Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend. Several 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 $158.76/cwt on 1,237 head.

Average price

$158.76

1,237 head · 821 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$132

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$23.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.82

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	810	160.24	1,298	1,131
Medium and Large 1-2	658	158.07	1,040	31
Large 1	1,046	136.71	1,430	75

One grade step is worth $23.53/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale1,237 hd

158.76

—

IA average6 barns · 5,925 hd

175.58

−16.82

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	—	1,093	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,424	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	135.27/cwt	135.00–135.50	935	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	150.48/cwt	147.00–153.00	722	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	164.90/cwt	160.00–170.00	800	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,039	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,379	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	175.86/cwt	170.00–180.00	740	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	162.87/cwt	154.00–168.00	844	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	688.35/cwt	680.00–700.00	2,285	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	159.40/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,224	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	152.44/cwt	142.00–154.00	1,334	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	155.16/cwt	147.00–159.75	1,271	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	144.43/cwt	136.25–147.50	1,385	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	173.71/cwt	162.00–178.50	1,166	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,047	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	893	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,031	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,431	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	151.53/cwt	137.00–154.75	1,370	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	222.58/cwt	220.00–229.00	919	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	205.83/cwt	195.00–215.00	984	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	183.96/cwt	174.00–191.00	1,148	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	161.39/cwt	155.00–165.75	1,167	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	131.26/cwt	130.00–133.75	1,188	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	143.59/cwt	139.00–151.00	975	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	143.25/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,064	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	196.15/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,051	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	143.95/cwt	139.75–148.50	1,124	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	191.58/cwt	182.50–201.00	1,086	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,043	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	156.15/cwt	149.00–163.50	917	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	136.65/cwt	129.00–139.75	1,181	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	138.84/cwt	133.75–150.00	1,151	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	131.24/cwt	127.50–133.75	1,269	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	147.62/cwt	145.00–150.50	939	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	143.46/cwt	137.25–148.25	1,031	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	806	6

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 2,419Last week 2,142Year ago 2,507

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend. Several load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,093	130.25	130.25
57	—	1,031	138.75	138.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	768	155.00–162.00	159.40
152	—	875	142.00–154.00	152.44
158	—	819	147.00–159.75	155.16
344	—	959	136.25–147.50	144.43
61	—	671	162.00–178.50	173.71
96	—	904	137.00–154.75	151.53
13	—	413	220.00–229.00	222.58
27	—	478	195.00–215.00	205.83
38	—	624	174.00–191.00	183.96
64	—	723	155.00–165.75	161.39
37	—	536	189.00–200.00	196.15
100	—	567	182.50–201.00	191.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	607	165.00	165.00
5	—	590	177.50	177.50
3	—	522	171.00	171.00
11	—	743	140.00–146.00	143.25
8	—	660	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	691	135.00–135.50	135.27
24	—	480	147.00–153.00	150.48
4	—	573	131.00	131.00
6	—	615	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	485	160.00–170.00	164.90
19	—	421	170.00–180.00	175.86
24	—	518	154.00–168.00	162.87
5	—	375	670.00	670.00
9	—	332	680.00–700.00	688.35
30	—	905	130.00–133.75	131.26
93	—	679	139.00–151.00	143.59
81	—	781	139.75–148.50	143.95
55	—	587	149.00–163.50	156.15
113	—	864	129.00–139.75	136.65
217	—	829	133.75–150.00	138.84
37	—	967	127.50–133.75	131.24
24	—	636	145.00–150.50	147.62
119	—	719	137.25–148.25	143.46
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,039	132.75	132.75

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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