92	—	628	256.50–270.75	265.11
82	—	836	218.25–231.00	221.29
9	—	377	310.00–320.00	315.33
73	—	714	229.00–250.50	240.27
19	—	520	272.00–297.00	285.27
103	—	571	255.00–278.50	268.34
13	—	473	265.00–290.00	278.73
113	—	769	226.00–245.50	237.39
16	—	433	298.00–320.00	302.28

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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