Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2019-07-25

Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-25

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jul 25

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← earliestJul 25Sep 12 →

Receipts

2,010 head

▲ 2,010 vs last sale 0▲ 2,010 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trades were active today. There is no comparison as there wasn't a sale last week. There was a good offering of quality cattle today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.15/cwt on 1,301 head.

Average price

$143.15

1,301 head · 831 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$16.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	830	143.73	1,193	1,254
Medium and Large 1-2	851	127.64	1,086	47

One grade step is worth $16.09/cwt here — about $108 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 sale1,301 hd

143.15

—

IA average5 barns · 2,275 hd

139.82

+3.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	664	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,030	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	711	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	161.21/cwt	158.00–167.00	785	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	153.04/cwt	151.50–158.50	874	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	114.78/cwt	107.50–122.00	675	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	151.17/cwt	147.50–155.00	931	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	152.20/cwt	148.50–153.50	1,082	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	153.06/cwt	143.00–154.50	1,186	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	144.08/cwt	141.50–147.25	1,200	349
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	146.87/cwt	146.75–147.00	1,253	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	889	129.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,151	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	932	134.05/cwt	132.75–137.00	1,249	223
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	132.90/cwt	132.50–133.25	1,273	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,075	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	1,314	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	582	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	134.25/cwt	134.00–135.00	622	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	147.28/cwt	145.00–150.00	710	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	503	148.99/cwt	147.00–150.00	749	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	139.77/cwt	136.50–145.00	868	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	142.19/cwt	135.00–145.00	951	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	141.29/cwt	138.50–141.50	1,016	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	726	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	672	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	134.96/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,035	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	130.81/cwt	122.00–132.50	1,091	221
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	937	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,115	4

This sale against other markets

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 Jul 25, 2019

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

Receipts 2,010Last week 0Year ago 0

Trades were active today. There is no comparison as there wasn't a sale last week. There was a good offering of quality cattle today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	669	135.00–145.00	142.19
28	—	621	136.50–145.00	139.77
20	—	482	145.00–150.00	147.28
12	—	503	147.00–150.00	148.99
221	—	834	122.00–132.50	130.81
6	—	378	154.00	154.00
92	—	767	134.50–138.00	134.96
4	—	937	119.00	119.00
74	—	719	138.50–141.50	141.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	463	134.00–135.00	134.25
5	—	575	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	726	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	487	158.00–167.00	161.21
223	—	932	132.75–137.00	134.05
21	—	1,075	122.25	122.25
181	—	958	132.50–133.25	132.90
13	—	416	171.00	171.00
162	—	775	143.00–154.50	153.06
12	—	616	147.50–155.00	151.17
117	—	853	146.75–147.00	146.87
8	—	332	200.00	200.00
84	—	711	148.50–153.50	152.20
4	—	376	540.00	540.00
5	—	680	145.00	145.00
52	—	571	151.50–158.50	153.04
349	—	833	141.50–147.25	144.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	889	125.00–130.00	129.52
6	—	588	107.50–122.00	114.78

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.