Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Several load lots of quality cattle. Trading was active with good demand for the light offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.96/cwt on 725 head.

Average price

$167.96

725 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

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

$11.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.00

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	169.00	1,172	659
Medium and Large 1-2	554	157.63	873	66

One grade step is worth $11.37/cwt here — about $299 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 sale725 hd

167.96

—

IA average6 barns · 3,611 hd

154.96

+13.00

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

47 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	Medium and Large 1	—	338	204.87/cwt	195.00–207.00	692	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	464.43/cwt	260.00–650.00	1,245	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	157.33/cwt	155.50–158.00	1,474	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	151.02/cwt	147.00–157.00	871	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	156.82/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,146	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	148.98/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,210	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	165.37/cwt	162.00–168.00	949	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	437	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	739	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	210.94/cwt	202.00–213.00	825	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	191.92/cwt	189.00–195.00	806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	455	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	782	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,040	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	530	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	396	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	147.51/cwt	147.25–148.00	922	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	570	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	147.14/cwt	147.00–147.50	1,051	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,067	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,324	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	156.76/cwt	153.50–162.00	966	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	186.89/cwt	177.00–190.25	871	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,209	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	153.64/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,019	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,378	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	172.72/cwt	169.50–175.00	969	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	530	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	144.78/cwt	141.00–148.00	843	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	575.00/cwt	500.00–650.00	2,306	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	152.39/cwt	151.50–154.00	1,190	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	171.22/cwt	163.00–176.00	907	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	138.17/cwt	126.00–140.00	1,419	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	163.09/cwt	154.00–177.00	770	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	148.56/cwt	144.50–150.25	1,245	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	163.03/cwt	160.00–164.50	701	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.50/cwt	141.00–150.00	766	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	628.47/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,112	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	422.62/cwt	370.00–500.00	1,179	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	140.94/cwt	132.00–150.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	173.56/cwt	173.50–174.00	677	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	4

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 Oct 28, 2021

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

Receipts 1,493Last week 1,604Year ago 1,367

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Several load lots of quality cattle. Trading was active with good demand for the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	338	195.00–207.00	204.87
9	—	268	260.00–650.00	464.43
3	—	866	149.00	149.00
257	—	937	155.50–158.00	157.33
3	—	341	280.00	280.00
21	—	731	153.00–158.00	156.82
23	—	812	146.00–153.00	148.98
41	—	391	202.00–213.00	210.94
6	—	420	189.00–195.00	191.92
45	—	616	153.50–162.00	156.76
95	—	466	177.00–190.25	186.89
11	—	663	153.00–154.00	153.64
42	—	561	169.50–175.00	172.72
6	—	401	500.00–650.00	575.00
49	—	530	163.00–176.00	171.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	577	147.00–157.00	151.02
4	—	930	130.00	130.00
6	—	425	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	574	162.00–168.00	165.37
7	—	628	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	437	169.00	169.00
3	—	455	166.00	166.00
7	—	782	133.00	133.00
6	—	530	154.00	154.00
4	—	396	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	625	147.25–148.00	147.51
17	—	324	176.00	176.00
15	—	714	147.00–147.50	147.14
10	—	695	153.50	153.50
9	—	905	146.25	146.25
6	—	540	168.00	168.00
47	—	993	138.75	138.75
47	—	582	141.00–148.00	144.78
49	—	781	151.50–154.00	152.39
64	—	1,027	126.00–140.00	138.17
76	—	472	154.00–177.00	163.09
17	—	838	144.50–150.25	148.56
26	—	430	160.00–164.50	163.03
10	—	336	610.00–640.00	628.47
14	—	279	370.00–500.00	422.62
42	—	390	173.50–174.00	173.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	132.00	132.00
4	—	640	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	595	138.00	138.00
51	—	523	141.00–150.00	146.50
6	—	406	132.00–150.00	140.94
4	—	390	141.00	141.00

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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