Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as there wasn't a sale last week. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand, active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.52/cwt on 1,279 head.

Average price

$142.52

1,279 head · 736 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$161

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

$5.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.02

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	602	148.32	893	37
Medium and Large 1	740	142.35	1,054	1,242

One grade step is worth $5.97/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale1,279 hd

142.52

—

IA average8 barns · 6,441 hd

142.54

−0.02

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

34 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	171.74/cwt	171.00–173.00	749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	179.27/cwt	174.00–188.00	674	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	124.02/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,199	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	149.50/cwt	141.00–155.00	934	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	141.40/cwt	138.00–142.75	1,031	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	157.68/cwt	150.00–165.00	834	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	129.60/cwt	125.00–132.75	1,178	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	135.91/cwt	132.00–138.75	1,124	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	139.91/cwt	135.25–145.75	1,075	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	178.14/cwt	169.00–183.00	850	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	155.83/cwt	148.00–163.00	893	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	132.82/cwt	129.50–137.50	1,144	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.55/cwt	156.00–168.00	775	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	141.40/cwt	137.00–155.00	819	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	122.42/cwt	117.50–133.00	944	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	117.97/cwt	115.50–118.75	1,031	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	116.16/cwt	112.00–116.75	1,080	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	135.71/cwt	130.00–140.00	847	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	742	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	155.03/cwt	152.00–160.00	809	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	119.16/cwt	117.00–120.00	984	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	127.26/cwt	121.00–135.00	858	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	122.69/cwt	119.00–124.00	898	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	133.71/cwt	131.00–135.00	781	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	148.01/cwt	140.50–151.25	990	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,081	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 Feb 27, 2020

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

Receipts 2,467Last week 2,398Year ago 0

There is no comparison today, as there wasn't a sale last week. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand, active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	436	171.00–173.00	171.74
3	—	386	170.00	170.00
4	—	535	146.00	146.00
6	—	592	146.50	146.50
3	—	1,033	107.00	107.00
6	—	495	160.00	160.00
3	—	680	136.00	136.00
4	—	957	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	174.00–188.00	179.27
59	—	967	121.00–126.00	124.02
102	—	625	141.00–155.00	149.50
136	—	729	138.00–142.75	141.40
5	—	331	190.00	190.00
39	—	529	150.00–165.00	157.68
100	—	909	125.00–132.75	129.60
123	—	827	132.00–138.75	135.91
246	—	768	135.25–145.75	139.91
20	—	477	169.00–183.00	178.14
76	—	573	148.00–163.00	155.83
104	—	861	129.50–137.50	132.82
224	—	669	140.50–151.25	148.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	468	156.00–168.00	165.55
92	—	579	137.00–155.00	141.40
163	—	771	117.50–133.00	122.42
37	—	874	115.50–118.75	117.97
53	—	930	112.00–116.75	116.16
144	—	624	130.00–140.00	135.71
33	—	522	152.00–160.00	155.03
51	—	826	117.00–120.00	119.16
126	—	674	121.00–135.00	127.26
191	—	732	119.00–124.00	122.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	501	134.00	134.00
31	—	584	131.00–135.00	133.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	742	115.50	115.50

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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