Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today as there has not been a recently reported sale. Many large groups and load lots. Active trade with good demand

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.32/cwt on 1,097 head.

Average price

$189.32

1,097 head · 822 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$185

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$37.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.19

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	813	191.47	1,556	1,000
Medium and Large 1-2	757	176.80	1,338	56
Large 1	1,130	154.01	1,741	41

One grade step is worth $37.46/cwt here — about −$185 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 sale1,097 hd

189.32

—

IA average4 barns · 2,236 hd

182.14

+7.19

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
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,015	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,058	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	919	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,631	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,503	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	180.64/cwt	175.00–185.50	1,678	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	181.82/cwt	177.50–183.25	1,564	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	192.19/cwt	186.50–200.75	1,472	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	170.38/cwt	163.00–178.00	1,164	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,564	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,196	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	184.44/cwt	176.00–187.75	1,503	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	217.62/cwt	196.00–225.00	1,456	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	205.35/cwt	186.00–210.00	1,481	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	179.73/cwt	176.25–190.00	1,122	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	175.13/cwt	166.50–180.00	1,264	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,331	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	220.18/cwt	208.00–224.00	1,248	31
Steers	Large 1	—	1,119	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,667	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	171.43/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,407	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,039	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	183.48/cwt	177.00–185.25	1,205	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,437	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	161.73/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,329	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,392	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	171.34/cwt	166.50–176.00	1,330	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,166	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,825	21
Steers	Large 1	—	1,032	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,558	17

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 Aug 18, 2022

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

Receipts 1,779Last week 2,219Year ago 0

No comparison today as there has not been a recently reported sale. Many large groups and load lots. Active trade with good demand

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	931	158.50	158.50
6	—	459	199.50	199.50
105	—	624	176.25–190.00	179.73
198	—	722	166.50–180.00	175.13
16	—	517	201.00	201.00
19	—	657	177.00–185.25	183.48
9	—	822	159.00–165.00	161.73
17	—	867	160.50	160.50
42	—	776	166.50–176.00	171.34
7	—	440	220.00	220.00
17	—	989	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	156.00	156.00
10	—	566	187.00	187.00
3	—	496	179.00	179.00
3	—	626	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	201.50	201.50
11	—	911	165.00	165.00
8	—	683	163.00–178.00	170.38
3	—	515	190.00	190.00
5	—	899	174.00	174.00
14	—	821	170.00–172.00	171.43
6	—	715	201.00	201.00
3	—	781	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	981	166.25	166.25
4	—	395	241.00	241.00
313	—	929	175.00–185.50	180.64
116	—	860	177.50–183.25	181.82
94	—	766	186.50–200.75	192.19
11	—	487	245.50	245.50
191	—	815	176.00–187.75	184.44
83	—	669	196.00–225.00	217.62
135	—	721	186.00–210.00	205.35
12	—	612	217.50	217.50
31	—	567	208.00–224.00	220.18
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,119	149.00	149.00
21	—	1,166	156.50	156.50
6	—	1,032	157.00	157.00

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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