Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Compared to last week light steers were 4.00 higher, heavier steers 850-900 pounds 3.00 to sharply lower. Light heifers, 600 pounds, 1.00 higher, 700 pounds 7.00 higher. Heavier heifers 1.00-5.00 lower. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.97/cwt on 977 head.

Average price

$162.97

977 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$262

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

$0.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.29

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	616	163.39	1,007	13thin
Medium and Large 1	778	162.96	1,268	964

One grade step is worth $0.43/cwt here — about −$262 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 sale977 hd

162.97

—

IA average8 barns · 6,610 hd

171.25

−8.29

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

30 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	—	542	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	844	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,271	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	176.90/cwt	172.00–183.00	860	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	173.41/cwt	163.00–179.00	982	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,353	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	167.19/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,294	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	144.57/cwt	136.00–145.25	1,329	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	177.67/cwt	169.00–187.00	1,215	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	197.15/cwt	189.00–205.50	1,015	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,368	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	166.06/cwt	162.50–170.00	1,209	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	147.09/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,290	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	162.50/cwt	153.50–168.00	1,323	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	202.71/cwt	195.00–211.00	943	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	180.21/cwt	172.00–185.50	1,135	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	181.77/cwt	180.00–185.50	1,040	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	144.01/cwt	139.00–149.50	1,165	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	152.99/cwt	145.25–160.00	1,108	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	158.62/cwt	149.50–165.50	1,006	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,012	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	165.86/cwt	161.00–169.50	955	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	153.32/cwt	149.50–161.00	898	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	138.92/cwt	137.00–146.75	1,089	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	136.46/cwt	135.75–138.00	1,193	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	155.43/cwt	151.00–159.50	1,060	98

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 Mar 3, 2022

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

Receipts 2,110Last week 2,419Year ago 2,377

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	176.00	176.00
7	—	444	190.00	190.00
13	—	928	137.00	137.00
24	—	486	172.00–183.00	176.90
26	—	566	163.00–179.00	173.41
55	—	956	141.50	141.50
104	—	809	139.00–149.50	144.01
177	—	724	145.25–160.00	152.99
189	—	634	149.50–165.50	158.62
58	—	784	137.00–146.75	138.92
63	—	874	135.75–138.00	136.46
98	—	682	151.00–159.50	155.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	602	147.00	147.00
4	—	812	135.00	135.00
80	—	586	149.50–161.00	153.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	774	160.00–169.00	167.19
109	—	919	136.00–145.25	144.57
113	—	684	169.00–187.00	177.67
4	—	426	220.00	220.00
8	—	515	189.00–205.50	197.15
22	—	953	143.50	143.50
151	—	728	162.50–170.00	166.06
175	—	877	140.00–148.00	147.09
201	—	814	153.50–168.00	162.50
24	—	465	195.00–211.00	202.71
26	—	630	172.00–185.50	180.21
49	—	572	180.00–185.50	181.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	621	163.00	163.00
3	—	705	158.00	158.00
7	—	576	161.00–169.50	165.86

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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