Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-11-10

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Nov 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,641 head
238 vs last sale 1,879 231 vs year ago 1,872 · 12.3%
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today as the sale two weeks ago was not Preconditioned. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.10/cwt on 811 head.
Average price
$190.10
811 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.03
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1619190.651,179774
Medium and Large 1-2569178.521,01637
One grade step is worth $12.13/cwt here — about $163 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 sale811 hd
190.10
IA average9 barns · 5,975 hd
185.07
+5.03
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1836159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,3336
HeifersMedium and Large 1337198.50/cwt198.00–199.006698
HeifersMedium and Large 1910160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,46110
HeifersMedium and Large 1957161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,54121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370185.00/cwt185.00–185.006853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2901141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2703
SteersMedium and Large 1779175.77/cwt164.00–178.751,36994
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658166.79/cwt162.00–170.001,09713
SteersMedium and Large 1377235.00/cwt235.00–235.008864
SteersMedium and Large 1434228.58/cwt214.00–235.0099220
SteersMedium and Large 1626188.63/cwt177.00–191.001,181137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2378195.00/cwt195.00–195.007373
SteersMedium and Large 1527193.35/cwt186.00–198.001,01980
SteersMedium and Large 1677183.58/cwt178.00–188.001,243116
SteersMedium and Large 1860165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487190.00/cwt190.00–190.009257
SteersMedium and Large 1718177.86/cwt171.00–186.001,27776
SteersMedium and Large 1568191.69/cwt181.00–195.001,089176
SteersMedium and Large 1348247.00/cwt247.00–247.008604
SteersMedium and Large 1468222.58/cwt205.00–235.001,04263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2444197.00/cwt197.00–197.008756
HeifersMedium and Large 1667177.22/cwt164.00–182.001,18271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545175.00/cwt175.00–175.009543
HeifersMedium and Large 1725171.69/cwt169.00–172.751,24531
HeifersMedium and Large 1486187.68/cwt180.00–190.0091252
SteersMedium and Large 1370830.00/head830.00–830.008306
SteersMedium and Large 1336786.75/head780.00–800.007879
HeifersMedium and Large 1421193.13/cwt190.50–195.0081326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508171.00/cwt171.00–171.0086917
HeifersMedium and Large 1370199.14/cwt190.00–210.0073737
HeifersMedium and Large 1568176.00/cwt167.50–181.001,00055
HeifersMedium and Large 1623167.74/cwt162.50–171.001,045101
HeifersMedium and Large 1485635.00/head635.00–635.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 1528184.99/cwt177.00–189.50977150
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639154.74/cwt150.00–158.0098912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583160.82/cwt155.00–163.0093840
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2763152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1603
HeifersMedium and Large 1266400.00/head400.00–400.004003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313187.50/cwt187.50–187.505874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487164.95/cwt161.00–170.008039

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.