Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week was a Western Iowa PreConditioned sale. Steers were steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers were steady to 8.00 higher. Moderate offering of good quality cattle was met with a good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.04/cwt on 854 head.

Average price

$154.04

854 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$933

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$3.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.45

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	154.43	951	769
Medium and Large 1-2	510	150.57	768	85

One grade step is worth $3.86/cwt here — about $183 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 sale854 hd

154.04

—

IA average7 barns · 3,579 hd

143.59

+10.45

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

34 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	131.36/cwt	129.75–132.00	994	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	134.37/cwt	131.25–138.50	895	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	140.04/cwt	132.00–146.50	868	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	140.83/cwt	140.00–143.00	544	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	548.34/cwt	525.00–570.00	1,771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	142.56/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,092	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	158.54/cwt	148.50–165.00	905	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	160.91/cwt	153.00–165.50	861	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	156.48/cwt	145.00–160.00	674	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	3,341	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	590	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	135.10/cwt	131.00–138.75	773	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	142.88/cwt	134.00–146.75	750	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	586	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,388	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,164	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	171.14/cwt	165.00–183.00	726	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	147.54/cwt	142.00–152.25	1,002	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	166.83/cwt	157.50–170.00	647	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	152.91/cwt	151.00–156.50	734	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,008	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	146.04/cwt	142.00–152.00	615	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	141.59/cwt	135.00–147.00	678	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	129.96/cwt	121.00–132.00	695	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,169	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	160.11/cwt	157.00–173.50	767	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	147.16/cwt	142.00–151.50	1,062	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	154.77/cwt	147.00–160.00	961	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	145.86/cwt	145.00–146.50	824	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	138.25/cwt	132.00–144.50	864	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	615.47/cwt	560.00–660.00	2,050	10

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Denison Livestock Feeder Cattle - Denison, IA

Thu Nov 14, 2019

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

Receipts 1,910Last week 1,492Year ago 0

This week was a Western Iowa PreConditioned sale. Steers were steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers were steady to 8.00 higher. Moderate offering of good quality cattle was met with a good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	757	129.75–132.00	131.36
89	—	666	131.25–138.50	134.37
193	—	620	132.00–146.50	140.04
12	—	364	162.00	162.00
78	—	572	131.00–138.75	135.10
147	—	525	134.00–146.75	142.88
4	—	747	135.00	135.00
52	—	421	142.00–152.00	146.04
90	—	479	135.00–147.00	141.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	386	140.00–143.00	140.83
8	—	323	525.00–570.00	548.34
10	—	431	136.00	136.00
4	—	398	600.00	600.00
4	—	495	132.00	132.00
37	—	535	121.00–132.00	129.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	766	139.00–150.00	142.56
115	—	571	148.50–165.00	158.54
134	—	535	153.00–165.50	160.91
17	—	853	136.50	136.50
47	—	424	165.00–183.00	171.14
117	—	679	142.00–152.25	147.54
8	—	847	138.00	138.00
38	—	479	157.00–173.50	160.11
116	—	722	142.00–151.50	147.16
151	—	621	147.00–160.00	154.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	146.00	146.00
16	—	431	145.00–160.00	156.48
3	—	495	675.00	675.00
3	—	703	135.00	135.00
12	—	388	157.50–170.00	166.83
22	—	480	151.00–156.50	152.91
7	—	565	145.00–146.50	145.86
19	—	625	132.00–144.50	138.25
10	—	333	560.00–660.00	615.47

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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