Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2019-09-12

Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Sep 12

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

1,504 head

▲ 1,504 vs last sale 0▲ 1,504 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Moderate offerings of good quality cattle was met by good demand.

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 $146.19/cwt on 777 head.

Average price

$146.19

777 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$251

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

$2.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	148.59	813	43
Medium and Large 1	728	146.05	1,063	734

One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about −$251 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 sale777 hd

146.19

—

IA average6 barns · 4,303 hd

143.55

+2.64

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	183.36/cwt	179.00–188.00	673	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	176.10/cwt	171.00–182.00	726	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	157.34/cwt	156.00–159.00	738	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	169.17/cwt	165.00–174.00	800	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	158.13/cwt	151.00–164.00	824	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	146.56/cwt	140.00–149.00	774	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	147.94/cwt	146.00–154.00	849	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	146.69/cwt	141.00–150.00	912	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	146.05/cwt	140.00–149.50	979	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	910	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	143.68/cwt	134.50–147.50	1,106	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,159	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	139.12/cwt	136.75–139.75	1,199	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	135.24/cwt	135.00–135.25	1,219	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	1,123	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	992	129.51/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,285	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,014	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,285	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,018	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	602.20/cwt	575.00–610.00	2,264	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	163.46/cwt	159.00–167.00	626	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,340	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	403	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	657	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	148.30/cwt	147.00–149.00	636	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	132.55/cwt	132.00–133.00	619	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	143.63/cwt	140.00–150.00	679	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	3,050	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	134.95/cwt	130.00–138.50	718	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	135.20/cwt	127.00–139.00	773	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	723	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	135.13/cwt	128.00–141.00	849	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	139.35/cwt	138.25–141.00	999	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	135.10/cwt	128.50–137.75	1,031	125
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,087	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,083	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	124.44/cwt	124.00–126.50	1,218	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,026	124.43/cwt	124.00–125.50	1,277	24

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 Sep 12, 2019

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

Receipts 1,504Last week 0Year ago 0

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Moderate offerings of good quality cattle was met by good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	979	124.00–126.50	124.44
125	—	763	128.50–137.75	135.10
22	—	836	130.00	130.00
95	—	473	140.00–150.00	143.63
16	—	383	159.00–167.00	163.46
78	—	717	138.25–141.00	139.35
14	—	376	575.00–610.00	602.20
15	—	628	128.00–141.00	135.13
71	—	532	130.00–138.50	134.95
7	—	400	585.00	585.00
6	—	403	163.00	163.00
48	—	572	127.00–139.00	135.20
4	—	348	580.00	580.00
4	—	870	124.50	124.50
24	—	1,026	124.00–125.50	124.43
3	—	488	625.00	625.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	467	132.00–133.00	132.55
3	—	593	122.00	122.00
22	—	429	147.00–149.00	148.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	992	127.50–130.00	129.51
131	—	862	136.75–139.75	139.12
15	—	412	171.00–182.00	176.10
81	—	521	151.00–164.00	158.13
10	—	843	137.50	137.50
69	—	622	141.00–150.00	146.69
9	—	1,014	126.75	126.75
61	—	473	165.00–174.00	169.17
6	—	367	179.00–188.00	183.36
43	—	574	146.00–154.00	147.94
142	—	770	134.50–147.50	143.68
19	—	670	140.00–149.50	146.05
133	—	901	135.00–135.25	135.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	469	156.00–159.00	157.34
14	—	528	140.00–149.00	146.56
4	—	930	120.75	120.75
3	—	695	131.00	131.00

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.