Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-02-03

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,982 head
205 vs last sale 1,777 115 vs year ago 2,097 · 5.5%
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 lightweight steers were steady to sharply higher, heavy steers 2.00-3.00 higher. Lightweight heifers steady to 5.00 higher, heavy heifers 7.00 to sharply higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.45/cwt on 917 head.
Average price
$180.45
917 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,217
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.27
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1674181.511,224859
Medium and Large 1-2674164.741,11058
One grade step is worth $16.77/cwt here — about $114 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 sale917 hd
180.45
IA average6 barns · 5,867 hd
171.18
+9.27
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

32 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 1380203.36/cwt203.00–204.0077313
HeifersMedium and Large 1473175.80/cwt175.00–177.0083219
HeifersMedium and Large 1434189.71/cwt185.00–195.0082320
HeifersMedium and Large 1732150.96/cwt147.50–152.001,10559
HeifersMedium and Large 1530173.55/cwt168.00–177.5092067
HeifersMedium and Large 1572166.61/cwt160.75–174.0095389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631161.69/cwt142.00–175.001,02014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363200.00/cwt200.00–200.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1933151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,41130
SteersMedium and Large 1733169.67/cwt167.00–176.251,244156
SteersMedium and Large 1578197.61/cwt189.25–206.251,142107
SteersMedium and Large 1671178.95/cwt172.00–189.001,201152
SteersMedium and Large 1290239.00/cwt239.00–239.006935
SteersMedium and Large 1826158.88/cwt153.50–159.751,31221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,15620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,2126
SteersMedium and Large 1347251.21/cwt245.00–255.0087219
SteersMedium and Large 1521205.41/cwt200.00–216.001,07036
SteersMedium and Large 1778165.35/cwt160.00–172.251,28664
SteersMedium and Large 1419213.51/cwt213.00–214.008958
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590154.00/cwt154.00–154.009095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641151.39/cwt151.00–152.5097015
SteersMedium and Large 1481210.97/cwt200.00–219.001,01561
SteersMedium and Large 1863157.79/cwt153.00–158.251,36291
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement812154.27/cwt153.00–159.001,25382
HeifersMedium and Large 1633160.24/cwt154.50–167.251,014210
HeifersMedium and Large 1764149.39/cwt145.50–151.501,141125
HeifersMedium and Large 1667156.90/cwt148.75–161.001,047138
SteersMedium and Large 1622186.71/cwt180.75–192.001,161109
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720158.46/cwt156.50–162.001,14115
HeifersMedium and Large 1238570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,3574
HeifersMedium and Large 1319608.69/cwt590.00–660.001,94212

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.