Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to last week lightweight steers mostly steady to 6.00 higher, heavy steers steady to 4.00 lower. Lightweight heifers remain steady. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.58/cwt on 923 head.

Average price

$161.58

923 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,271

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$8.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.18

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	792	162.04	1,283	871
Medium and Large 1-2	701	153.87	1,079	52

One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about $204 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 sale923 hd

161.58

—

IA average12 barns · 11,811 hd

167.76

−6.18

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

35 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	—	971	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	831	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	177.34/cwt	174.00–181.00	745	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	169.71/cwt	168.00–170.50	952	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	170.32/cwt	169.00–172.00	911	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,141	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	154.86/cwt	149.25–158.00	1,349	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	224.70/cwt	219.00–227.00	858	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	150.58/cwt	148.25–153.25	1,385	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	162.81/cwt	154.50–169.25	1,249	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	175.73/cwt	166.00–182.50	1,100	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	147.71/cwt	141.75–155.50	1,499	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	182.52/cwt	174.00–186.25	1,028	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	149.40/cwt	148.00–150.00	991	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,401	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	167.65/cwt	160.25–172.00	1,143	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	169.19/cwt	160.25–171.75	1,244	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	189.49/cwt	188.00–190.00	978	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	147.36/cwt	140.00–149.25	1,079	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	134.54/cwt	134.00–134.75	1,235	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	165.46/cwt	161.00–170.00	784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	151.40/cwt	150.50–152.75	1,182	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,137	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	150.46/cwt	150.00–151.00	919	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	155.30/cwt	153.50–158.00	1,280	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	886	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	152.09/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,024	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	142.13/cwt	138.00–146.75	1,103	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	160.31/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,015	85

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 Jan 27, 2022

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

Receipts 1,777Last week 1,989Year ago 1,996

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	971	134.00	134.00
12	—	493	168.50	168.50
16	—	420	174.00–181.00	177.34
24	—	561	168.00–170.50	169.71
28	—	535	169.00–172.00	170.32
51	—	822	138.75	138.75
74	—	732	140.00–149.25	147.36
117	—	918	134.00–134.75	134.54
72	—	673	147.00–160.00	152.09
72	—	776	138.00–146.75	142.13
85	—	633	155.00–167.00	160.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	611	150.00–151.00	150.46
6	—	591	164.50	164.50
28	—	540	164.00	164.00
5	—	676	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
264	—	871	149.25–158.00	154.86
13	—	382	219.00–227.00	224.70
22	—	920	148.25–153.25	150.58
128	—	767	154.50–169.25	162.81
46	—	626	166.00–182.50	175.73
28	—	1,015	141.75–155.50	147.71
62	—	563	174.00–186.25	182.52
96	—	973	144.00	144.00
5	—	477	187.00	187.00
58	—	682	160.25–172.00	167.65
116	—	735	160.25–171.75	169.19
12	—	516	188.00–190.00	189.49
21	—	824	153.50–158.00	155.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	852	146.25	146.25
10	—	663	148.00–150.00	149.40
3	—	570	160.00	160.00
4	—	640	162.50	162.50
6	—	474	161.00–170.00	165.46
23	—	781	150.50–152.75	151.40
3	—	736	154.50	154.50

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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