Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was Preconditioned. Demand good. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.00/cwt on 913 head.

Average price

$172.00

913 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$15.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	676	172.58	1,167	878
Medium and Large 1-2	577	157.48	909	35

One grade step is worth $15.10/cwt here — about $258 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 sale913 hd

172.00

—

IA average13 barns · 17,323 hd

170.38

+1.62

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 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	—	971	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,253	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	144.73/cwt	144.50–145.00	1,168	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	144.47/cwt	142.50–146.00	1,260	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	175.30/cwt	172.00–179.00	673	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	167.09/cwt	157.00–177.00	952	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	173.00/cwt	163.00–179.00	1,112	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	174.90/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,011	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	149.49/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,085	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,112	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	544	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,408	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	197.92/cwt	194.50–203.00	845	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	195.15/cwt	186.00–206.50	943	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	406	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	189.47/cwt	179.00–197.50	1,006	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	188.06/cwt	179.00–194.75	1,078	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	158.28/cwt	146.00–162.50	994	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	157.85/cwt	157.50–159.00	1,373	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	145.90/cwt	142.00–151.00	928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	178.02/cwt	168.50–185.50	840	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	145.33/cwt	142.00–149.50	1,051	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	156.78/cwt	149.00–163.50	1,206	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	154.11/cwt	150.00–159.25	1,267	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	168.09/cwt	157.00–172.25	1,209	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	149.30/cwt	144.00–152.25	1,024	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	154.56/cwt	154.00–155.00	811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	164.19/cwt	159.00–171.00	870	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	174.99/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,172	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	153.32/cwt	148.00–157.00	736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	163.60/cwt	157.00–170.00	933	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	144.56/cwt	140.00–149.25	1,109	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	597	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	884	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	548	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

Mon Jan 10, 2022

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

Receipts 1,786Last week 1,905Year ago 1,689

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was Preconditioned. Demand good. 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	—	971	129.00	129.00
6	—	414	172.00	172.00
11	—	807	144.50–145.00	144.73
17	—	872	142.50–146.00	144.47
24	—	384	172.00–179.00	175.30
144	—	628	146.00–162.50	158.28
39	—	472	168.50–185.50	178.02
46	—	723	142.00–149.50	145.33
178	—	686	144.00–152.25	149.30
47	—	530	159.00–171.00	164.19
79	—	570	157.00–170.00	163.60
82	—	767	140.00–149.25	144.56
3	—	306	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	598	141.00	141.00
3	—	788	137.00	137.00
4	—	386	166.00	166.00
7	—	525	154.00–155.00	154.56
7	—	480	148.00–157.00	153.32
4	—	606	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	140.00	140.00
6	—	483	164.00	164.00
15	—	597	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	157.00–177.00	167.09
6	—	726	149.00–150.00	149.49
7	—	636	142.00–151.00	145.90
4	—	532	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	643	163.00–179.00	173.00
5	—	1,032	147.00	147.00
5	—	1,112	143.00	143.00
11	—	917	153.50	153.50
39	—	427	194.50–203.00	197.92
42	—	483	186.00–206.50	195.15
72	—	531	179.00–197.50	189.47
72	—	573	179.00–194.75	188.06
30	—	870	157.50–159.00	157.85
65	—	769	149.00–163.50	156.78
106	—	822	150.00–159.25	154.11
158	—	719	157.00–172.25	168.09
165	—	670	165.00–180.00	174.99
6	—	950	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	578	173.00–178.00	174.90
3	—	601	160.00	160.00
5	—	430	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	158.00	158.00
5	—	406	169.00	169.00

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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