Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.95/cwt on 1,287 head.

Average price

$159.95

1,287 head · 807 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$171

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.95

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	793	161.22	1,279	1,197
Medium and Large 1-2	664	157.22	1,044	9thin
Large 1	1,024	141.59	1,450	81

One grade step is worth $19.62/cwt here — about −$171 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 sale1,287 hd

159.95

—

IA average7 barns · 3,793 hd

171.91

−11.95

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

42 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	—	397	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	774	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	140.67/cwt	137.00–150.00	1,162	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	177.78/cwt	170.00–185.00	759	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	174.98/cwt	169.00–181.00	910	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	152.93/cwt	146.25–163.00	1,185	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	148.89/cwt	140.50–160.00	1,370	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	202.04/cwt	191.00–209.00	964	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	157.91/cwt	148.00–161.00	1,172	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	177.76/cwt	175.00–179.75	1,180	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,325	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	206.07/cwt	197.00–214.50	1,070	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	206.26/cwt	202.00–212.00	918	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	180.18/cwt	171.00–187.00	1,124	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	156.26/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,291	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	181.78/cwt	171.00–184.50	887	45
Steers	Large 1	—	1,280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,664	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,014	142.04/cwt	131.00–143.25	1,440	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	153.90/cwt	144.25–155.50	1,333	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	190.12/cwt	182.00–197.50	1,101	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	217.65/cwt	217.00–218.00	851	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	171.18/cwt	167.00–173.00	991	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	157.11/cwt	155.00–163.50	988	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	145.64/cwt	139.00–149.50	1,052	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	140.16/cwt	132.50–147.00	1,085	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	147.49/cwt	146.00–155.75	1,018	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	141.54/cwt	132.75–147.50	1,214	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	154.14/cwt	143.00–161.00	818	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	149.48/cwt	148.00–150.00	954	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	156.33/cwt	155.00–160.00	888	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	130.15/cwt	128.00–134.00	899	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,201	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	675.69/cwt	650.00–700.00	2,818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	127.16/cwt	124.00–129.00	980	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	701	9

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 Apr 7, 2022

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

Receipts 2,142Last week 2,085Year ago 2,288

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots of quality cattle today. 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
12	—	397	195.00	195.00
21	—	826	137.00–150.00	140.67
22	—	427	170.00–185.00	177.78
26	—	520	169.00–181.00	174.98
45	—	488	171.00–184.50	181.78
38	—	579	167.00–173.00	171.18
39	—	629	155.00–163.50	157.11
78	—	722	139.00–149.50	145.64
78	—	774	132.50–147.00	140.16
106	—	690	146.00–155.75	147.49
109	—	858	132.75–147.50	141.54
30	—	903	133.00	133.00
3	—	265	500.00	500.00
3	—	300	600.00	600.00
4	—	398	650.00	650.00
6	—	417	650.00–700.00	675.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	476	164.00	164.00
6	—	708	132.00	132.00
9	—	807	132.50	132.50
16	—	531	143.00–161.00	154.14
16	—	638	148.00–150.00	149.48
18	—	568	155.00–160.00	156.33
19	—	691	128.00–134.00	130.15
8	—	771	124.00–129.00	127.16
9	—	430	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	775	146.25–163.00	152.93
266	—	920	140.50–160.00	148.89
21	—	477	191.00–209.00	202.04
47	—	742	148.00–161.00	157.91
48	—	664	175.00–179.75	177.76
16	—	957	138.50	138.50
97	—	519	197.00–214.50	206.07
7	—	445	202.00–212.00	206.26
15	—	624	171.00–187.00	180.18
181	—	826	153.00–159.00	156.26
272	—	866	144.25–155.50	153.90
18	—	579	182.00–197.50	190.12
20	—	391	217.00–218.00	217.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	641	165.00	165.00
5	—	683	151.00	151.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	130.00	130.00
78	—	1,014	131.00–143.25	142.04

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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