Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2020-01-06

Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Mon, Jan 6

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

1,284 head

▼ 707 vs last sale 1,991▲ 1,284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale was a Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today, but a higher undertone was noted on all weight groups. Demand was moderate to good on a lower offering.

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 $159.29/cwt on 627 head.

Average price

$159.29

627 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$3.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	160.50	998	378
Medium and Large 1-2	590	157.46	929	249

One grade step is worth $3.04/cwt here — about $69 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 sale627 hd

159.29

—

IA average12 barns · 11,413 hd

154.25

+5.04

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	626	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	183.75/cwt	180.00–187.00	700	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	172.12/cwt	170.00–175.00	737	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	163.25/cwt	161.00–167.00	702	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	171.46/cwt	168.00–174.00	804	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	162.67/cwt	157.00–165.00	771	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	164.82/cwt	163.00–168.00	860	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	173.97/cwt	172.00–175.00	919	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	169.74/cwt	168.00–171.00	961	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	163.56/cwt	159.00–165.00	955	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	156.54/cwt	152.00–160.00	980	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	151.00/cwt	148.00–153.00	948	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	153.76/cwt	150.00–155.50	1,052	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,023	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	151.33/cwt	146.50–153.75	1,094	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	146.89/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,068	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	151.96/cwt	147.00–154.50	1,153	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	144.39/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,129	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	605	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	153.62/cwt	153.00–154.50	639	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	158.47/cwt	156.00–161.00	693	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	150.97/cwt	150.00–152.00	725	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	158.83/cwt	158.00–159.50	775	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	162.58/cwt	160.00–164.00	852	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	155.25/cwt	154.00–156.00	827	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	152.67/cwt	151.25–154.50	872	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	147.75/cwt	144.50–149.50	858	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	145.58/cwt	143.25–147.00	907	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	140.83/cwt	139.50–141.50	900	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	137.44/cwt	136.00–140.50	921	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	134.04/cwt	130.50–135.00	903	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	925	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	135.18/cwt	133.00–138.00	988	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	966	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,003	3

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

Mon Jan 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,284Last week 1,991Year ago 0

Today's sale was a Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale. No comparison today, but a higher undertone was noted on all weight groups. Demand was moderate to good on a lower offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	488	158.00–159.50	158.83
29	—	437	156.00–161.00	158.47
59	—	623	143.25–147.00	145.58
63	—	571	151.25–154.50	152.67
66	—	524	160.00–164.00	162.58
68	—	731	133.00–138.00	135.18
121	—	670	136.00–140.50	137.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	802	125.00	125.00
4	—	773	125.00	125.00
6	—	378	160.00	160.00
14	—	674	130.50–135.00	134.04
18	—	416	153.00–154.50	153.62
17	—	533	154.00–156.00	155.25
21	—	480	150.00–152.00	150.97
32	—	639	139.50–141.50	140.83
67	—	581	144.50–149.50	147.75
3	—	728	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	723	146.50–153.75	151.33
47	—	759	147.00–154.50	151.96
96	—	684	150.00–155.50	153.76
13	—	469	168.00–174.00	171.46
27	—	428	170.00–175.00	172.12
18	—	381	180.00–187.00	183.75
35	—	566	168.00–171.00	169.74
36	—	528	172.00–175.00	173.97
65	—	626	152.00–160.00	156.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	782	141.00–146.00	144.39
22	—	430	161.00–167.00	163.25
23	—	474	157.00–165.00	162.67
35	—	628	148.00–153.00	151.00
46	—	727	144.00–149.00	146.89
68	—	522	163.00–168.00	164.82
3	—	340	184.00	184.00
4	—	698	146.50	146.50
29	—	584	159.00–165.00	163.56

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.