Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2020-07-30

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jul 30
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,777 head
▲ 575 vs last sale 1,202▲ 1,777 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1859137.781,183878
Medium and Large 1-2677135.2491529
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1—533157.37/cwt154.00–160.008399
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,104117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,29266
SteersMedium and Large 1—373670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,49911
SteersMedium and Large 1—918125.53/cwt124.00–128.001,1528
SteersMedium and Large 1—628145.71/cwt140.00–151.0091525
SteersMedium and Large 1—421675.00/cwt675.00–675.002,8423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—650134.00/cwt134.00–134.0087116
SteersMedium and Large 1—685144.60/cwt141.00–149.0099124
SteersMedium and Large 1—874140.91/cwt131.00–143.501,232271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—882128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1297
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,009126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,27422
SteersMedium and Large 1—817140.32/cwt136.00–144.501,146168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533144.00/cwt144.00–144.007683
SteersMedium and Large 1—584152.87/cwt152.00–155.0089317
SteersMedium and Large 1—958128.00/cwt122.50–134.251,226148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007283
SteersMedium and Large 1—705147.95/cwt147.50–149.001,04310
SteersMedium and Large 1—765146.05/cwt142.75–149.501,117104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710133.70/cwt130.00–137.0094944
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—292540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5775
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616137.31/cwt135.00–142.0084639
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,2205
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577137.03/cwt134.50–139.0079129
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771130.49/cwt129.50–136.001,006143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—779124.50/cwt124.50–124.5097045
HeifersMedium and Large 1—900115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,03520
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675139.80/cwt132.00–143.75944111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—482133.33/cwt131.00–135.0064314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538141.25/cwt139.00–145.0076019
HeifersMedium and Large 1—811130.65/cwt129.50–133.501,06065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—678124.00/cwt124.00–124.0084110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—982113.47/cwt112.50–115.501,11418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—878122.25/cwt117.75–125.001,07347
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006763
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—375161.00/cwt161.00–161.006046

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.