Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.45/cwt on 1,475 head.

Average price

$161.45

1,475 head · 806 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$198

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

$1.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.74

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	681	163.26	1,112	75
Medium and Large 1	812	161.35	1,310	1,400

One grade step is worth $1.91/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale1,475 hd

161.45

—

IA average11 barns · 11,930 hd

170.19

−8.74

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

34 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	—	386	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,267	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	161.39/cwt	155.00–170.00	902	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	176.90/cwt	175.00–178.00	870	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	140.61/cwt	136.25–141.00	1,222	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	161.55/cwt	153.00–166.25	1,166	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	163.37/cwt	156.50–165.25	1,278	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	213.19/cwt	205.00–222.00	885	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,192	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,612	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,215	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,351	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	205.32/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,086	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	143.65/cwt	139.00–144.75	1,385	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	210.23/cwt	208.50–211.56	984	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	192.37/cwt	189.50–195.00	1,089	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	150.09/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,313	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	178.33/cwt	172.00–182.00	1,097	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	157.85/cwt	150.00–163.00	976	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	143.90/cwt	141.00–146.50	1,035	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	158.46/cwt	148.75–165.25	1,301	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	156.72/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,423	400
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	906	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,183	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	164.92/cwt	158.00–173.00	863	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	154.68/cwt	146.50–157.25	1,027	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	144.75/cwt	133.25–147.00	1,191	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	144.66/cwt	140.50–145.75	1,105	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	183.37/cwt	174.00–187.00	1,067	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	161.33/cwt	150.50–167.50	1,103	36

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 24, 2022

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

Receipts 2,419Last week 1,889Year ago 2,198

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	386	187.00	187.00
3	—	443	188.00	188.00
4	—	902	140.50	140.50
7	—	559	155.00–170.00	161.39
8	—	492	175.00–178.00	176.90
37	—	869	136.25–141.00	140.61
137	—	618	150.00–163.00	157.85
170	—	719	141.00–146.50	143.90
60	—	523	158.00–173.00	164.92
73	—	664	146.50–157.25	154.68
97	—	823	133.25–147.00	144.75
108	—	764	140.50–145.75	144.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	154.00	154.00
17	—	595	152.25	152.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	722	153.00–166.25	161.55
222	—	782	156.50–165.25	163.37
8	—	415	205.00–222.00	213.19
9	—	1,192	135.25	135.25
22	—	653	186.00	186.00
23	—	1,008	134.00	134.00
25	—	529	200.00–213.00	205.32
66	—	964	139.00–144.75	143.65
17	—	468	208.50–211.56	210.23
17	—	566	189.50–195.00	192.37
75	—	875	146.00–153.00	150.09
94	—	615	172.00–182.00	178.33
264	—	821	148.75–165.25	158.46
400	—	908	140.00–161.00	156.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	180.00	180.00
3	—	523	162.00	162.00
5	—	927	137.00	137.00
10	—	830	142.50	142.50
18	—	582	174.00–187.00	183.37
36	—	684	150.50–167.50	161.33

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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