Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.70/cwt on 907 head.

Average price

$137.70

907 head · 853 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,175

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$2.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.37

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	859	137.78	1,183	878
Medium and Large 1-2	677	135.24	915	29

One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about $268 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 sale907 hd

137.70

—

IA average5 barns · 1,607 hd

121.33

+16.37

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

35 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	—	533	157.37/cwt	154.00–160.00	839	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,104	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,292	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,499	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	125.53/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,152	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	145.71/cwt	140.00–151.00	915	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	2,842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	144.60/cwt	141.00–149.00	991	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	140.91/cwt	131.00–143.50	1,232	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,129	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,274	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	140.32/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,146	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	152.87/cwt	152.00–155.00	893	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	128.00/cwt	122.50–134.25	1,226	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	147.95/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	146.05/cwt	142.75–149.50	1,117	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	133.70/cwt	130.00–137.00	949	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	292	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	137.31/cwt	135.00–142.00	846	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,220	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	137.03/cwt	134.50–139.00	791	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	130.49/cwt	129.50–136.00	1,006	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	970	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,035	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	139.80/cwt	132.00–143.75	944	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	133.33/cwt	131.00–135.00	643	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	141.25/cwt	139.00–145.00	760	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	130.65/cwt	129.50–133.50	1,060	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	841	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	113.47/cwt	112.50–115.50	1,114	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	122.25/cwt	117.75–125.00	1,073	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	604	6

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 Jul 30, 2020

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

Receipts 1,777Last week 1,202Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	533	154.00–160.00	157.37
66	—	1,104	117.00	117.00
11	—	373	670.00	670.00
8	—	918	124.00–128.00	125.53
25	—	628	140.00–151.00	145.71
3	—	421	675.00	675.00
24	—	685	141.00–149.00	144.60
271	—	874	131.00–143.50	140.91
22	—	1,009	126.25	126.25
168	—	817	136.00–144.50	140.32
17	—	584	152.00–155.00	152.87
148	—	958	122.50–134.25	128.00
10	—	705	147.50–149.00	147.95
104	—	765	142.75–149.50	146.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	650	134.00	134.00
7	—	882	128.00	128.00
3	—	533	144.00	144.00
3	—	485	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	710	130.00–137.00	133.70
39	—	616	135.00–142.00	137.31
5	—	386	575.00	575.00
29	—	577	134.50–139.00	137.03
143	—	771	129.50–136.00	130.49
20	—	900	115.00	115.00
111	—	675	132.00–143.75	139.80
19	—	538	139.00–145.00	141.25
65	—	811	129.50–133.50	130.65
18	—	982	112.50–115.50	113.47
47	—	878	117.75–125.00	122.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	292	540.00	540.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	779	124.50	124.50
14	—	482	131.00–135.00	133.33
10	—	678	124.00	124.00
3	—	520	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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