Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2021-08-12

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Aug 12
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,942 head
424 vs last sale 1,518 1,942 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 700-800 pound steers were mostly steady, heifers were sharply higher. Many load lots 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 $159.31/cwt on 1,049 head.
Average price
$159.31
1,049 head · 810 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,291
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.44
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1812160.001,299978
Medium and Large 1-2786149.861,17871
One grade step is worth $10.14/cwt here — about $121 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 sale1,049 hd
159.31
IA average4 barns · 6,216 hd
162.76
−3.44
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1601163.00/cwt163.00–163.009803
HeifersMedium and Large 1403184.00/cwt184.00–184.007427
HeifersMedium and Large 11,215125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,52511
HeifersMedium and Large 1528172.26/cwt170.50–173.0091024
HeifersMedium and Large 1584165.13/cwt159.00–168.7596438
HeifersMedium and Large 1682146.15/cwt142.25–147.5099741
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned420186.00/cwt186.00–186.007813
SteersMedium and Large 1563181.25/cwt181.25–181.251,0208
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned561179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0043
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned433175.00/cwt175.00–175.007585
SteersMedium and Large 1905152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,37646
SteersMedium and Large 1884151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,339122
SteersMedium and Large 1438190.86/cwt188.00–197.0083629
SteersMedium and Large 1981146.72/cwt141.50–149.251,439158
SteersMedium and Large 1762161.06/cwt157.75–164.001,22779
HeifersMedium and Large 1886139.24/cwt135.00–140.751,23461
SteersMedium and Large 1525181.00/cwt181.00–181.009506
HeifersMedium and Large 1709149.98/cwt140.00–151.001,063118
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned652159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0375
SteersMedium and Large 11,063137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,4563
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned526161.00/cwt161.00–161.008479
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2887128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,1404
HeifersMedium and Large 1925135.94/cwt135.25–140.501,25788
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006813
HeifersMedium and Large 1786146.49/cwt143.75–149.001,151139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710135.00/cwt135.00–135.009593
SteersMedium and Large 1836159.55/cwt151.50–164.501,334280
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1495
SteersMedium and Large 1675171.64/cwt163.00–177.001,159138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2795149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,18953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739154.73/cwt154.50–155.001,14313
HeifersMedium and Large 1814146.73/cwt138.00–148.501,194143
SteersMedium and Large 1738167.02/cwt159.00–170.001,23398
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569138.44/cwt128.00–155.007888

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.