Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.79/cwt on 1,221 head.

Average price

$139.79

1,221 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$5.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.90

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	727	139.96	1,017	1,183
Medium and Large 1-2	656	134.53	882	38

One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about $135 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 sale1,221 hd

139.79

—

IA average10 barns · 5,290 hd

142.69

−2.90

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

38 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
Steers	Large 1	—	1,014	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,338	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	698	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	167.41/cwt	165.00–172.50	645	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,168	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	160.89/cwt	155.00–169.00	774	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	143.36/cwt	137.50–145.50	1,184	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	134.65/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,311	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	195.11/cwt	188.00–197.50	1,015	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	169.59/cwt	161.00–185.00	1,051	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	155.20/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,121	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	173.10/cwt	166.50–179.50	971	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	186.33/cwt	185.00–188.00	881	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	196.02/cwt	192.00–198.00	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	139.85/cwt	132.00–142.50	1,208	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	748	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	133.43/cwt	126.50–139.75	1,102	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	150.92/cwt	148.00–152.75	1,156	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	162.15/cwt	161.00–163.25	1,090	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	136.47/cwt	136.25–136.75	1,269	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	897	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	134.89/cwt	127.00–140.00	1,157	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	155.04/cwt	150.00–162.00	822	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	150.72/cwt	147.00–154.00	939	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	142.03/cwt	138.00–150.00	963	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	140.00/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,011	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	964	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	146.73/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,014	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	839	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	171.70/cwt	166.00–176.00	915	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	150.58/cwt	147.00–154.50	955	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	132.66/cwt	130.00–134.25	1,124	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	134.99/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,042	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	147.93/cwt	144.00–156.00	874	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.09/cwt	128.00–136.00	898	24

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 Apr 8, 2021

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

Receipts 2,288Last week 1,894Year ago 0

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today as the last sale 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
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,014	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
228	—	826	137.50–145.50	143.36
9	—	974	133.00–136.00	134.65
20	—	520	188.00–197.50	195.11
47	—	620	161.00–185.00	169.59
61	—	722	150.00–160.50	155.20
79	—	561	166.50–179.50	173.10
13	—	473	185.00–188.00	186.33
15	—	439	192.00–198.00	196.02
84	—	864	132.00–142.50	139.85
73	—	766	148.00–152.75	150.92
75	—	672	161.00–163.25	162.15
5	—	366	204.00	204.00
156	—	930	136.25–136.75	136.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	588	152.50	152.50
4	—	441	163.00	163.00
18	—	691	146.00–147.00	146.73
7	—	533	166.00–176.00	171.70
11	—	634	147.00–154.50	150.58
8	—	847	130.00–134.25	132.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	326	180.00	180.00
7	—	413	169.00	169.00
15	—	385	165.00–172.50	167.41
30	—	942	124.00	124.00
35	—	481	155.00–169.00	160.89
207	—	826	126.50–139.75	133.43
79	—	858	127.00–140.00	134.89
67	—	530	150.00–162.00	155.04
48	—	623	147.00–154.00	150.72
153	—	678	138.00–150.00	142.03
179	—	722	137.00–147.00	140.00
309	—	772	130.00–140.00	134.99
41	—	591	144.00–156.00	147.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	492	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	771	125.00	125.00
3	—	518	138.00	138.00
7	—	599	140.00	140.00
24	—	670	128.00–136.00	134.09

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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