Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.72/cwt on 1,044 head.

Average price

$189.72

1,044 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$13.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.26

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	717	190.63	1,366	973
Medium and Large 1-2	652	177.27	1,157	71

One grade step is worth $13.36/cwt here — about $210 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 sale1,044 hd

189.72

—

IA average15 barns · 18,735 hd

189.99

−0.26

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

37 lots · USDA AMS · Denison Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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	—	630	169.34/cwt	163.50–176.50	1,067	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	171.21/cwt	162.25–175.00	1,144	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	192.29/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,309	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,634	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	655	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,087	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	197.96/cwt	193.00–199.00	1,055	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	182.49/cwt	178.50–184.00	1,500	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	199.49/cwt	192.00–221.00	1,117	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	210.78/cwt	205.00–220.00	881	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	216.59/cwt	210.00–233.50	1,037	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	182.46/cwt	174.00–184.00	971	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	178.04/cwt	166.50–180.00	1,549	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	178.66/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,218	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	203.82/cwt	194.50–208.50	1,260	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	173.83/cwt	167.00–180.00	1,109	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	179.21/cwt	175.00–181.50	1,407	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	720.00/head	720.00–720.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	191.42/cwt	178.50–197.50	1,399	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	163.16/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,258	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	170.79/cwt	165.00–177.00	984	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	176.99/cwt	170.00–182.00	832	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	160.20/cwt	157.00–161.25	1,309	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	178.04/cwt	173.00–181.50	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	195.38/cwt	192.50–200.00	942	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	192.25/cwt	188.00–197.50	831	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	163.53/cwt	156.00–165.50	1,179	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	176.98/cwt	167.00–186.00	922	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	169.65/cwt	166.00–171.50	1,206	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	187.84/cwt	183.00–199.00	731	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	196.77/cwt	195.00–200.00	612	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	986	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	490.00/head	490.00–490.00	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	5

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 Special - Denison, IA

Mon Jan 9, 2023

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

Receipts 2,003Last week 1,786Year ago 1,786

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	630	163.50–176.50	169.34
76	—	668	162.25–175.00	171.21
44	—	771	160.00–164.00	163.16
64	—	576	165.00–177.00	170.79
29	—	470	170.00–182.00	176.99
32	—	817	157.00–161.25	160.20
22	—	432	188.00–197.50	192.25
99	—	721	156.00–165.50	163.53
112	—	521	167.00–186.00	176.98
25	—	389	183.00–199.00	187.84
9	—	311	195.00–200.00	196.77
3	—	351	490.00	490.00
5	—	315	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	173.00–181.50	178.04
8	—	626	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	681	187.00–200.00	192.29
3	—	371	220.00	220.00
85	—	942	173.50	173.50
4	—	318	231.00	231.00
45	—	533	193.00–199.00	197.96
158	—	822	178.50–184.00	182.49
47	—	560	192.00–221.00	199.49
13	—	418	205.00–220.00	210.78
69	—	479	210.00–233.50	216.59
110	—	870	166.50–180.00	178.04
140	—	618	194.50–208.50	203.82
86	—	785	175.00–181.50	179.21
5	—	508	720.00	720.00
121	—	731	178.50–197.50	191.42
3	—	350	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	218.00	218.00
19	—	532	174.00–184.00	182.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	655	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	682	171.00–180.00	178.66
13	—	638	167.00–180.00	173.83
8	—	482	192.50–200.00	195.38
9	—	711	166.00–171.50	169.65

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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