Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week 500-700 pound steers were mostly 2.00-5.00 higher, heavier steers were steady. 600-700 pound heifers were 3.00-5.00 higher. Trading was 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 $150.73/cwt on 1,182 head.

Average price

$150.73

1,182 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$150

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

$2.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.97

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	574	152.84	877	112
Medium and Large 1	683	150.51	1,027	1,070

One grade step is worth $2.33/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale1,182 hd

150.73

—

IA average11 barns · 9,290 hd

143.76

+6.97

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

29 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	—	476	156.45/cwt	153.00–162.00	745	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	128.44/cwt	127.00–130.00	994	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	153.90/cwt	148.00–158.00	800	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	135.23/cwt	130.00–141.00	970	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	140.31/cwt	134.50–145.00	888	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	147.39/cwt	144.00–156.00	856	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	140.77/cwt	135.50–146.00	1,016	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	181.63/cwt	179.00–188.00	710	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	141.85/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,077	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	154.62/cwt	151.00–167.00	985	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	837	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	170.81/cwt	160.50–178.50	902	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	165.60/cwt	153.50–168.00	942	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	137.22/cwt	132.00–140.00	799	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	138.10/cwt	132.00–140.50	1,142	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	144.94/cwt	138.50–148.00	929	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	134.20/cwt	128.50–141.00	902	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	148.22/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,003	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	144.77/cwt	144.00–147.00	662	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	167.05/cwt	161.00–171.00	809	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	135.07/cwt	130.50–139.00	1,172	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	879	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	812	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	133.53/cwt	129.00–136.00	911	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	639	3

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	476	153.00–162.00	156.45
39	—	774	127.00–130.00	128.44
45	—	520	148.00–158.00	153.90
60	—	717	130.00–141.00	135.23
98	—	633	134.50–145.00	140.31
101	—	581	144.00–156.00	147.39
127	—	672	128.50–141.00	134.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	582	132.00–140.00	137.22
7	—	541	144.00	144.00
12	—	457	144.00–147.00	144.77
17	—	615	132.00	132.00
3	—	435	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	722	135.50–146.00	140.77
10	—	391	179.00–188.00	181.63
176	—	759	136.00–148.00	141.85
186	—	637	151.00–167.00	154.62
25	—	443	189.00	189.00
92	—	528	160.50–178.50	170.81
107	—	569	153.50–168.00	165.60
98	—	827	132.00–140.50	138.10
167	—	677	140.00–152.00	148.22
4	—	906	129.00	129.00
55	—	868	130.50–139.00	135.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	641	138.50–148.00	144.94
40	—	484	161.00–171.00	167.05
3	—	538	150.00	150.00
6	—	446	165.00	165.00
7	—	592	148.50	148.50
14	—	682	129.00–136.00	133.53

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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