Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-07-28

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jul 28
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,219 head
37 vs last sale 2,182 701 vs year ago 1,518 · +46.2%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many large groups and load lots. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.62/cwt on 1,051 head.
Average price
$165.62
1,051 head · 751 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,243
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$653
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$41.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.90
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2482178.2685931
Medium and Large 1755165.551,2501,009
Large 11,106136.681,51211thin
One grade step is worth $41.58/cwt here — about −$653 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 sale1,051 hd
165.62
IA average5 barns · 1,752 hd
159.72
+5.90
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11,080134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,4533
HeifersLarge 11,116137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,5358
HeifersMedium and Large 1343223.00/cwt223.00–223.007654
HeifersMedium and Large 1416219.00/cwt219.00–219.009118
HeifersMedium and Large 1579187.25/cwt187.25–187.251,08417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2601164.00/cwt164.00–164.009864
SteersMedium and Large 1517205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,0625
SteersMedium and Large 1720191.25/cwt190.00–192.001,37729
SteersMedium and Large 1564206.78/cwt199.00–208.251,16636
SteersMedium and Large 1676196.29/cwt193.50–199.001,32742
SteersMedium and Large 1907174.66/cwt170.50–178.001,58445
SteersMedium and Large 1637195.31/cwt190.00–202.001,24462
SteersMedium and Large 1472206.35/cwt196.00–210.0097421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0203
SteersMedium and Large 1772184.28/cwt179.00–186.251,423142
SteersMedium and Large 1866179.74/cwt174.00–182.751,557197
SteersMedium and Large 1973164.11/cwt157.00–166.501,597269
SteersMedium and Large 1405222.00/cwt222.00–222.008995
HeifersMedium and Large 1871151.91/cwt150.75–158.501,32346
HeifersMedium and Large 1901150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,352151
HeifersMedium and Large 1672171.14/cwt165.00–179.001,150104
HeifersMedium and Large 1536181.43/cwt172.00–183.0097227
HeifersMedium and Large 1727168.56/cwt157.00–170.001,225108
SteersLarge 11,008148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,49210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519170.00/cwt170.00–170.008825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485172.54/cwt171.00–174.008378
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433188.55/cwt183.00–190.0081614
HeifersMedium and Large 1818150.87/cwt150.25–159.501,23489
HeifersMedium and Large 1642180.23/cwt171.00–184.251,157139
HeifersMedium and Large 1779165.17/cwt158.00–171.001,287316

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.