Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2022-02-10

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,177 head
▲ 195 vs last sale 1,982▲ 893 vs year ago 1,284 · +69.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.79/cwt on 1,112 head.
Average price
$175.79
1,112 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.66
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1716176.191,2621,069
Medium and Large 1-2644165.891,06943
One grade step is worth $10.30/cwt here — about $193 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 sale1,112 hd
175.79
—
IA average10 barns · 10,891 hd
174.14
+1.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327242.10/cwt238.00–244.007929
Steers—Medium and Large 1414229.85/cwt225.00–236.0095229
Steers—Medium and Large 1455224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514190.00/cwt190.00–190.009775
Steers—Medium and Large 1521206.08/cwt200.50–213.001,07450
Steers—Medium and Large 1580193.73/cwt187.75–201.001,12469
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580168.00/cwt168.00–168.009744
Steers—Medium and Large 1622186.11/cwt178.00–193.501,158188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627169.20/cwt169.00–170.001,06115
Steers—Medium and Large 1666178.17/cwt173.50–186.001,18741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683160.69/cwt157.00–167.501,09812
Steers—Medium and Large 1725178.11/cwt164.00–181.751,291288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1103
Steers—Medium and Large 1784159.95/cwt155.00–162.501,254128
Steers—Medium and Large 1842155.43/cwt151.00–157.251,30969
Steers—Medium and Large 1872156.40/cwt150.25–160.501,364160
Steers—Medium and Large 1926150.17/cwt146.50–152.751,39121
Steers—Medium and Large 1966147.64/cwt145.00–149.001,4269
Steers—Medium and Large 11,155140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6173
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2306185.00/cwt185.00–185.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337208.00/cwt208.00–208.0070110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375187.50/cwt187.50–187.507034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408192.10/cwt187.00–198.0078424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446175.00/cwt175.00–175.007817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467186.49/cwt176.00–189.7587127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519177.29/cwt169.50–180.0092033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529151.00/cwt151.00–151.0079915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564172.56/cwt163.50–178.25973135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565160.00/cwt160.00–160.009049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620149.20/cwt140.00–156.0092521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642161.70/cwt157.50–179.001,038219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666154.39/cwt147.00–157.001,02897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670143.00/cwt143.00–143.0095820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721152.43/cwt147.00–154.251,099101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758149.94/cwt148.25–153.501,13724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813146.22/cwt146.00–146.751,18928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1892141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1907154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,4044
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,232131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,62011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512186.00/cwt186.00–186.009526

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.