Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Many load lots today. No comparison, as the last sale was not Precondition. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.60/cwt on 1,078 head.

Average price

$163.60

1,078 head · 764 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$192

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$30.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	765	164.48	1,258	965
Medium and Large 1-2	700	159.69	1,117	97
Large 1	1,083	133.81	1,450	16thin

One grade step is worth $30.67/cwt here — about −$192 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 sale1,078 hd

163.60

—

IA average7 barns · 3,962 hd

170.03

−6.44

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

43 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	182.09/cwt	175.00–187.00	865	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,060	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,420	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	155.79/cwt	147.00–158.75	1,273	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,201	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	146.39/cwt	145.00–148.75	1,334	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	209.68/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,017	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	147.69/cwt	147.50–147.75	1,409	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	152.77/cwt	148.50–155.00	1,321	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	161.07/cwt	154.50–164.75	1,234	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	185.50/cwt	179.00–191.00	1,148	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	190.29/cwt	187.50–197.00	1,083	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	211.19/cwt	203.00–225.00	895	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	175.00/cwt	167.50–185.00	943	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	156.60/cwt	147.00–162.00	805	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	133.14/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,032	35
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,035	132.98/cwt	132.25–133.50	1,376	53
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,080	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,388	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,193	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	176.58/cwt	171.00–184.00	1,183	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	156.66/cwt	153.50–160.75	1,151	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	178.12/cwt	173.50–182.50	1,046	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	133.40/cwt	131.00–136.75	1,217	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	136.87/cwt	136.75–139.00	1,211	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	143.55/cwt	139.00–151.75	1,101	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	145.38/cwt	138.25–147.50	1,067	86
Steers	Large 1	—	1,185	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	169.21/cwt	168.25–173.00	1,212	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	173.68/cwt	169.00–180.00	900	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	140.24/cwt	136.50–145.25	1,172	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	177.61/cwt	172.00–181.50	865	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	154.81/cwt	149.75–160.25	1,037	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	163.15/cwt	159.00–168.00	917	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	3,120	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,141	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	142.85/cwt	142.00–144.00	970	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	162.53/cwt	159.50–164.75	1,026	82

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 24, 2022

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

Receipts 2,085Last week 2,075Year ago 1,894

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Many load lots today. No comparison, as the last sale was not Precondition. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	475	175.00–187.00	182.09
34	—	880	136.50	136.50
3	—	623	169.00	169.00
14	—	539	167.50–185.00	175.00
5	—	666	168.00	168.00
13	—	735	153.50–160.75	156.66
21	—	587	173.50–182.50	178.12
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,060	134.00	134.00
3	—	1,185	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
330	—	817	147.00–158.75	155.79
80	—	911	145.00–148.75	146.39
29	—	485	200.00–215.00	209.68
40	—	954	147.50–147.75	147.69
100	—	865	148.50–155.00	152.77
89	—	766	154.50–164.75	161.07
49	—	619	179.00–191.00	185.50
43	—	569	187.50–197.00	190.29
3	—	363	240.00	240.00
20	—	424	203.00–225.00	211.19
119	—	670	171.00–184.00	176.58
3	—	513	207.50	207.50
60	—	716	168.25–173.00	169.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	514	147.00–162.00	156.60
35	—	775	128.00–136.00	133.14
3	—	618	151.00	151.00
7	—	679	142.00–144.00	142.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	710.00	710.00
85	—	912	131.00–136.75	133.40
56	—	885	136.75–139.00	136.87
70	—	767	139.00–151.75	143.55
86	—	734	138.25–147.50	145.38
22	—	518	169.00–180.00	173.68
142	—	836	136.50–145.25	140.24
37	—	487	172.00–181.50	177.61
3	—	436	180.00	180.00
88	—	670	149.75–160.25	154.81
58	—	562	159.00–168.00	163.15
3	—	416	750.00	750.00
82	—	631	159.50–164.75	162.53
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,035	132.25–133.50	132.98
7	—	1,080	128.50	128.50
4	—	1,193	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,141	101.00	101.00

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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