Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Several load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.10/cwt on 999 head.

Average price

$156.10

999 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$535

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

$21.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

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	568	159.58	906	26
Medium and Large 1	749	156.35	1,171	954
Large 1	1,042	138.29	1,441	19thin

One grade step is worth $21.29/cwt here — about −$535 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 sale999 hd

156.10

—

IA average7 barns · 2,427 hd

156.98

−0.88

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	662	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,010	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,128	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,562	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,019	138.23/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,409	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	159.78/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,157	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	180.85/cwt	179.00–182.50	939	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	172.53/cwt	172.00–173.00	1,346	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	191.32/cwt	179.00–196.00	1,184	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	170.30/cwt	163.00–172.00	1,485	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	171.03/cwt	165.00–182.00	1,255	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	203.43/cwt	190.50–205.00	1,178	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	155.94/cwt	153.50–158.00	1,450	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	151.79/cwt	149.50–165.00	1,463	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	213.51/cwt	210.00–217.00	813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	176.81/cwt	171.00–183.00	1,195	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	171.32/cwt	161.00–174.00	1,419	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,164	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	209.79/cwt	204.00–212.00	1,001	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	181.16/cwt	177.00–184.00	1,060	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	161.22/cwt	154.00–169.00	1,096	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	171.22/cwt	166.00–183.25	1,060	134
Steers	Large 1	—	1,181	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,630	24
Steers	Large 1	—	1,024	146.94/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,505	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	208.96/cwt	198.00–213.00	1,076	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	147.24/cwt	146.50–149.50	1,234	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	188.52/cwt	188.00–190.00	682	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	183.06/cwt	180.00–184.00	844	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	144.11/cwt	143.75–145.50	1,317	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	193.15/cwt	187.50–200.00	807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	151.93/cwt	147.00–157.50	1,180	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	161.68/cwt	161.00–162.00	847	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	175.58/cwt	168.00–178.00	990	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	144.97/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,248	143

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 Jun 9, 2022

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

Receipts 2,182Last week 2,168Year ago 2,006

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Several load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	187.50	187.50
5	—	662	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,128	138.50	138.50
15	—	1,019	138.00–138.50	138.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	724	154.00–161.00	159.78
22	—	519	179.00–182.50	180.85
56	—	680	154.00–169.00	161.22
134	—	619	166.00–183.25	171.22
239	—	838	146.50–149.50	147.24
12	—	362	188.00–190.00	188.52
17	—	461	180.00–184.00	183.06
32	—	914	143.75–145.50	144.11
7	—	418	187.50–200.00	193.15
170	—	777	147.00–157.50	151.93
40	—	564	168.00–178.00	175.58
143	—	861	141.00–146.00	144.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	706	147.00	147.00
5	—	561	158.00	158.00
4	—	625	159.00	159.00
9	—	524	161.00–162.00	161.68
4	—	480	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	780	172.00–173.00	172.53
43	—	619	179.00–196.00	191.32
165	—	872	163.00–172.00	170.30
40	—	734	165.00–182.00	171.03
38	—	579	190.50–205.00	203.43
116	—	930	153.50–158.00	155.94
20	—	964	149.50–165.00	151.79
8	—	381	210.00–217.00	213.51
77	—	676	171.00–183.00	176.81
128	—	828	161.00–174.00	171.32
30	—	477	204.00–212.00	209.79
15	—	515	198.00–213.00	208.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	627	177.00	177.00
3	—	746	156.00	156.00
4	—	480	195.00	195.00
12	—	585	177.00–184.00	181.16
3	—	538	190.00	190.00
10	—	847	157.00	157.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,181	138.00	138.00
26	—	1,024	143.00–148.00	146.94

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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