Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

WESTERN IOWA "BACK TO GRASS" CALF & YEARLING SALE. No comparison today as the auction 2 weeks ago was a " Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale". Available today were many load lots of both yearling steers and heifers. Many green, long time weaned and double vaccinated light weight feeder calves. Good demand for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.54/cwt on 142 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −141.78 against this barn's trailing median of $475.32.

Average price

$333.54

142 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.78

vs IA average

+22.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	333.54	1,790	142

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.91, low $422.43, median $475.32 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale142 hd

333.54

—

IA average3 barns · 992 hd

325.76

+7.78

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+22.78

This barn, trailing median16 sales

475.32

−141.78

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	518	335.47/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,738	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	800	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,848	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	664	262.03/cwt	230.00–287.50	1,740	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	558	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	188.25/cwt	188.25–188.25	1,826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	342.51/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,788	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	326.49/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,244	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	276.40/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,880	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	277.54/cwt	277.00–278.00	1,588	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,890	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	221.59/cwt	211.00–227.50	1,799	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	346.32/cwt	340.00–349.00	1,648	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	320.69/cwt	308.00–328.00	1,815	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	239.67/cwt	231.50–248.00	1,855	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,659	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	363.74/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,571	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	255.50/cwt	250.00–258.50	1,732	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	249.97/cwt	242.50–252.00	2,052	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	243.43/cwt	234.00–252.00	2,130	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	250.41/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,973	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	242.02/cwt	229.00–253.00	1,733	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	263.18/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,634	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	831	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,028	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	782	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,994	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	231.87/cwt	228.25–240.50	2,131	441
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	209.03/cwt	200.00–215.50	2,017	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	389.00/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,498	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	304.65/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,313	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	307.58/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,476	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	269.65/cwt	263.75–279.00	1,950	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	240.20/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	270.78/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,427	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	293.68/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,841	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	422.96/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,392	9

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 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,510Last week 2,387Year ago 2,777

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	518	331.00–340.00	335.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	664	230.00–287.50	262.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	329	410.00–430.00	422.96
9	350–400	385	365.00–400.00	389.00
36	400–450	432	357.50–375.00	363.74
20	450–500	476	340.00–349.00	346.32
66	500–550	522	335.00–347.50	342.51
50	550–600	566	308.00–328.00	320.69
69	600–650	627	285.00–305.00	293.68
81	650–700	680	270.00–278.00	276.40
72	700–750	723	263.75–279.00	269.65
146	750–800	788	248.00–256.00	250.41
119	800–850	821	242.50–252.00	249.97
129	850–900	875	234.00–252.00	243.43
441	900–950	919	228.25–240.50	231.87
41	950–1000	965	200.00–215.50	209.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	707	239.00–241.00	240.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
65	800–850	800	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	381	310.00–335.00	326.49
11	400–450	431	300.00–312.50	304.65
54	450–500	480	300.00–320.00	307.58
23	500–550	531	312.50	312.50
37	550–600	572	277.00–278.00	277.54
48	600–650	621	255.00–268.00	263.18
59	650–700	678	250.00–258.50	255.50
119	700–750	716	229.00–253.00	242.02
110	750–800	774	231.50–248.00	239.67
53	800–850	812	211.00–227.50	221.59
47	850–900	877	215.50	215.50
12	950–1000	970	188.25	188.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	750–800	782	255.00	255.00
92	800–850	831	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	527	250.00–280.00	270.78

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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