Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade active with good demand for the light offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.56/cwt on 633 head.

Average price

$133.56

633 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$0.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	797	133.60	1,065	567
Medium and Large 1-2	703	133.24	936	66

One grade step is worth $0.36/cwt here — about $129 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 sale633 hd

133.56

—

IA average6 barns · 2,815 hd

137.31

−3.75

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	—	720	142.24/cwt	136.00–147.50	1,024	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	135.63/cwt	133.00–136.75	1,028	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	143.03/cwt	141.00–144.50	832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	155.67/cwt	150.00–165.00	900	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	952	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,025	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	127.60/cwt	124.75–130.25	1,108	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	130.40/cwt	124.00–132.50	955	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	146.94/cwt	141.00–151.50	924	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,112	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	136.56/cwt	133.00–142.50	919	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	165.91/cwt	159.00–175.00	849	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,115	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,013	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	171.19/cwt	170.00–172.00	805	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	149.49/cwt	145.75–157.75	1,009	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	142.70/cwt	139.50–145.50	859	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	660	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	109.25/cwt	109.25–109.25	988	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	140.63/cwt	140.00–141.50	802	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,004	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	869	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,130	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	983	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	130.88/cwt	124.50–132.00	954	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	136.36/cwt	129.00–138.50	739	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,030	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,015	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	139.23/cwt	135.00–143.00	940	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	779	10

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 Jun 25, 2020

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

Receipts 1,202Last week 2,109Year ago 0

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade active with good demand for the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	720	136.00–147.50	142.24
41	—	758	133.00–136.75	135.63
4	—	418	173.00	173.00
41	—	578	150.00–165.00	155.67
3	—	1,185	90.00	90.00
34	—	810	126.50	126.50
194	—	868	124.75–130.25	127.60
34	—	629	141.00–151.50	146.94
60	—	1,020	109.00	109.00
30	—	512	159.00–175.00	165.91
60	—	927	120.25	120.25
12	—	470	170.00–172.00	171.19
45	—	675	145.75–157.75	149.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	582	141.00–144.50	143.03
5	—	907	105.00	105.00
22	—	732	124.00–132.50	130.40
12	—	673	133.00–142.50	136.56
10	—	873	116.00	116.00
10	—	487	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	602	139.50–145.50	142.70
26	—	904	109.25	109.25
24	—	862	116.50	116.50
9	—	771	127.50	127.50
124	—	729	124.50–132.00	130.88
4	—	1,032	97.00	97.00
120	—	831	124.00	124.00
4	—	428	156.00	156.00
48	—	675	135.00–143.00	139.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	485	136.00	136.00
7	—	570	140.00–141.50	140.63
18	—	542	129.00–138.50	136.36
14	—	853	119.00	119.00
9	—	763	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	869	130.00	130.00

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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