Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2019-09-12

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Sep 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,504 head
▲ 1,504 vs last sale 0▲ 1,504 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Moderate offerings of good quality cattle was met by good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.19/cwt on 777 head.
Average price
$146.19
777 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,050
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$251
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.64
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547148.5981343
Medium and Large 1728146.051,063734
One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about −$251 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 sale777 hd
146.19
—
IA average6 barns · 4,303 hd
143.55
+2.64
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

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—979124.44/cwt124.00–126.501,21823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—763135.10/cwt128.50–137.751,031125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—467132.55/cwt132.00–133.006197
SteersMedium and Large 1—992129.51/cwt127.50–130.001,28515
SteersMedium and Large 1—862139.12/cwt136.75–139.751,199131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—469157.34/cwt156.00–159.0073822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—836130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,08722
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473143.63/cwt140.00–150.0067995
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—593122.00/cwt122.00–122.007233
SteersMedium and Large 1—412176.10/cwt171.00–182.0072615
SteersMedium and Large 1—521158.13/cwt151.00–164.0082481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—528146.56/cwt140.00–149.0077414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383163.46/cwt159.00–167.0062616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—717139.35/cwt138.25–141.0099978
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376602.20/cwt575.00–610.002,26414
SteersMedium and Large 1—843137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,15910
SteersMedium and Large 1—622146.69/cwt141.00–150.0091269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—930120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,1234
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628135.13/cwt128.00–141.0084915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532134.95/cwt130.00–138.5071871
HeifersMedium and Large 1—400585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,3407
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,014126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,2859
SteersMedium and Large 1—473169.17/cwt165.00–174.0080061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—695131.00/cwt131.00–131.009103
HeifersMedium and Large 1—403163.00/cwt163.00–163.006576
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572135.20/cwt127.00–139.0077348
HeifersMedium and Large 1—348580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,0184
SteersMedium and Large 1—367183.36/cwt179.00–188.006736
SteersMedium and Large 1—574147.94/cwt146.00–154.0084943
SteersMedium and Large 1—770143.68/cwt134.50–147.501,106142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—870124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0834
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,026124.43/cwt124.00–125.501,27724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488625.00/cwt625.00–625.003,0503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—429148.30/cwt147.00–149.0063622
SteersMedium and Large 1—670146.05/cwt140.00–149.5097919
SteersMedium and Large 1—901135.24/cwt135.00–135.251,219133

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.