Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. There is no comparison today, as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Demand good on quality cattle. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.23/cwt on 882 head.

Average price

$173.23

882 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$410

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	174.09	1,171	788
Medium and Large 1-2	551	167.67	924	87
Large 1	1,088	145.29	1,581	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.80/cwt here — about −$410 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 sale882 hd

173.23

—

IA average7 barns · 5,941 hd

171.72

+1.51

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

44 lots · USDA AMS · Denison Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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	—	376	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	138.85/cwt	133.00–145.50	1,304	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	177.55/cwt	176.00–181.00	776	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,206	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,082	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	185.57/cwt	175.00–192.75	1,069	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	166.80/cwt	158.50–173.00	1,211	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	148.88/cwt	147.00–149.50	1,376	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	171.69/cwt	171.00–172.00	826	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	192.91/cwt	188.00–199.00	820	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	205.92/cwt	190.00–211.00	951	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	158.21/cwt	156.00–158.75	1,315	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,472	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	169.50/cwt	167.50–171.00	978	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	189.54/cwt	189.00–190.00	698	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	189.94/cwt	178.00–201.50	1,001	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	180.57/cwt	172.00–187.25	1,123	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	164.75/cwt	159.00–170.50	1,257	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	144.29/cwt	142.00–146.75	974	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	149.91/cwt	143.00–156.00	1,094	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	171.12/cwt	150.00–174.00	917	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	156.18/cwt	153.00–158.25	1,354	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,128	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	172.74/cwt	169.00–176.50	836	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,001	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	171.72/cwt	163.00–177.50	1,159	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	147.68/cwt	143.00–150.50	935	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	163.52/cwt	158.00–171.00	858	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,138	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,135	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,578	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,053	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	162.65/cwt	161.00–164.00	639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	153.59/cwt	153.00–155.00	788	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	136.46/cwt	131.00–139.00	847	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	150.45/cwt	142.00–154.75	1,163	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	155.89/cwt	148.50–164.00	904	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	551.00/cwt	500.00–580.00	1,609	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,819	3

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 Special - Denison, IA

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

Receipts 1,905Last week 1,689Year ago 2,052

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. There is no comparison today, as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Demand good on quality cattle. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	376	181.00	181.00
15	—	939	133.00–145.50	138.85
20	—	437	176.00–181.00	177.55
25	—	832	145.00	145.00
5	—	347	600.00	600.00
3	—	361	620.00	620.00
73	—	675	142.00–146.75	144.29
110	—	730	143.00–156.00	149.91
32	—	484	169.00–176.50	172.74
104	—	633	143.00–150.50	147.68
64	—	525	158.00–171.00	163.52
70	—	773	142.00–154.75	150.45
119	—	580	148.50–164.00	155.89
17	—	292	500.00–580.00	551.00
3	—	486	580.00	580.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	160.00	160.00
5	—	587	144.00	144.00
7	—	882	129.00	129.00
11	—	393	161.00–164.00	162.65
10	—	513	153.00–155.00	153.59
15	—	621	131.00–139.00	136.46
4	—	486	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	576	175.00–192.75	185.57
89	—	726	158.50–173.00	166.80
12	—	924	147.00–149.50	148.88
15	—	425	188.00–199.00	192.91
16	—	462	190.00–211.00	205.92
53	—	831	156.00–158.75	158.21
6	—	991	148.50	148.50
9	—	368	189.00–190.00	189.54
79	—	527	178.00–201.50	189.94
131	—	622	172.00–187.25	180.57
140	—	763	159.00–170.50	164.75
26	—	867	153.00–158.25	156.18
126	—	675	163.00–177.50	171.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	481	171.00–172.00	171.69
12	—	577	167.50–171.00	169.50
4	—	433	172.00	172.00
37	—	536	150.00–174.00	171.12
3	—	370	164.00	164.00
10	—	728	155.00	155.00
5	—	672	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	139.00	139.00
4	—	1,053	150.00	150.00

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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