Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light steers were 4.40 to substantially higher. Steers 800 pounds were steady. Heifers were limited in numbers with light heifers being mostly steady. Several large groups today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $207.01/cwt on 931 head.

Average price

$207.01

931 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$310

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

$1.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.94

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	495	208.89	1,035	50
Medium and Large 1	650	206.90	1,345	881

One grade step is worth $1.99/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale931 hd

207.01

—

IA average6 barns · 3,861 hd

194.07

+12.94

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

43 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	—	1,128	137.42/cwt	132.00–141.50	1,550	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,032	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,551	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,142	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,570	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	727	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	184.03/cwt	178.75–186.50	1,507	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	192.73/cwt	192.00–194.00	1,326	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	170.75/cwt	170.75–170.75	1,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	247.51/cwt	227.50–259.00	953	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,221	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	186.13/cwt	184.00–192.00	1,368	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	247.39/cwt	228.00–261.00	1,054	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	237.25/cwt	223.00–251.00	1,120	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	553	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,501	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	205.22/cwt	197.50–217.00	1,281	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	231.55/cwt	225.00–235.00	778	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	167.13/cwt	160.00–174.25	1,382	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	235.08/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,248	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	735	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	247	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	166.70/cwt	152.00–174.50	972	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	210.65/cwt	195.00–217.00	902	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	193.56/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,020	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	642.20/head	500.00–730.00	642	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	709	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,283	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	823	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	180.56/cwt	180.00–181.50	892	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	174.96/cwt	168.00–180.25	1,323	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	187.78/cwt	178.00–191.00	1,474	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	192.80/cwt	187.00–200.50	1,109	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	173.71/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,266	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	213.43/cwt	198.00–225.00	783	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	166.40/cwt	158.00–170.75	1,434	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	218.30/cwt	212.00–223.00	945	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	200.49/cwt	192.50–206.00	966	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	208.64/cwt	196.00–219.00	1,202	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	213.85/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,041	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,029	5

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 Sep 1, 2022

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

Receipts 1,784Last week 1,779Year ago 2,598

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,128	132.00–141.50	137.42
15	—	1,032	150.25	150.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	921	164.00	164.00
7	—	614	186.00	186.00
11	—	997	157.50	157.50
14	—	329	221.00	221.00
59	—	827	160.00–174.25	167.13
4	—	247	350.00	350.00
139	—	428	195.00–217.00	210.65
25	—	527	186.00–200.00	193.56
16	—	312	500.00–730.00	642.20
21	—	756	168.00–180.25	174.96
57	—	575	187.00–200.50	192.80
40	—	729	173.00–174.00	173.71
33	—	367	198.00–225.00	213.43
24	—	862	158.00–170.75	166.40
85	—	482	192.50–206.00	200.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	393	187.00	187.00
23	—	583	152.00–174.50	166.70
13	—	431	191.00	191.00
8	—	494	180.00–181.50	180.56
5	—	845	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	709	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	819	178.75–186.50	184.03
62	—	688	192.00–194.00	192.73
4	—	886	170.75	170.75
20	—	385	227.50–259.00	247.51
15	—	735	184.00–192.00	186.13
84	—	426	228.00–261.00	247.39
86	—	472	223.00–251.00	237.25
42	—	956	157.00	157.00
62	—	624	197.50–217.00	205.22
22	—	336	225.00–235.00	231.55
5	—	323	760.00	760.00
91	—	531	220.00–242.00	235.08
186	—	785	178.00–191.00	187.78
77	—	576	196.00–219.00	208.64
4	—	367	800.00	800.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	686	178.00	178.00
12	—	433	212.00–223.00	218.30
26	—	487	210.00–220.00	213.85
5	—	502	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	176.00	176.00

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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