Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special calf & yearling sale. No comparison today as last weeks sale was Precondition. Many unweaned calves today. 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 $148.79/cwt on 1,082 head.

Average price

$148.79

1,082 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$2.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.03

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	724	149.20	1,081	901
Medium and Large 1-2	618	146.77	907	181

One grade step is worth $2.43/cwt here — about $173 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 sale1,082 hd

148.79

—

IA average10 barns · 5,816 hd

139.76

+9.03

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

46 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	—	883	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,051	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	158.45/cwt	153.00–162.50	740	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	166.14/cwt	160.00–172.00	703	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,084	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	134.67/cwt	128.75–140.00	1,044	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	148.70/cwt	144.00–161.00	790	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	737	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	940	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	177.99/cwt	173.00–183.00	838	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	148.90/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,065	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	149.32/cwt	146.50–152.50	917	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	727	136.06/cwt	134.50–139.00	989	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	139.21/cwt	137.00–142.75	1,154	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,374	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	835	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,102	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	197.28/cwt	190.00–205.00	712	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	797	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	141.09/cwt	136.00–151.00	1,091	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,302	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	190.51/cwt	184.00–197.00	810	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	172.22/cwt	164.00–176.50	901	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	163.34/cwt	158.00–173.00	929	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	152.81/cwt	147.00–163.50	1,009	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	136.61/cwt	133.00–138.75	992	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	137.43/cwt	132.00–144.00	860	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	135.40/cwt	129.00–141.25	910	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	140.92/cwt	135.00–145.50	819	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	160.33/cwt	155.00–166.25	1,004	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	141.69/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,254	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	158.10/cwt	150.00–164.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	153.94/cwt	147.50–157.00	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	124.44/cwt	123.50–125.50	962	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,067	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	150.62/cwt	147.50–155.00	798	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	147.86/cwt	145.00–155.00	865	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	142.28/cwt	137.00–145.00	950	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	145.30/cwt	138.00–150.00	926	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,039	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

Thu Dec 17, 2020

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

Receipts 2,199Last week 1,991Year ago 1,991

Special calf & yearling sale. No comparison today as last weeks sale was Precondition. Many unweaned calves today. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	883	119.00	119.00
18	—	467	153.00–162.50	158.45
22	—	423	160.00–172.00	166.14
24	—	834	130.00	130.00
69	—	775	128.75–140.00	134.67
85	—	531	144.00–161.00	148.70
86	—	726	133.00–138.75	136.61
95	—	626	132.00–144.00	137.43
98	—	672	129.00–141.25	135.40
135	—	581	135.00–145.50	140.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	145.00	145.00
15	—	737	127.50	127.50
3	—	340	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	138.00	138.00
6	—	609	121.00	121.00
7	—	386	150.00–164.00	158.10
9	—	425	147.50–157.00	153.94
3	—	735	119.00	119.00
18	—	773	123.50–125.50	124.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	471	173.00–183.00	177.99
94	—	715	142.00–157.00	148.90
85	—	829	137.00–142.75	139.21
7	—	1,049	131.00	131.00
6	—	361	190.00–205.00	197.28
195	—	773	136.00–151.00	141.09
24	—	930	140.00	140.00
27	—	425	184.00–197.00	190.51
39	—	523	164.00–176.50	172.22
59	—	569	158.00–173.00	163.34
63	—	660	147.00–163.50	152.81
87	—	626	155.00–166.25	160.33
107	—	885	140.00–142.00	141.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	614	146.50–152.50	149.32
36	—	727	134.50–139.00	136.06
35	—	835	132.00	132.00
5	—	477	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	444	163.00	163.00
9	—	821	130.00	130.00
5	—	376	183.00	183.00
5	—	496	166.00	166.00
21	—	530	147.50–155.00	150.62
25	—	585	145.00–155.00	147.86
34	—	668	137.00–145.00	142.28
69	—	637	138.00–150.00	145.30
3	—	738	131.00	131.00
3	—	793	131.00	131.00

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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