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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale; There is no comparison as the last sale was not Precondition. Several load lots of quality cattle. Trading active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.29/cwt on 1,015 head.

Average price

$165.29

1,015 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$8.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.54

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	691	166.05	1,147	919
Medium and Large 1-2	612	158.01	968	96

One grade step is worth $8.05/cwt here — about $179 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 sale1,015 hd

165.29

—

IA average9 barns · 4,557 hd

159.76

+5.54

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

42 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	—	832	156.88/cwt	146.00–157.50	1,305	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	154.76/cwt	146.00–158.75	1,122	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	155.25/cwt	151.00–166.00	1,045	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	162.50/cwt	159.00–166.00	673	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,236	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	153.17/cwt	148.00–158.00	806	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	837	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	198.68/cwt	194.00–208.00	761	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	160.91/cwt	157.00–161.25	1,490	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	187.94/cwt	174.00–195.00	891	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	180.55/cwt	173.00–185.00	1,038	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	176.14/cwt	171.00–185.00	918	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	169.89/cwt	162.00–174.25	1,053	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	156.00/cwt	155.00–157.00	989	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	163.05/cwt	155.00–168.00	864	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	147.32/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,017	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	165.46/cwt	165.00–166.00	951	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	154.16/cwt	149.00–156.75	1,192	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	146.65/cwt	143.00–151.50	974	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	148.07/cwt	145.00–151.00	915	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,129	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	150.04/cwt	149.50–151.00	734	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	142.95/cwt	141.00–144.50	752	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	151.69/cwt	143.00–154.50	865	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	163.34/cwt	161.50–171.00	787	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	145.87/cwt	144.00–146.75	1,075	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	586.20/cwt	530.00–635.00	2,280	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	137.38/cwt	135.50–140.00	941	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	137.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	847	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	629	16

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 Nov 11, 2021

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

Receipts 1,872Last week 1,493Year ago 1,621

Western Iowa Precondition Sale; There is no comparison as the last sale was not Precondition. Several load lots of quality cattle. Trading active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	832	146.00–157.50	156.88
116	—	725	146.00–158.75	154.76
122	—	673	151.00–166.00	155.25
12	—	436	192.00	192.00
36	—	383	194.00–208.00	198.68
137	—	926	157.00–161.25	160.91
82	—	474	174.00–195.00	187.94
83	—	575	173.00–185.00	180.55
60	—	521	171.00–185.00	176.14
74	—	620	162.00–174.25	169.89
86	—	773	149.00–156.75	154.16
3	—	266	375.00	375.00
3	—	361	540.00	540.00
6	—	473	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	181.00	181.00
6	—	753	142.50	142.50
3	—	1,001	134.50	134.50
12	—	634	155.00–157.00	156.00
20	—	530	155.00–168.00	163.05
22	—	690	147.00–148.00	147.32
26	—	575	165.00–166.00	165.46
3	—	476	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	757	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,230	114.00	114.00
7	—	887	143.00	143.00
15	—	414	159.00–166.00	162.50
17	—	800	154.50	154.50
25	—	526	148.00–158.00	153.17
73	—	664	143.00–151.50	146.65
132	—	618	145.00–151.00	148.07
114	—	570	143.00–154.50	151.69
84	—	482	161.50–171.00	163.34
41	—	737	144.00–146.75	145.87
11	—	389	530.00–635.00	586.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	489	149.50–151.00	150.04
6	—	705	139.00	139.00
7	—	526	141.00–144.50	142.95
4	—	571	139.00	139.00
4	—	890	133.50	133.50
12	—	685	135.50–140.00	137.38
15	—	617	130.00–140.00	137.23
16	—	392	160.50	160.50

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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