Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,889 head
288 vs last sale 2,177 95 vs year ago 1,984 · 4.8%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to last week lightweight steers were mostly 2.00-3.00 higher, heavier steers mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Light heifers mostly steady, 800-pound heifers 1.00 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.73/cwt on 962 head.
Average price
$173.73
962 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,258
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.15
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1729174.801,275873
Medium and Large 1-2673163.241,09889
One grade step is worth $11.56/cwt here — about $177 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 sale962 hd
173.73
IA average7 barns · 5,792 hd
171.58
+2.15
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

38 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 1951142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3504
HeifersMedium and Large 1867136.13/cwt133.00–140.001,18012
HeifersMedium and Large 1427179.52/cwt177.50–182.5076719
HeifersMedium and Large 1555171.19/cwt164.00–174.2595026
HeifersMedium and Large 1474177.11/cwt171.00–180.0084027
HeifersMedium and Large 1670149.35/cwt147.00–152.501,00131
SteersMedium and Large 1673180.06/cwt173.00–190.001,212124
SteersMedium and Large 1950151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532181.62/cwt179.00–183.0096616
SteersMedium and Large 1625189.44/cwt184.00–198.001,18450
SteersMedium and Large 1431219.85/cwt214.00–225.0094815
SteersMedium and Large 1388212.50/cwt212.50–212.508253
SteersMedium and Large 1824159.49/cwt153.25–166.001,31487
SteersMedium and Large 1772167.81/cwt158.50–176.001,295108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0513
SteersMedium and Large 1731174.51/cwt168.00–180.501,276151
SteersMedium and Large 1940152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,4295
SteersMedium and Large 1477214.29/cwt209.00–217.501,02211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778151.37/cwt145.00–157.001,17839
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587164.43/cwt158.00–171.0096512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement805162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,30411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement730172.68/cwt165.50–176.501,26153
SteersMedium and Large 1541201.12/cwt191.50–207.001,08856
SteersMedium and Large 1577198.14/cwt185.00–204.501,14373
HeifersMedium and Large 1771149.58/cwt145.00–154.001,153120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413190.00/cwt190.00–190.007853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639144.88/cwt135.50–150.0092624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490165.00/cwt165.00–165.008097
SteersMedium and Large 1876156.26/cwt152.25–160.001,369187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681166.64/cwt165.00–171.501,13516
HeifersMedium and Large 1717151.72/cwt143.50–157.251,088184
HeifersMedium and Large 1833145.08/cwt144.50–145.251,20946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2692139.55/cwt136.50–142.009669
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581153.08/cwt149.50–157.7588920
HeifersMedium and Large 1629159.85/cwt154.00–164.251,005135
HeifersMedium and Large 1528168.71/cwt159.50–173.0089136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,0307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2759138.83/cwt136.00–140.501,0548

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.