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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 9

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 6Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

2,198 head

▲ 914 vs last sale 1,284▲ 2,198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Western Iowa Precondition sale on Monday; 600-700 pound steers were 2.00-6.00 higher, 600-700 pound heifers were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Moderate offering today of good cattle was met with 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 $158.32/cwt on 1,012 head.

Average price

$158.32

1,012 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$4.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.47

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	158.54	1,086	960
Medium and Large 1-2	624	154.25	962	52

One grade step is worth $4.29/cwt here — about $124 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 sale1,012 hd

158.32

—

IA average16 barns · 17,572 hd

154.84

+3.47

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

Every lot

33 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 1-2	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,701	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	183.80/cwt	179.00–196.00	713	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	189.54/cwt	186.00–192.00	794	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	174.25/cwt	168.00–183.50	802	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	160.20/cwt	159.00–163.00	787	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	173.06/cwt	162.00–178.00	919	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	163.29/cwt	155.00–170.50	952	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	162.54/cwt	155.00–166.25	1,003	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	931	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	153.64/cwt	153.50–154.50	1,014	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	159.13/cwt	155.25–172.00	1,063	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	153.80/cwt	142.00–155.50	1,106	285
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	154.15/cwt	147.00–157.50	1,202	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	151.51/cwt	146.00–155.50	1,255	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	148.67/cwt	143.00–149.75	1,280	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	946	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,322	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	432.88/cwt	375.00–485.00	1,199	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	351	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,036	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	159.49/cwt	158.00–160.00	606	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	151.85/cwt	145.00–155.00	651	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,967	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	159.11/cwt	154.00–164.00	735	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	737	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	154.38/cwt	148.00–162.00	829	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	151.49/cwt	143.50–155.00	857	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	792	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	141.84/cwt	136.50–151.00	895	177
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	131.07/cwt	124.50–134.00	835	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	138.47/cwt	134.00–142.50	935	191
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	138.59/cwt	132.25–141.00	1,014	252
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	138.68/cwt	136.75–140.00	1,069	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,095	5

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Receipts 2,198Last week 1,284Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	805	136.00	136.00
8	—	462	154.00–164.00	159.11
12	—	380	158.00–160.00	159.49
26	—	429	145.00–155.00	151.85
55	—	771	136.75–140.00	138.68
61	—	537	148.00–162.00	154.38
252	—	732	132.25–141.00	138.59
85	—	566	143.50–155.00	151.49
177	—	631	136.50–151.00	141.84
191	—	675	134.00–142.50	138.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	591	134.00	134.00
9	—	498	148.00	148.00
13	—	351	580.00	580.00
14	—	637	124.50–134.00	131.07
3	—	447	440.00	440.00
6	—	277	375.00–485.00	432.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	583	155.00–170.50	163.29
3	—	946	139.75	139.75
7	—	419	186.00–192.00	189.54
285	—	719	142.00–155.50	153.80
47	—	531	162.00–178.00	173.06
79	—	828	146.00–155.50	151.51
164	—	780	147.00–157.50	154.15
23	—	388	179.00–196.00	183.80
25	—	861	143.00–149.75	148.67
36	—	460	168.00–183.50	174.25
99	—	617	155.00–166.25	162.54
103	—	668	155.25–172.00	159.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	295	410.00	410.00
6	—	629	148.00	148.00
10	—	491	159.00–163.00	160.20
36	—	660	153.50–154.50	153.64
3	—	318	535.00	535.00

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.