Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today, as last week was Precondition. 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 $140.91/cwt on 1,250 head.

Average price

$140.91

1,250 head · 767 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$409

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

$33.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.88

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	540	157.15	848	19thin
Medium and Large 1	769	140.75	1,083	1,224
Large 1	1,014	124.00	1,257	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.15/cwt here — about −$409 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 sale1,250 hd

140.91

—

IA average10 barns · 6,649 hd

140.03

+0.88

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
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,075	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,150	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,038	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,069	5
Steers	Large 1	—	1,014	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,257	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	140.34/cwt	138.00–143.00	676	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	146.99/cwt	138.00–152.00	764	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	140.40/cwt	135.00–146.25	1,022	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	143.48/cwt	140.00–146.50	971	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	136.44/cwt	130.00–140.00	910	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	122.30/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,090	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	124.88/cwt	121.00–130.50	963	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	128.65/cwt	127.00–132.25	1,137	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	140.11/cwt	134.50–143.50	870	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	910	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	164.35/cwt	152.00–174.00	952	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	148.92/cwt	148.00–149.50	896	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	145.99/cwt	144.00–148.00	838	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	900	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	139.51/cwt	131.75–144.00	1,081	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	135.62/cwt	127.00–137.25	1,111	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	131.98/cwt	129.00–134.00	756	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	893	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	126.68/cwt	123.50–128.00	1,026	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	142.74/cwt	139.00–145.50	815	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	179.96/cwt	172.00–182.75	914	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	130.84/cwt	125.00–131.25	1,198	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	798	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	133.07/cwt	128.25–136.00	967	443
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	694	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 Mar 11, 2021

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

Receipts 2,694Last week 2,377Year ago 1,282

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today, as last week was Precondition. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,075	107.00	107.00
5	—	1,038	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	150.00	150.00
13	—	482	138.00–143.00	140.34
35	—	520	138.00–152.00	146.99
56	—	667	130.00–140.00	136.44
80	—	891	122.00–124.00	122.30
132	—	771	121.00–130.50	124.88
135	—	621	134.50–143.50	140.11
189	—	810	123.50–128.00	126.68
42	—	571	139.00–145.50	142.74
443	—	727	128.25–136.00	133.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	541	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	385.00	385.00
9	—	573	129.00–134.00	131.98
10	—	699	127.75	127.75
3	—	918	109.00	109.00
3	—	800	116.00	116.00
4	—	377	425.00	425.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,014	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	728	135.00–146.25	140.40
112	—	677	140.00–146.50	143.48
199	—	884	127.00–132.25	128.65
94	—	579	152.00–174.00	164.35
13	—	602	148.00–149.50	148.92
185	—	775	131.75–144.00	139.51
268	—	819	127.00–137.25	135.62
56	—	508	172.00–182.75	179.96
137	—	916	125.00–131.25	130.84
12	—	441	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	632	144.00	144.00
3	—	453	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	574	144.00–148.00	145.99
10	—	547	164.50	164.50
3	—	448	155.00	155.00

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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