Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week steers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower, heifers were mostly 3.00 to sharply lower. 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 $139.21/cwt on 1,021 head.

Average price

$139.21

1,021 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$1.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.19

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	711	139.31	991	959
Medium and Large 1-2	644	137.68	886	62

One grade step is worth $1.64/cwt here — about $104 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 sale1,021 hd

139.21

—

IA average15 barns · 17,311 hd

140.41

−1.19

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

41 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 1Fleshy	—	628	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	747	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	852	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	802	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	890	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	157.57/cwt	154.00–164.00	638	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	979	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	140.89/cwt	136.00–149.00	943	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	125.85/cwt	118.50–130.00	780	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	130.56/cwt	122.00–133.25	1,078	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	132.77/cwt	129.50–141.00	1,024	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	124.26/cwt	123.75–125.50	1,139	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	137.50/cwt	132.50–144.00	660	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	127.85/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,112	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	130.28/cwt	129.00–132.00	950	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	160.72/cwt	152.00–165.75	836	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	121.61/cwt	116.00–127.00	883	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	151.37/cwt	142.75–155.25	882	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	636.89/cwt	635.00–640.00	2,567	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	145.72/cwt	139.00–149.75	912	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	121.43/cwt	117.00–124.25	817	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	176.35/cwt	174.00–182.00	753	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	124.18/cwt	120.25–127.25	945	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	133.03/cwt	128.75–138.00	704	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	140.54/cwt	138.00–143.00	617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	117.97/cwt	117.50–118.25	1,149	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	131.86/cwt	128.75–136.75	762	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	855	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	156.77/cwt	154.00–161.00	724	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	968	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,044	5

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 Jan 14, 2021

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

Receipts 2,022Last week 1,925Year ago 1,880

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week steers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower, heifers were mostly 3.00 to sharply lower. 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	628	110.50	110.50
12	—	747	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	395	158.00	158.00
14	—	405	154.00–164.00	157.57
35	—	816	120.00	120.00
144	—	620	118.50–130.00	125.85
51	—	480	132.50–144.00	137.50
128	—	726	116.00–127.00	121.61
8	—	403	635.00–640.00	636.89
77	—	673	117.00–124.25	121.43
98	—	761	120.25–127.25	124.18
63	—	529	128.75–138.00	133.03
4	—	345	610.00	610.00
5	—	387	585.00	585.00
72	—	578	128.75–136.75	131.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	124.50	124.50
6	—	439	138.00–143.00	140.54
6	—	769	113.00	113.00
4	—	541	124.00	124.00
4	—	670	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	802	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	669	136.00–149.00	140.89
122	—	826	122.00–133.25	130.56
157	—	771	129.50–141.00	132.77
55	—	917	123.75–125.50	124.26
60	—	870	124.00–131.00	127.85
48	—	729	129.00–132.00	130.28
71	—	520	152.00–165.75	160.72
86	—	583	142.75–155.25	151.37
155	—	626	139.00–149.75	145.72
3	—	291	440.00	440.00
26	—	427	174.00–182.00	176.35
21	—	974	117.50–118.25	117.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	800	120.00	120.00
6	—	445	165.00	165.00
16	—	631	135.00–136.00	135.50
3	—	390	171.00	171.00
3	—	720	121.00	121.00
11	—	462	154.00–161.00	156.77
15	—	797	121.50	121.50
5	—	877	119.00	119.00

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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