Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-01-06

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 6
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,903 head
▼ 882 vs last sale 2,785▼ 22 vs year ago 1,925 · −1.1%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the Preconditioned sale Monday steers were mostly 1.4-3.8 higher. Lightweight heifers, 600 pounds 2.25 higher while 700 pounds heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand good. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.39/cwt on 1,025 head.
Average price
$167.39
1,025 head · 760 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.99
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1762167.741,278989
Medium and Large 1-2692157.771,09236
One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about $186 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 sale1,025 hd
167.39
—
IA average12 barns · 13,907 hd
171.38
−3.99
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386185.00/cwt185.00–185.007148
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428181.41/cwt180.00–184.5077616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—908142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,28918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473177.42/cwt174.00–179.0083930
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825147.77/cwt140.50–151.001,21932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515171.30/cwt166.00–172.5088239
SteersMedium and Large 1—820159.94/cwt156.00–162.001,312216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—681156.71/cwt153.00–161.001,06717
SteersMedium and Large 1—576186.53/cwt183.50–188.501,07424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—729153.52/cwt151.50–156.001,11913
SteersMedium and Large 1—680173.12/cwt162.50–178.001,177107
SteersMedium and Large 1—476192.54/cwt188.25–197.5091633
SteersMedium and Large 1—710173.49/cwt159.00–178.501,232114
SteersMedium and Large 1—936158.45/cwt156.25–161.001,483129
SteersMedium and Large 1—504194.86/cwt194.50–195.0098226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—644170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0956
SteersMedium and Large 1—784161.36/cwt155.75–164.001,265153
SteersMedium and Large 1—608184.39/cwt175.00–190.251,12182
SteersMedium and Large 1—416195.48/cwt193.00–199.0081310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—882147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,29755
SteersMedium and Large 1—951154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,46530
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624149.95/cwt144.00–155.25936153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773147.05/cwt142.00–149.001,137120
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672146.50/cwt138.00–151.25984116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—717147.55/cwt144.00–149.501,05889
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—638140.00/cwt140.00–140.008934
SteersMedium and Large 1—875158.89/cwt155.00–161.251,39065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—703140.00/cwt140.00–140.009845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533147.00/cwt147.00–147.007843
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566158.52/cwt153.00–164.2589742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—582145.00/cwt145.00–145.008447

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.