Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.16/cwt on 1,043 head.

Average price

$152.16

1,043 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$9.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.09

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	153.00	1,003	955
Medium and Large 1-2	593	143.14	849	88

One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,043 hd

152.16

—

IA average9 barns · 9,658 hd

148.07

+4.09

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

43 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	—	819	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,140	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	166.20/cwt	163.00–173.00	610	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	169.04/cwt	164.00–173.00	715	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	734	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,061	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	127.26/cwt	126.00–128.75	966	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	148.36/cwt	145.00–152.00	555	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,152	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	146.28/cwt	144.50–151.00	638	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	138.65/cwt	134.50–141.00	1,118	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,285	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,250	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	142.86/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,111	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	146.02/cwt	143.00–149.50	1,064	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	161.67/cwt	156.50–168.00	849	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	158.89/cwt	150.00–165.00	904	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	153.34/cwt	143.00–157.25	1,035	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	167.05/cwt	162.50–173.00	788	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	140.37/cwt	139.50–141.00	887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	130.75/cwt	130.00–133.00	931	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	145.57/cwt	142.00–147.00	840	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	127.93/cwt	127.00–131.00	971	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	154.11/cwt	153.50–155.00	629	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	152.95/cwt	144.00–157.00	973	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	136.66/cwt	136.50–136.75	977	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	153.20/cwt	150.00–157.50	732	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	148.12/cwt	141.00–155.00	772	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	136.08/cwt	128.00–141.00	851	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	156.27/cwt	156.00–157.00	755	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	882	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	981	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	991	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.72/cwt	135.00–136.00	783	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	131.97/cwt	130.00–133.00	557	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	134.59/cwt	127.00–136.25	899	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	143.97/cwt	139.00–150.00	828	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	144.97/cwt	144.00–147.00	700	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	463.69/cwt	425.00–485.00	1,535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	959	3

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 2,053Last week 1,910Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	819	139.25	139.25
11	—	759	126.00–128.75	127.26
17	—	374	145.00–152.00	148.36
24	—	852	135.25	135.25
30	—	436	144.50–151.00	146.28
71	—	715	136.50–136.75	136.66
74	—	478	150.00–157.50	153.20
82	—	521	141.00–155.00	148.12
82	—	625	128.00–141.00	136.08
65	—	668	127.00–136.25	134.59
160	—	575	139.00–150.00	143.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	981	101.00	101.00
4	—	540	138.00	138.00
4	—	730	133.00	133.00
11	—	577	135.00–136.00	135.72
14	—	422	130.00–133.00	131.97
22	—	483	144.00–147.00	144.97
4	—	405	510.00	510.00
6	—	385	550.00	550.00
8	—	331	425.00–485.00	463.69
3	—	913	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	367	163.00–173.00	166.20
23	—	423	164.00–173.00	169.04
25	—	806	134.50–141.00	138.65
32	—	908	141.50	141.50
64	—	877	142.50	142.50
71	—	778	135.00–145.00	142.86
3	—	316	171.00	171.00
131	—	729	143.00–149.50	146.02
136	—	525	156.50–168.00	161.67
159	—	569	150.00–165.00	158.89
163	—	675	143.00–157.25	153.34
21	—	472	162.50–173.00	167.05
116	—	636	144.00–157.00	152.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	961	124.00	124.00
7	—	632	139.50–141.00	140.37
12	—	712	130.00–133.00	130.75
13	—	577	142.00–147.00	145.57
13	—	759	127.00–131.00	127.93
15	—	408	153.50–155.00	154.11
21	—	483	156.00–157.00	156.27
4	—	673	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	734	144.50	144.50

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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