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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 6

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Receipts

1,903 head

▼ 882 vs last sale 2,785▼ 22 vs year ago 1,925 · −1.1%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. Compared to the Preconditioned sale Monday steers were mostly 1.4-3.8 higher. Lightweight heifers, 600 pounds 2.25 higher while 700 pounds heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand good. Trading active.

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 $167.39/cwt on 1,025 head.

Average price

$167.39

1,025 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,271

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$9.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.99

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	762	167.74	1,278	989
Medium and Large 1-2	692	157.77	1,092	36

One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about $186 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 sale1,025 hd

167.39

—

IA average12 barns · 13,907 hd

171.38

−3.99

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

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	195.48/cwt	193.00–199.00	813	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	192.54/cwt	188.25–197.50	916	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	194.86/cwt	194.50–195.00	982	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	186.53/cwt	183.50–188.50	1,074	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	184.39/cwt	175.00–190.25	1,121	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,095	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	173.12/cwt	162.50–178.00	1,177	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	156.71/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,067	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	173.49/cwt	159.00–178.50	1,232	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	153.52/cwt	151.50–156.00	1,119	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	161.36/cwt	155.75–164.00	1,265	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	159.94/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,312	216
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	158.89/cwt	155.00–161.25	1,390	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	158.45/cwt	156.25–161.00	1,483	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	951	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,465	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	714	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	181.41/cwt	180.00–184.50	776	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	177.42/cwt	174.00–179.00	839	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	171.30/cwt	166.00–172.50	882	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	784	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	158.52/cwt	153.00–164.25	897	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	844	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	149.95/cwt	144.00–155.25	936	153
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	893	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	146.50/cwt	138.00–151.25	984	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	984	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	147.55/cwt	144.00–149.50	1,058	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	147.05/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,137	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	147.77/cwt	140.50–151.00	1,219	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,297	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,289	18

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 Jan 6, 2022

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

Receipts 1,903Last week 2,785Year ago 1,925

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	386	185.00	185.00
16	—	428	180.00–184.50	181.41
18	—	908	142.00	142.00
30	—	473	174.00–179.00	177.42
32	—	825	140.50–151.00	147.77
39	—	515	166.00–172.50	171.30
55	—	882	147.00	147.00
153	—	624	144.00–155.25	149.95
120	—	773	142.00–149.00	147.05
116	—	672	138.00–151.25	146.50
89	—	717	144.00–149.50	147.55
42	—	566	153.00–164.25	158.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	140.00	140.00
5	—	703	140.00	140.00
3	—	533	147.00	147.00
7	—	582	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	820	156.00–162.00	159.94
24	—	576	183.50–188.50	186.53
107	—	680	162.50–178.00	173.12
33	—	476	188.25–197.50	192.54
114	—	710	159.00–178.50	173.49
129	—	936	156.25–161.00	158.45
26	—	504	194.50–195.00	194.86
153	—	784	155.75–164.00	161.36
82	—	608	175.00–190.25	184.39
10	—	416	193.00–199.00	195.48
30	—	951	154.00	154.00
65	—	875	155.00–161.25	158.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	681	153.00–161.00	156.71
13	—	729	151.50–156.00	153.52
6	—	644	170.00	170.00

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.