Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2024-01-04

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,219 head
96 vs last sale 2,123 432 vs year ago 1,787 · +24.2%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Many packages of both light and heavier calves in the offering. Good demand today. The next Western Iowa Preconditioned feeder sale is Monday, January 8th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.31/cwt on 1,003 head.
Average price
$253.31
1,003 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,799
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$628
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$79.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.00
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2487274.591,33727
Medium and Large 1712253.621,806961
Large 11,008195.001,96615thin
One grade step is worth $79.59/cwt here — about −$628 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 sale1,003 hd
253.31
IA average11 barns · 9,076 hd
249.30
+4.00
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

36 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 1897202.73/cwt195.00–204.001,81821
HeifersMedium and Large 1466276.17/cwt271.00–285.001,28729
HeifersMedium and Large 1375301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,1297
HeifersMedium and Large 1416271.16/cwt260.00–277.501,12845
HeifersMedium and Large 1562276.06/cwt275.00–279.001,55145
HeifersMedium and Large 1772222.35/cwt218.25–226.751,71781
SteersMedium and Large 1390367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2356320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2447275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564262.24/cwt260.00–264.001,4797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487273.36/cwt265.00–280.001,3319
SteersMedium and Large 1719242.30/cwt237.00–246.001,742124
SteersMedium and Large 1332371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,2324
SteersMedium and Large 1918217.24/cwt210.00–222.001,99420
SteersMedium and Large 1421343.94/cwt332.00–358.001,44823
SteersMedium and Large 1528294.50/cwt294.50–294.501,55523
SteersMedium and Large 1970207.25/cwt207.25–207.252,01033
SteersMedium and Large 1779236.72/cwt230.50–241.001,844157
SteersMedium and Large 1470308.90/cwt291.00–321.001,45262
SteersMedium and Large 1831238.40/cwt225.00–240.501,98168
SteersMedium and Large 1567288.40/cwt275.00–302.001,63576
SteersMedium and Large 1620266.92/cwt250.00–275.251,655109
SteersMedium and Large 1670251.22/cwt235.00–258.001,683123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2556241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464250.50/cwt249.00–251.001,16212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534246.21/cwt240.00–249.001,31528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637236.60/cwt231.00–240.001,50794
SteersLarge 11,008195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,96615
SteersMedium and Large 1877226.38/cwt214.50–238.001,985136
HeifersMedium and Large 1529272.51/cwt260.00–281.001,44264
HeifersMedium and Large 1816213.71/cwt211.00–214.501,74491
HeifersMedium and Large 1617249.40/cwt241.00–267.501,539102
HeifersMedium and Large 1679232.25/cwt220.55–236.001,577106
HeifersMedium and Large 1719227.03/cwt221.00–230.001,632120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0533

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.