Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.06/cwt on 1,095 head.

Average price

$186.06

1,095 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$16.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.20

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	187.70	1,285	988
Medium and Large 1-2	663	170.87	1,133	107

One grade step is worth $16.83/cwt here — about $152 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 sale1,095 hd

186.06

—

IA average8 barns · 8,164 hd

191.26

−5.20

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	Medium and Large 1	—	285	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	192.69/cwt	190.00–198.00	829	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	198.16/cwt	195.00–199.00	723	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	168.03/cwt	167.75–168.25	1,292	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	169.11/cwt	161.00–169.75	1,366	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	183.48/cwt	178.00–190.00	881	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	174.70/cwt	171.00–179.50	1,322	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	208.44/cwt	203.00–220.00	900	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	174.60/cwt	166.00–175.50	1,619	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	179.50/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,571	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	200.74/cwt	193.50–212.50	974	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	193.72/cwt	185.00–200.50	1,104	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	182.93/cwt	175.00–191.75	1,238	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	194.70/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,020	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	179.88/cwt	178.00–181.00	1,450	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	164.20/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,184	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	173.05/cwt	171.00–173.50	1,175	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	170.40/cwt	168.50–175.00	1,252	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	179.16/cwt	171.00–185.50	948	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	176.91/cwt	174.00–180.00	925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	176.49/cwt	175.00–178.00	1,135	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	178.61/cwt	170.00–185.00	870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	165.68/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,271	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	160.83/cwt	155.00–167.00	912	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	181.65/cwt	173.00–200.25	1,317	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	197.68/cwt	184.00–203.75	1,241	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,452	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	162.18/cwt	155.00–168.50	1,074	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	151.26/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,074	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	158.88/cwt	158.00–160.00	845	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	167.68/cwt	159.00–173.75	1,055	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	174.37/cwt	169.50–185.00	1,010	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	167.36/cwt	161.00–172.50	798	14

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 Dec 1, 2022

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

Receipts 2,187Last week 1,581Year ago 1,842

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	285	200.00	200.00
20	—	430	190.00–198.00	192.69
23	—	365	195.00–199.00	198.16
28	—	769	167.75–168.25	168.03
42	—	808	161.00–169.75	169.11
47	—	480	178.00–190.00	183.48
110	—	735	168.50–175.00	170.40
124	—	529	171.00–185.50	179.16
48	—	858	169.25	169.25
57	—	662	155.00–168.50	162.18
145	—	629	159.00–173.75	167.68
162	—	579	169.50–185.00	174.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	649	153.50	153.50
6	—	567	155.00–167.00	160.83
6	—	710	150.00–152.50	151.26
7	—	532	158.00–160.00	158.88
7	—	678	150.00	150.00
14	—	477	161.00–172.50	167.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	757	171.00–179.50	174.70
34	—	432	203.00–220.00	208.44
72	—	927	166.00–175.50	174.60
76	—	875	170.00–182.50	179.50
3	—	367	230.00	230.00
29	—	485	193.50–212.50	200.74
126	—	570	185.00–200.50	193.72
155	—	677	175.00–191.75	182.93
39	—	524	190.00–199.00	194.70
59	—	806	178.00–181.00	179.88
167	—	725	173.00–200.25	181.65
196	—	628	184.00–203.75	197.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	946	153.00	153.00
4	—	400	176.00	176.00
20	—	721	160.00–169.00	164.20
34	—	679	171.00–173.50	173.05
8	—	523	174.00–180.00	176.91
8	—	643	175.00–178.00	176.49
12	—	487	170.00–185.00	178.61
18	—	767	165.00–167.00	165.68

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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