Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-01-20

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,989 head
274 vs last sale 2,263 44 vs year ago 2,033 · 2.2%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Many load lots today. Compared to last week lighter steers were mostly 7.00-10.00 lower, 850-900 pounds steers steady to 2.00 lower. Light heifers 550-650 pounds steady to 7.00 higher, 700 pound heifers 5.00 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.59/cwt on 1,077 head.
Average price
$161.59
1,077 head · 775 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,252
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$348
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.35
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517176.3391124
Medium and Large 1781161.251,2591,053
One grade step is worth $15.08/cwt here — about −$348 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 sale1,077 hd
161.59
IA average10 barns · 9,747 hd
167.93
−6.35
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1431170.00/cwt170.00–170.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 1840140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,17614
HeifersMedium and Large 1520162.35/cwt155.00–166.5084422
HeifersMedium and Large 1470168.99/cwt167.00–170.0079424
HeifersMedium and Large 1850137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,17149
HeifersMedium and Large 1677152.13/cwt144.00–157.251,03073
SteersMedium and Large 1432206.00/cwt206.00–206.008904
SteersMedium and Large 1578179.98/cwt174.00–188.001,04046
SteersMedium and Large 1621173.67/cwt165.00–177.251,07840
SteersMedium and Large 1934148.64/cwt146.00–152.001,388129
SteersMedium and Large 1867155.33/cwt154.00–156.001,347206
SteersMedium and Large 1773157.05/cwt151.75–160.501,214157
SteersMedium and Large 1390630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,4574
SteersMedium and Large 1725162.89/cwt156.50–172.501,18176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481185.00/cwt185.00–185.008905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2392200.00/cwt200.00–200.007846
SteersMedium and Large 1479207.48/cwt206.00–208.0099422
SteersMedium and Large 1523196.58/cwt187.50–204.001,02840
HeifersMedium and Large 1581163.79/cwt156.50–167.2595292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581142.00/cwt142.00–142.008259
SteersMedium and Large 1678167.38/cwt158.50–177.751,135151
SteersMedium and Large 1996148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,47960
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535179.00/cwt179.00–179.009583
SteersMedium and Large 1-2604157.00/cwt154.00–160.0094810
HeifersMedium and Large 1716147.22/cwt144.50–150.001,05491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509146.70/cwt146.00–147.0074710
SteersMedium and Large 1320560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,7923
SteersMedium and Large 1820155.12/cwt150.50–156.751,272122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490152.00/cwt152.00–152.007454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2387165.00/cwt165.00–165.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 1339577.58/cwt560.00–600.001,9587
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628143.72/cwt143.50–145.0090321
HeifersMedium and Large 1768142.81/cwt140.00–144.001,09794
HeifersMedium and Large 1631155.42/cwt147.50–163.5098196

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.