Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2021-12-02

Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Dec 2

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 9 →

Receipts

1,842 head

▲ 453 vs last sale 1,389▲ 77 vs year ago 1,765 · +4.4%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Trading was active with good demand on quality cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.22/cwt on 929 head.

Average price

$171.22

929 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$4.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.61

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	171.41	1,176	891
Medium and Large 1-2	547	166.74	912	38

One grade step is worth $4.68/cwt here — about $264 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 sale929 hd

171.22

—

IA average9 barns · 7,746 hd

166.61

+4.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	685	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	712	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	199.97/cwt	198.00–202.00	864	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	195.89/cwt	193.00–198.25	948	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	856	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	190.17/cwt	183.00–195.50	985	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	172.50/cwt	171.00–175.00	935	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	178.92/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,036	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	984	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	941	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	174.08/cwt	165.00–181.25	1,085	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	167.31/cwt	159.00–170.50	1,123	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	170.06/cwt	163.00–172.75	1,236	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	162.99/cwt	158.00–169.75	1,263	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	162.36/cwt	153.00–164.25	1,323	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	155.46/cwt	153.50–163.50	1,382	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	941	161.91/cwt	155.50–162.50	1,524	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	414.45/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,310	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,214	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	172.63/cwt	165.00–175.00	651	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	172.76/cwt	171.00–176.00	741	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	171.02/cwt	165.00–177.50	814	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	706	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	157.21/cwt	156.00–160.00	808	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	170.31/cwt	163.00–176.00	901	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	167.24/cwt	159.00–173.00	962	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	153.95/cwt	150.00–156.00	907	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	155.49/cwt	145.00–159.00	976	164
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	151.13/cwt	142.50–167.00	1,034	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	151.98/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,078	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	146.20/cwt	143.50–147.00	1,110	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	149.90/cwt	145.00–150.25	1,295	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,129	133.62/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,509	8

This sale against other markets

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 2, 2021

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

Receipts 1,842Last week 1,389Year ago 1,765

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Trading was active with good demand on quality cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,129	133.00–134.00	133.62
12	—	377	165.00–175.00	172.63
15	—	429	171.00–176.00	172.76
35	—	709	149.00–153.00	151.98
41	—	759	143.50–147.00	146.20
60	—	476	165.00–177.50	171.02
66	—	575	159.00–173.00	167.24
102	—	529	163.00–176.00	170.31
60	—	864	145.00–150.25	149.90
7	—	316	410.00–420.00	414.45
3	—	363	610.00	610.00
121	—	684	142.50–167.00	151.13
164	—	628	145.00–159.00	155.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	589	150.00–156.00	153.95
3	—	405	160.00	160.00
4	—	487	145.00	145.00
15	—	514	156.00–160.00	157.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	346	198.00	198.00
8	—	432	198.00–202.00	199.97
20	—	889	153.50–163.50	155.46
94	—	815	153.00–164.25	162.36
102	—	727	163.00–172.75	170.06
76	—	775	158.00–169.75	162.99
107	—	579	174.00–184.00	178.92
212	—	671	159.00–170.50	167.31
120	—	623	165.00–181.25	174.08
39	—	484	193.00–198.25	195.89
51	—	518	183.00–195.50	190.17
58	—	941	155.50–162.50	161.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	489	175.00	175.00
12	—	619	152.00	152.00
6	—	593	166.00	166.00
4	—	387	184.00	184.00
8	—	542	171.00–175.00	172.50

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.