Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.79/cwt on 1,112 head.

Average price

$175.79

1,112 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$10.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.66

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	716	176.19	1,262	1,069
Medium and Large 1-2	644	165.89	1,069	43

One grade step is worth $10.30/cwt here — about $193 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 sale1,112 hd

175.79

—

IA average10 barns · 10,891 hd

174.14

+1.66

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	952	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,404	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,258	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	701	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,232	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,620	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	192.10/cwt	187.00–198.00	784	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	178.17/cwt	173.50–186.00	1,187	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	159.95/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,254	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,019	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	206.08/cwt	200.50–213.00	1,074	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	160.69/cwt	157.00–167.50	1,098	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	242.10/cwt	238.00–244.00	792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	156.40/cwt	150.25–160.50	1,364	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	178.11/cwt	164.00–181.75	1,291	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	147.64/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,426	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	186.11/cwt	178.00–193.50	1,158	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,114	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	155.43/cwt	151.00–157.25	1,309	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	229.85/cwt	225.00–236.00	952	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	186.49/cwt	176.00–189.75	871	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	193.73/cwt	187.75–201.00	1,124	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	154.39/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,028	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	150.17/cwt	146.50–152.75	1,391	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	169.20/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,061	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	974	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	149.94/cwt	148.25–153.50	1,137	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	977	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	177.29/cwt	169.50–180.00	920	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	172.56/cwt	163.50–178.25	973	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	152.43/cwt	147.00–154.25	1,099	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	161.70/cwt	157.50–179.00	1,038	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	146.22/cwt	146.00–146.75	1,189	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	904	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	958	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	799	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	149.20/cwt	140.00–156.00	925	21

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 Feb 10, 2022

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

Receipts 2,177Last week 1,982Year ago 1,284

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	512	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	907	154.75	154.75
8	—	892	141.00	141.00
10	—	337	208.00	208.00
11	—	1,232	131.50	131.50
24	—	408	187.00–198.00	192.10
27	—	467	176.00–189.75	186.49
97	—	666	147.00–157.00	154.39
24	—	758	148.25–153.50	149.94
33	—	519	169.50–180.00	177.29
135	—	564	163.50–178.25	172.56
101	—	721	147.00–154.25	152.43
219	—	642	157.50–179.00	161.70
28	—	813	146.00–146.75	146.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	187.50	187.50
3	—	306	185.00	185.00
7	—	446	175.00	175.00
9	—	565	160.00	160.00
20	—	670	143.00	143.00
15	—	529	151.00	151.00
21	—	620	140.00–156.00	149.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	140.00	140.00
41	—	666	173.50–186.00	178.17
128	—	784	155.00–162.50	159.95
5	—	455	224.00	224.00
50	—	521	200.50–213.00	206.08
9	—	327	238.00–244.00	242.10
160	—	872	150.25–160.50	156.40
288	—	725	164.00–181.75	178.11
9	—	966	145.00–149.00	147.64
188	—	622	178.00–193.50	186.11
69	—	842	151.00–157.25	155.43
29	—	414	225.00–236.00	229.85
69	—	580	187.75–201.00	193.73
21	—	926	146.50–152.75	150.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	683	157.00–167.50	160.69
3	—	755	147.00	147.00
4	—	738	151.00	151.00
15	—	627	169.00–170.00	169.20
4	—	580	168.00	168.00
5	—	514	190.00	190.00

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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