Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.91/cwt on 783 head.

Average price

$153.91

783 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$19.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.31

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	727	155.93	1,133	704
Medium and Large 1-2	826	135.95	1,123	79

One grade step is worth $19.98/cwt here — about $11 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 sale783 hd

153.91

—

IA average8 barns · 3,711 hd

146.60

+7.31

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

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	398	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,096	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	766	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	153.30/cwt	145.50–156.75	1,203	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	157.40/cwt	157.00–159.00	767	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	716	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	149.37/cwt	147.50–153.00	944	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	124.11/cwt	123.00–125.00	875	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,642	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	143.72/cwt	135.00–145.50	674	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,075	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	137.22/cwt	134.00–140.00	700	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	136.67/cwt	130.00–142.00	843	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	132.15/cwt	131.50–135.00	1,039	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	134.26/cwt	128.25–135.50	1,257	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,471	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	683	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	150.06/cwt	148.00–150.50	1,330	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	156.13/cwt	152.75–156.50	1,421	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,327	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	949	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,255	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	135.77/cwt	133.50–140.00	774	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	131.33/cwt	130.50–133.00	1,303	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	136.10/cwt	135.50–138.00	928	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	142.20/cwt	132.50–143.75	1,146	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	811	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	151.95/cwt	151.00–153.25	1,257	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,431	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	157.51/cwt	154.00–161.00	925	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,553	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	149.15/cwt	146.50–151.50	977	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,154	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	145.33/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,051	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	143.40/cwt	142.00–144.00	602	13

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.

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Denison Livestock Feeder Cattle - Denison, IA

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	812	135.00	135.00
6	—	766	136.50	136.50
5	—	1,223	108.50	108.50
11	—	661	143.50	143.50
20	—	971	129.25	129.25
8	—	858	134.50	134.50
15	—	723	143.00–148.00	145.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	507	151.00	151.00
19	—	655	146.50–151.50	149.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	785	145.50–156.75	153.30
70	—	487	157.00–159.00	157.40
40	—	389	184.00	184.00
17	—	632	147.50–153.00	149.37
8	—	1,045	140.75	140.75
24	—	414	165.00	165.00
51	—	886	148.00–150.50	150.06
133	—	910	152.75–156.50	156.13
5	—	357	600.00	600.00
7	—	523	155.00	155.00
23	—	827	151.00–153.25	151.95
42	—	967	148.00	148.00
86	—	587	154.00–161.00	157.51
5	—	293	530.00	530.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	705	123.00–125.00	124.11
6	—	908	123.00	123.00
4	—	767	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	335	490.00	490.00
64	—	469	135.00–145.50	143.72
31	—	739	145.50	145.50
24	—	510	134.00–140.00	137.22
21	—	617	130.00–142.00	136.67
26	—	786	131.50–135.00	132.15
41	—	385	159.00	159.00
142	—	936	128.25–135.50	134.26
20	—	570	133.50–140.00	135.77
24	—	992	130.50–133.00	131.33
34	—	682	135.50–138.00	136.10
91	—	806	132.50–143.75	142.20
13	—	420	142.00–144.00	143.40

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.

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