Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Load lot of yearling steers, along with many smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good, especially on light cattle and big groups. Next feeder sale is September 19.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.62/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −151.50 against this barn's trailing median of $430.12.

Average price

$278.62

168 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$19.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.05

vs IA average

+36.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	282.05	1,541	139
Medium and Large 1-2	549	262.19	1,439	29

One grade step is worth $19.86/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $494.59, low $384.88, median $430.12 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 sale168 hd

278.62

—

IA average5 barns · 704 hd

271.57

+7.05

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

+36.74

This barn, trailing median16 sales

430.12

−151.50

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

34 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	800–850	812	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,876	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	347.06/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,138	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,059	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	328.54/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,278	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	306.29/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,308	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	255.20/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,610	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	284.70/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,634	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	346.71/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,470	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	242.20/cwt	242.00–244.00	2,124	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	377.57/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,189	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	320.09/cwt	318.00–323.00	1,357	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	266.02/cwt	255.00–268.25	1,950	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	270.43/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,828	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	324.14/cwt	304.00–334.00	1,530	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	236.27/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,729	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	248.71/cwt	240.00–254.50	1,748	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	283.52/cwt	279.00–288.50	1,735	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	260.27/cwt	255.00–264.50	1,970	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,262	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	283.36/cwt	265.00–292.00	1,346	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	300.47/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,583	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	254.64/cwt	243.00–259.50	1,505	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	294.63/cwt	289.00–302.00	1,682	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	307.90/cwt	295.50–323.50	1,453	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	294.88/cwt	278.50–307.00	1,545	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,102	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	355.97/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,289	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	257.17/cwt	244.00–260.50	1,705	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	265.64/cwt	258.00–283.00	1,527	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	264.31/cwt	246.00–268.50	1,427	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	245.45/cwt	241.00–246.75	1,804	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	233.68/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,561	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,562	7

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 Aug 29, 2024

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

Receipts 1,642Last week 1,506Year ago 2,104

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	340.00–350.00	347.06
28	350–400	389	328.00–330.00	328.54
34	400–450	427	290.00–312.50	306.29
65	450–500	472	295.50–323.50	307.90
78	500–550	524	278.50–307.00	294.88
61	550–600	575	258.00–283.00	265.64
53	600–650	631	250.00–272.00	255.20
56	650–700	663	244.00–260.50	257.17
123	700–750	735	241.00–246.75	245.45
7	800–850	812	231.00	231.00
17	900–950	949	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	283.00	283.00
38	450–500	475	265.00–292.00	283.36
24	500–550	540	246.00–268.50	264.31
5	550–600	591	252.00	252.00
12	650–700	668	231.00–235.00	233.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	635	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	574	284.00–285.00	284.70
10	700–750	703	240.00–254.50	248.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	315	367.50–390.00	377.57
10	350–400	362	350.00–360.00	355.97
9	400–450	424	331.00–360.00	346.71
65	450–500	472	304.00–334.00	324.14
120	500–550	527	286.00–305.00	300.47
69	550–600	571	289.00–302.00	294.63
42	600–650	612	279.00–288.50	283.52
70	650–700	676	261.00–280.00	270.43
34	700–750	733	255.00–268.25	266.02
29	750–800	757	255.00–264.50	260.27
66	800–850	834	252.00	252.00
30	850–900	877	242.00–244.00	242.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	318.00–323.00	320.09
10	550–600	591	243.00–259.50	254.64
16	700–750	732	230.00–240.00	236.27

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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