Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale; there is no comparison this week, as the previous sale was not Precondition. Moderate offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.62/cwt on 1,243 head.

Average price

$151.62

1,243 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$4.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.50

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	710	151.85	1,078	1,181
Medium and Large 1-2	643	147.16	946	62

One grade step is worth $4.68/cwt here — about $131 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 sale1,243 hd

151.62

—

IA average10 barns · 9,938 hd

152.11

−0.50

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

41 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	—	371	170.80/cwt	167.00–173.00	634	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	148.98/cwt	140.00–154.50	860	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	133.37/cwt	128.00–137.00	947	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	953	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	124.17/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,073	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	154.65/cwt	149.00–158.00	809	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	130.84/cwt	126.25–134.00	1,001	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,189	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	776	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	157.46/cwt	151.00–163.00	748	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,176	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	133.48/cwt	127.00–138.75	904	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	172.11/cwt	168.00–181.00	811	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	175.67/cwt	170.00–179.50	924	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	167.78/cwt	159.00–175.00	973	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	152.30/cwt	147.00–156.50	1,043	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	3,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	155.85/cwt	154.50–157.00	910	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	181.23/cwt	175.00–188.00	752	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	132.61/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,241	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	138.04/cwt	134.50–139.00	1,219	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	137.67/cwt	136.75–138.50	1,128	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,455	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	821	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	143.68/cwt	141.00–148.00	925	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	135.21/cwt	127.50–138.00	844	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	156.63/cwt	150.00–159.00	680	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	164.38/cwt	156.50–166.50	1,019	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	142.37/cwt	137.50–147.50	1,109	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	151.36/cwt	147.00–156.75	1,087	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,767	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,010	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	143.09/cwt	142.75–143.50	1,050	11

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 Feb 13, 2020

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

Receipts 2,398Last week 1,998Year ago 0

Western Iowa Precondition sale; there is no comparison this week, as the previous sale was not Precondition. Moderate offering of good quality 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
34	—	371	167.00–173.00	170.80
100	—	577	140.00–154.50	148.98
175	—	710	128.00–137.00	133.37
3	—	413	610.00	610.00
31	—	864	120.50–126.00	124.17
69	—	523	149.00–158.00	154.65
145	—	765	126.25–134.00	130.84
3	—	356	450.00	450.00
8	—	283	420.00	420.00
25	—	475	151.00–163.00	157.46
56	—	849	138.50	138.50
107	—	677	127.00–138.75	133.48
213	—	624	127.50–138.00	135.21
3	—	491	600.00	600.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	591	130.00	130.00
6	—	781	122.00	122.00
5	—	533	145.50	145.50
4	—	480	143.00	143.00
11	—	434	150.00–159.00	156.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	471	168.00–181.00	172.11
48	—	526	170.00–179.50	175.67
105	—	580	159.00–175.00	167.78
190	—	685	147.00–156.50	152.30
3	—	501	750.00	750.00
13	—	415	175.00–188.00	181.23
32	—	936	130.00–134.00	132.61
103	—	883	134.50–139.00	138.04
165	—	819	136.75–138.50	137.67
3	—	396	620.00	620.00
26	—	380	180.00	180.00
102	—	620	156.50–166.50	164.38
138	—	779	137.50–147.50	142.37
234	—	718	147.00–156.75	151.36
8	—	310	570.00	570.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	486	164.50	164.50
11	—	584	154.50–157.00	155.85
4	—	510	161.00	161.00
8	—	685	140.00	140.00
16	—	644	141.00–148.00	143.68
6	—	771	131.00	131.00
11	—	734	142.75–143.50	143.09

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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