Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special calf/yearling sale; 500-700 pound steers were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower. 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 $151.80/cwt on 1,017 head.

Average price

$151.80

1,017 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$8.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	709	153.15	1,086	855
Medium and Large 1-2	665	144.67	962	162

One grade step is worth $8.48/cwt here — about $123 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 sale1,017 hd

151.80

—

IA average10 barns · 6,782 hd

151.16

+0.64

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

39 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	—	930	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,079	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,091	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	160.38/cwt	153.00–166.00	757	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	131.12/cwt	129.50–133.50	893	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	148.51/cwt	144.75–154.50	855	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,255	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	174.85/cwt	170.00–181.00	899	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	166.05/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,015	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,311	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	173.54/cwt	167.00–183.50	807	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	174.02/cwt	173.00–175.00	759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	157.63/cwt	157.50–158.00	817	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	154.50/cwt	150.50–158.00	908	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	144.33/cwt	138.00–148.50	1,111	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	140.95/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,154	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	166.01/cwt	160.00–174.50	971	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	154.54/cwt	150.50–165.00	1,119	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	155.75/cwt	150.00–162.25	1,048	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	139.33/cwt	134.00–144.50	1,014	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	188.17/cwt	186.00–190.00	708	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	136.79/cwt	136.00–137.50	1,182	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	3,190	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	133.02/cwt	131.00–133.50	846	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	137.64/cwt	137.00–138.00	805	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	795	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	130.69/cwt	123.00–133.75	958	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	140.98/cwt	136.50–146.00	883	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	154.53/cwt	147.50–159.00	819	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	127.68/cwt	121.00–130.75	1,002	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	807	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	845	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	588	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	629	142.77/cwt	135.00–148.50	898	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	878	5

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

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

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Special calf/yearling sale; 500-700 pound steers were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower. 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
6	—	930	116.00	116.00
6	—	1,000	115.00	115.00
14	—	873	125.00	125.00
34	—	472	153.00–166.00	160.38
76	—	681	129.50–133.50	131.12
89	—	576	144.75–154.50	148.51
10	—	437	730.00	730.00
109	—	733	123.00–133.75	130.69
127	—	626	136.50–146.00	140.98
132	—	530	147.50–159.00	154.53
135	—	785	121.00–130.75	127.68
3	—	230	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	636	131.00–133.50	133.02
22	—	585	137.00–138.00	137.64
4	—	406	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	585	138.00	138.00
11	—	627	134.75	134.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	935	134.25	134.25
38	—	514	170.00–181.00	174.85
86	—	611	161.00–167.00	166.05
7	—	1,055	124.25	124.25
22	—	465	167.00–183.50	173.54
129	—	770	138.00–148.50	144.33
195	—	819	135.00–144.50	140.95
101	—	585	160.00–174.50	166.01
101	—	724	150.50–165.00	154.54
119	—	673	150.00–162.25	155.75
9	—	376	186.00–190.00	188.17
17	—	864	136.00–137.50	136.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	436	173.00–175.00	174.02
12	—	518	157.50–158.00	157.63
15	—	588	150.50–158.00	154.50
89	—	728	134.00–144.50	139.33
4	—	485	164.00	164.00
5	—	684	130.00	130.00
7	—	820	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	140.00	140.00
17	—	629	135.00–148.50	142.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	162.00	162.00

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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