Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. With the CME cattle futures declining this week, lower cattle prices are expected. Compared to last Thursday, light steers 550-750 lbs are sharply lower. Steers, 800 lbs, were 4.00 higher today. Light heifers, 550-650 lbs were mostly 4.00-7.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Heifers, 750 lbs were sharply higher. Several load lots of both yearlings and lighter calves. Many smaller packages mostly of calves offered today. Good demand, especially on larger packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $228.51/cwt on 1,167 head.

Average price

$228.51

1,167 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$205

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$44.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.30

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	727	229.58	1,669	1,056
Medium and Large 1-2	680	220.54	1,499	104
Large 1	1,013	185.00	1,874	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.58/cwt here — about −$205 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 sale1,167 hd

228.51

—

IA average11 barns · 9,346 hd

235.80

−7.30

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	254.72/cwt	245.00–265.00	986	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	248.08/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,206	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	248.91/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,090	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,876	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	257.79/cwt	243.00–265.00	1,366	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	225.51/cwt	213.50–232.25	1,518	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	225.61/cwt	215.00–230.50	1,424	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	234.72/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,221	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	254.95/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,198	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,079	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	256.81/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,125	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	245.45/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,539	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	217.46/cwt	216.00–221.00	1,585	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	200.31/cwt	199.00–206.00	1,777	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	233.43/cwt	226.50–251.25	1,592	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,748	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,157	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	229.72/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,624	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,889	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,672	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	221.14/cwt	212.50–229.00	1,256	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	275.07/cwt	269.00–281.00	993	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	253.82/cwt	245.00–271.00	1,348	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	220.83/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,722	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	251.03/cwt	240.00–266.50	1,438	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	193.80/cwt	186.00–210.00	1,194	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	231.89/cwt	230.00–234.00	986	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	223.33/cwt	207.50–226.25	1,838	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	199.98/cwt	199.00–200.50	1,848	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	219.48/cwt	205.00–221.75	1,730	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	227.64/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,402	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	234.56/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,077	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	229.85/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,186	32
Steers	Large 1	—	1,013	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,874	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	215.98/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,585	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	236.87/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,374	101

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 2,301Last week 2,009Year ago 2,096

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	387	245.00–265.00	254.72
8	—	486	240.00–262.50	248.08
26	—	438	240.00–256.00	248.91
42	—	814	230.50	230.50
51	—	530	243.00–265.00	257.79
231	—	673	213.50–232.25	225.51
88	—	788	205.00–221.75	219.48
89	—	616	220.00–238.00	227.64
95	—	734	205.00–221.00	215.98
101	—	580	225.00–255.00	236.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	871	192.00	192.00
36	—	568	212.50–229.00	221.14
9	—	616	186.00–210.00	193.80
12	—	425	230.00–234.00	231.89
3	—	731	189.00	189.00
18	—	459	234.00–235.00	234.56
32	—	516	225.00–232.50	229.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	631	215.00–230.50	225.61
11	—	520	230.00–242.00	234.72
10	—	438	255.00–258.00	256.81
3	—	666	220.00	220.00
26	—	729	216.00–221.00	217.46
21	—	925	189.00	189.00
4	—	482	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	470	252.00–260.00	254.95
3	—	401	269.00	269.00
80	—	627	241.00–250.00	245.45
21	—	887	199.00–206.00	200.31
165	—	682	226.50–251.25	233.43
161	—	707	225.00–240.00	229.72
13	—	966	195.50	195.50
6	—	361	269.00–281.00	275.07
41	—	531	245.00–271.00	253.82
104	—	780	215.00–235.00	220.83
116	—	573	240.00–266.50	251.03
225	—	823	207.50–226.25	223.33
100	—	924	199.00–200.50	199.98
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,013	185.00	185.00

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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