Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-01-27

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 27
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,777 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 1,989▼ 219 vs year ago 1,996 · −11.0%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1792162.041,283871
Medium and Large 1-2701153.871,07952
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—971134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—493168.50/cwt168.50–168.5083112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420177.34/cwt174.00–181.0074516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561169.71/cwt168.00–170.5095224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535170.32/cwt169.00–172.0091128
HeifersMedium and Large 1—822138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,14151
SteersMedium and Large 1—871154.86/cwt149.25–158.001,349264
SteersMedium and Large 1—382224.70/cwt219.00–227.0085813
SteersMedium and Large 1—920150.58/cwt148.25–153.251,38522
SteersMedium and Large 1—767162.81/cwt154.50–169.251,249128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—852146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,2463
SteersMedium and Large 1—626175.73/cwt166.00–182.501,10046
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,015147.71/cwt141.75–155.501,49928
SteersMedium and Large 1—563182.52/cwt174.00–186.251,02862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—663149.40/cwt148.00–150.0099110
SteersMedium and Large 1—973144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,40196
SteersMedium and Large 1—477187.00/cwt187.00–187.008925
SteersMedium and Large 1—682167.65/cwt160.25–172.001,14358
SteersMedium and Large 1—735169.19/cwt160.25–171.751,244116
SteersMedium and Large 1—516189.49/cwt188.00–190.0097812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570160.00/cwt160.00–160.009123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—732147.36/cwt140.00–149.251,07974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—640162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0404
HeifersMedium and Large 1—918134.54/cwt134.00–134.751,235117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—474165.46/cwt161.00–170.007846
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—781151.40/cwt150.50–152.751,18223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—736154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,1373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—611150.46/cwt150.00–151.0091911
SteersMedium and Large 1—824155.30/cwt153.50–158.001,28021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—591164.50/cwt164.50–164.509726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—540164.00/cwt164.00–164.0088628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—676145.50/cwt145.50–145.509845
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673152.09/cwt147.00–160.001,02472
HeifersMedium and Large 1—776142.13/cwt138.00–146.751,10372
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633160.31/cwt155.00–167.001,01585

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.