Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today at this Western Iowa Preconditioned sale, as the last reported sale was not Preconditioned. Moderate offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand today with a full crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.66/cwt on 1,021 head.

Average price

$154.66

1,021 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$7.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.56

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	155.24	1,128	937
Medium and Large 1-2	610	148.23	904	84

One grade step is worth $7.01/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,021 hd

154.66

—

IA average9 barns · 5,819 hd

149.10

+5.56

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

37 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	—	376	161.72/cwt	155.00–168.00	608	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	139.02/cwt	134.00–142.75	1,069	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	160.06/cwt	156.50–165.50	659	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	138.93/cwt	130.00–142.25	1,156	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	139.88/cwt	133.00–143.50	1,028	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	143.16/cwt	137.00–147.50	809	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	175.43/cwt	168.00–182.50	749	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	151.13/cwt	139.00–152.50	1,162	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	146.92/cwt	143.50–149.50	1,269	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	171.56/cwt	167.00–175.00	659	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	153.96/cwt	151.00–161.50	1,130	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	166.43/cwt	162.00–170.00	882	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	148.00/cwt	145.50–151.00	1,224	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	150.41/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,027	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	171.16/cwt	165.50–177.50	832	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	141.75/cwt	140.00–142.25	1,301	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	159.90/cwt	157.00–162.00	995	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	162.00/cwt	157.00–167.00	1,097	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	144.53/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,057	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	154.80/cwt	153.00–158.00	746	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	160.54/cwt	153.00–167.00	913	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	155.77/cwt	151.00–165.00	737	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	142.55/cwt	141.75–144.00	969	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	149.78/cwt	138.00–152.00	804	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	141.97/cwt	137.00–153.00	899	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	156.45/cwt	155.00–159.00	591	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,034	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,453	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	663	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	145.64/cwt	141.00–152.00	549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	829	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	143.03/cwt	135.00–147.00	699	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	854	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	725	4

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 19, 2019

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

Receipts 1,991Last week 2,053Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	376	155.00–168.00	161.72
30	—	769	134.00–142.75	139.02
34	—	412	156.50–165.50	160.06
49	—	832	130.00–142.25	138.93
53	—	735	133.00–143.50	139.88
60	—	565	137.00–147.50	143.16
69	—	473	151.00–165.00	155.77
79	—	680	141.75–144.00	142.55
98	—	537	138.00–152.00	149.78
98	—	633	137.00–153.00	141.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	148.00	148.00
7	—	377	141.00–152.00	145.64
8	—	628	132.00	132.00
16	—	489	135.00–147.00	143.03
21	—	678	126.00	126.00
4	—	547	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	427	168.00–182.50	175.43
135	—	769	139.00–152.50	151.13
26	—	864	143.50–149.50	146.92
30	—	384	167.00–175.00	171.56
56	—	734	151.00–161.50	153.96
59	—	530	162.00–170.00	166.43
62	—	827	145.50–151.00	148.00
68	—	486	165.50–177.50	171.16
72	—	918	140.00–142.25	141.75
101	—	622	157.00–162.00	159.90
111	—	677	157.00–167.00	162.00
3	—	348	180.00	180.00
61	—	569	153.00–167.00	160.54
134	—	1,034	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	683	148.00–151.00	150.41
28	—	731	143.00–147.00	144.53
4	—	402	155.00	155.00
7	—	568	140.00	140.00
7	—	602	141.00	141.00
8	—	482	153.00–158.00	154.80
11	—	378	155.00–159.00	156.45

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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