Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2020-01-09

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 9
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
2,198 head
914 vs last sale 1,284 2,198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Western Iowa Precondition sale on Monday; 600-700 pound steers were 2.00-6.00 higher, 600-700 pound heifers were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Moderate offering today 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 $158.32/cwt on 1,012 head.
Average price
$158.32
1,012 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.47
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685158.541,086960
Medium and Large 1-2624154.2596252
One grade step is worth $4.29/cwt here — about $124 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 sale1,012 hd
158.32
IA average16 barns · 17,572 hd
154.84
+3.47
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

33 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 1805136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0955
HeifersMedium and Large 1462159.11/cwt154.00–164.007358
HeifersMedium and Large 1380159.49/cwt158.00–160.0060612
HeifersMedium and Large 1429151.85/cwt145.00–155.0065126
HeifersMedium and Large 1771138.68/cwt136.75–140.001,06955
HeifersMedium and Large 1537154.38/cwt148.00–162.0082961
SteersMedium and Large 1583163.29/cwt155.00–170.5095289
SteersMedium and Large 1946139.75/cwt139.75–139.751,3223
SteersMedium and Large 1419189.54/cwt186.00–192.007947
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2104
SteersMedium and Large 1719153.80/cwt142.00–155.501,106285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629148.00/cwt148.00–148.009316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491160.20/cwt159.00–163.0078710
SteersMedium and Large 1531173.06/cwt162.00–178.0091947
SteersMedium and Large 1828151.51/cwt146.00–155.501,25579
SteersMedium and Large 1780154.15/cwt147.00–157.501,202164
SteersMedium and Large 1388183.80/cwt179.00–196.0071323
SteersMedium and Large 1861148.67/cwt143.00–149.751,28025
SteersMedium and Large 1460174.25/cwt168.00–183.5080236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660153.64/cwt153.50–154.501,01436
SteersMedium and Large 1-2318535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7013
HeifersMedium and Large 1732138.59/cwt132.25–141.001,014252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591134.00/cwt134.00–134.007928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498148.00/cwt148.00–148.007379
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2351580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,03613
SteersMedium and Large 1617162.54/cwt155.00–166.251,00399
SteersMedium and Large 1668159.13/cwt155.25–172.001,063103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637131.07/cwt124.50–134.0083514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2277432.88/cwt375.00–485.001,1996
HeifersMedium and Large 1566151.49/cwt143.50–155.0085785
HeifersMedium and Large 1631141.84/cwt136.50–151.00895177
HeifersMedium and Large 1675138.47/cwt134.00–142.50935191

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.