Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.24/cwt on 1,041 head.

Average price

$189.24

1,041 head · 790 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$291

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$12.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.99

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	790	190.37	1,504	920
Medium and Large 1-2	549	183.18	1,006	56
Large 1	1,006	178.36	1,794	65

One grade step is worth $12.01/cwt here — about −$291 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 sale1,041 hd

189.24

—

IA average7 barns · 5,326 hd

183.25

+5.99

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

45 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	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	657	191.25/cwt	191.25–191.25	1,257	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	688	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,249	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	243.11/cwt	240.00–249.00	909	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,605	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	183.56/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,446	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	187.97/cwt	184.50–203.00	1,103	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	231.01/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,079	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	189.00/cwt	181.00–190.50	1,157	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,064	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,046	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,295	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	630.00/head	630.00–630.00	630	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	178.45/cwt	165.00–182.00	1,635	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	209.02/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,118	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	152.99/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,109	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	1,371	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	833	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,122	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	572	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	191.86/cwt	180.00–198.50	984	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	195.42/cwt	185.00–210.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	180.34/cwt	178.00–182.00	1,762	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	603.29/head	510.00–650.00	603	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	193.67/cwt	183.00–200.00	813	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	157.59/cwt	157.50–158.00	963	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	185.12/cwt	179.25–196.00	1,340	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	193.79/cwt	185.00–203.00	934	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	173.42/cwt	173.00–173.50	1,079	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,081	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	191.10/cwt	179.00–197.00	913	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	156.67/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,427	55
Steers	Large 1	—	1,006	178.36/cwt	168.50–179.00	1,794	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	176.71/cwt	164.50–180.50	1,290	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	170.94/cwt	168.75–178.00	1,335	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	172.52/cwt	169.50–176.00	1,004	64

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 Oct 27, 2022

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

Receipts 1,879Last week 2,207Year ago 1,493

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	657	191.25	191.25
7	—	572	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	176.00	176.00
18	—	725	150.00–161.00	152.99
4	—	566	162.00	162.00
17	—	611	157.50–158.00	157.59
3	—	318	195.00	195.00
3	—	391	182.50	182.50
36	—	655	165.00	165.00
5	—	534	165.00	165.00
6	—	471	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	805	170.25	170.25
20	—	394	211.50	211.50
10	—	634	177.00	177.00
103	—	513	180.00–198.50	191.86
17	—	319	510.00–650.00	603.29
32	—	420	183.00–200.00	193.67
39	—	478	179.00–197.00	191.10
55	—	911	151.00–157.00	156.67
3	—	478	700.00	700.00
28	—	730	164.50–180.50	176.71
76	—	781	168.75–178.00	170.94
64	—	582	169.50–176.00	172.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	688	181.50	181.50
11	—	536	198.50	198.50
9	—	482	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	374	240.00–249.00	243.11
19	—	849	189.00	189.00
66	—	788	180.00–187.00	183.56
57	—	587	184.50–203.00	187.97
46	—	467	221.00–235.00	231.01
35	—	612	181.00–190.50	189.00
14	—	651	199.00	199.00
3	—	288	265.00	265.00
152	—	916	165.00–182.00	178.45
109	—	535	200.00–219.00	209.02
338	—	977	178.00–182.00	180.34
29	—	724	179.25–196.00	185.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
7	—	297	630.00	630.00
3	—	583	183.00	183.00
7	—	433	185.00–210.00	195.42
16	—	482	185.00–203.00	193.79
25	—	622	173.00–173.50	173.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	181.00	181.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,006	168.50–179.00	178.36

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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