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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 16

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 9Jan 16Jan 23 →

Receipts

1,880 head

▼ 318 vs last sale 2,198▲ 1,880 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; steers were mostly 3.00-7.00 higher, 600 pound heifers 1.00-3.00 higher 700 pound heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. Moderate offering 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 $156.63/cwt on 944 head.

Average price

$156.63

944 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$8.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.34

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	696	157.12	1,093	890
Medium and Large 1-2	648	148.67	963	54

One grade step is worth $8.45/cwt here — about $129 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 sale944 hd

156.63

—

IA average12 barns · 11,555 hd

153.29

+3.34

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	622	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	192.61/cwt	188.00–196.00	753	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,025	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	175.45/cwt	167.00–183.00	779	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	180.52/cwt	174.00–190.00	847	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	180.51/cwt	169.00–184.25	957	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	906	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	171.82/cwt	164.75–179.00	1,002	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	162.30/cwt	153.00–165.75	998	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	961	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	152.51/cwt	146.50–158.00	1,037	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	141.26/cwt	140.00–142.00	961	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	156.09/cwt	147.50–164.25	1,110	208
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	142.55/cwt	135.50–145.50	1,036	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	147.86/cwt	143.00–153.75	1,143	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,175	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	896	141.50/cwt	140.00–142.25	1,268	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	140.42/cwt	139.50–140.75	1,290	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,817	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	625.33/cwt	600.00–650.00	2,364	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,460	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	613	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	698	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	156.40/cwt	153.50–160.00	746	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	681	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	149.32/cwt	144.00–158.00	778	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	752	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	149.66/cwt	143.00–154.00	867	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	142.66/cwt	134.00–146.50	886	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	843	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	141.14/cwt	135.00–142.75	954	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	136.73/cwt	130.00–140.00	989	193
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	137.40/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,036	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	135.75/cwt	135.50–136.50	1,127	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,167	9

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,880Last week 2,198Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	863	135.25	135.25
14	—	436	160.00	160.00
16	—	477	153.50–160.00	156.40
36	—	754	131.00–138.00	137.40
63	—	521	144.00–158.00	149.32
80	—	830	135.50–136.50	135.75
127	—	579	143.00–154.00	149.66
157	—	621	134.00–146.50	142.66
193	—	723	130.00–140.00	136.73
94	—	676	135.00–142.75	141.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	141.00	141.00
3	—	545	138.00	138.00
5	—	429	143.00	143.00
5	—	639	132.00	132.00
3	—	410	600.00	600.00
4	—	308	590.00	590.00
12	—	378	600.00–650.00	625.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	444	167.00–183.00	175.45
19	—	919	139.50–140.75	140.42
29	—	469	174.00–190.00	180.52
43	—	530	169.00–184.25	180.51
63	—	680	146.50–158.00	152.51
10	—	823	142.75	142.75
80	—	896	140.00–142.25	141.50
120	—	615	153.00–165.75	162.30
208	—	711	147.50–164.25	156.09
214	—	773	143.00–153.75	147.86
14	—	391	188.00–196.00	192.61
71	—	583	164.75–179.00	171.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	149.00	149.00
10	—	563	161.00	161.00
12	—	680	140.00–142.00	141.26
24	—	727	135.50–145.50	142.55
3	—	405	500.00	500.00
4	—	295	450.00	450.00
5	—	364	171.00	171.00

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.