Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there hasn't been recent coverage for comparison. 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 $158.92/cwt on 656 head.

Average price

$158.92

656 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$17.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.56

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	791	159.08	1,259	650
Medium and Large 1-2	744	141.50	1,053	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.58/cwt here — about $206 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 sale656 hd

158.92

—

IA average5 barns · 1,188 hd

144.36

+14.56

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

27 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	—	971	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,394	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	140.60/cwt	135.50–142.50	1,284	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	161.00/cwt	157.00–163.00	848	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	153.88/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,333	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	113.82/cwt	112.00–117.00	887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	145.13/cwt	141.00–147.00	890	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	130.63/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,344	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	178.91/cwt	178.00–181.00	903	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	161.76/cwt	154.50–165.00	1,239	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	162.96/cwt	159.00–168.50	1,097	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	136.81/cwt	136.50–140.50	1,051	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	157.34/cwt	157.00–157.50	1,311	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	138.12/cwt	136.75–140.50	1,188	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	140.89/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,044	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	137.76/cwt	136.75–142.00	1,157	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	144.51/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,318	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	175.85/cwt	168.00–178.00	1,062	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	152.12/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,006	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	155.96/cwt	152.00–157.00	979	42

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 Jul 29, 2021

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

Receipts 1,518Last week 2,006Year ago 1,777

No trend as there hasn't been recent coverage for comparison. 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
3	—	971	133.00	133.00
4	—	371	164.00	164.00
6	—	458	169.00	169.00
7	—	1,072	130.00	130.00
11	—	913	135.50–142.50	140.60
20	—	527	157.00–163.00	161.00
53	—	768	136.50–140.50	136.81
101	—	860	136.75–140.50	138.12
175	—	741	135.00–145.00	140.89
181	—	840	136.75–142.00	137.76
20	—	661	149.00–158.00	152.12
42	—	628	152.00–157.00	155.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	159.00	159.00
8	—	779	112.00–117.00	113.82
10	—	613	141.00–147.00	145.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	866	145.00–156.00	153.88
24	—	1,029	130.00–131.00	130.63
3	—	738	161.00	161.00
4	—	492	183.00	183.00
10	—	505	178.00–181.00	178.91
262	—	766	154.50–165.00	161.76
35	—	673	159.00–168.50	162.96
186	—	833	157.00–157.50	157.34
24	—	912	142.00–146.00	144.51
34	—	604	168.00–178.00	175.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	136.00	136.00
3	—	780	147.00	147.00

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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