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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Dec 16

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Receipts

2,785 head

▲ 593 vs last sale 2,192▲ 586 vs year ago 2,199 · +26.6%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. There is no comparison today as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots today. Trading active. Demand good.

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 $166.52/cwt on 1,348 head.

Average price

$166.52

1,348 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$14.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.82

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	167.94	1,149	1,218
Medium and Large 1-2	651	153.28	997	130

One grade step is worth $14.65/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 sale1,348 hd

166.52

—

IA average10 barns · 7,924 hd

168.35

−1.82

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

Every lot

57 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	301	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,625	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	353	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,765	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	191.37/cwt	189.00–195.00	697	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	641	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	714	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	833	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	814	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	802	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	181.19/cwt	175.00–190.00	872	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	514	155.38/cwt	152.00–161.00	799	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	187.79/cwt	176.00–190.25	978	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	939	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	959	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	173.96/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,014	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	164.86/cwt	162.00–167.50	1,001	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	156.50/cwt	143.00–164.00	973	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	177.30/cwt	168.00–183.00	1,113	249
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	150.30/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,004	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	163.20/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,110	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	691	152.87/cwt	151.50–154.00	1,056	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	162.06/cwt	160.00–163.50	1,162	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	719	149.54/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,075	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	148.42/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,131	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	162.50/cwt	152.50–167.25	1,245	193
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	152.18/cwt	148.25–159.00	1,233	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	160.21/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,403	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,093	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,260	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	436.64/cwt	330.00–540.00	1,397	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,372	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	172.33/cwt	168.00–177.00	650	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	171.80/cwt	171.00–172.00	720	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	431	151.21/cwt	150.00–154.00	652	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	162.42/cwt	156.00–170.00	775	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	143.08/cwt	136.00–144.00	687	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	491	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	854	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	148.07/cwt	144.00–151.00	776	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	161.13/cwt	155.00–169.00	849	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	142.01/cwt	136.00–151.00	764	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	162.48/cwt	150.00–167.00	921	229
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	811	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	147.93/cwt	145.00–149.00	862	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	157.93/cwt	152.00–167.50	1,006	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	148.25/cwt	141.00–150.50	947	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	945	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	139.90/cwt	137.00–146.00	926	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	152.12/cwt	146.50–160.00	1,025	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	685	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	911	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	150.06/cwt	142.00–155.00	1,076	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,040	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	152.06/cwt	148.00–159.50	1,189	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,326	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,032	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,378	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,111	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,478	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,261	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,706	56

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 16, 2021

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

Receipts 2,785Last week 2,192Year ago 2,199

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. There is no comparison today as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots today. Trading active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,111	133.00	133.00
8	—	377	168.00–177.00	172.33
15	—	419	171.00–172.00	171.80
18	—	864	153.50	153.50
26	—	1,032	133.50	133.50
43	—	782	148.00–159.50	152.06
229	—	567	150.00–167.00	162.48
86	—	674	146.50–160.00	152.12
4	—	280	450.00	450.00
182	—	637	152.00–167.50	157.93
8	—	320	330.00–540.00	436.64
3	—	361	380.00	380.00
56	—	1,261	135.25	135.25
51	—	477	156.00–170.00	162.42
144	—	527	155.00–169.00	161.13
84	—	717	142.00–155.00	150.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	662	137.00–146.00	139.90
22	—	583	145.00–149.00	147.93
25	—	639	141.00–150.50	148.25
7	—	524	144.00–151.00	148.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	660	140.00	140.00
5	—	575	141.00	141.00
3	—	770	135.00	135.00
7	—	647	146.00	146.00
26	—	480	136.00–144.00	143.08
19	—	538	136.00–151.00	142.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	138.00	138.00
11	—	685	133.00	133.00
13	—	431	150.00–154.00	151.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	491	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	581	165.00	165.00
34	—	607	162.00–167.50	164.86
4	—	535	175.50	175.50
34	—	719	146.00–151.00	149.54
3	—	440	185.00	185.00
20	—	691	151.50–154.00	152.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	766	152.50–167.25	162.50
81	—	680	161.00–170.00	163.20
111	—	521	176.00–190.25	187.79
51	—	583	170.00–176.00	173.96
15	—	436	191.00	191.00
41	—	481	175.00–190.00	181.19
3	—	301	540.00	540.00
13	—	364	189.00–195.00	191.37
132	—	810	148.25–159.00	152.18
116	—	717	160.00–163.50	162.06
112	—	876	155.00–162.00	160.21
5	—	353	500.00	500.00
249	—	628	168.00–183.00	177.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	668	142.00–156.00	150.30
5	—	469	171.00	171.00
39	—	762	147.00–149.00	148.42
44	—	622	143.00–164.00	156.50
3	—	420	170.00	170.00
6	—	393	163.00	163.00
3	—	911	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	514	152.00–161.00	155.38

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.