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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-30

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 30

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 23Jan 30Feb 6 →

Receipts

2,146 head

▲ 796 vs last sale 1,350▲ 2,146 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 last week, steers under 600 pounds were 2.00 to 3.00 higher,and steers over 600 pounds were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifers under 600 pounds were steady, and heifers over 600 pounds were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. A higher offering 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 $152.27/cwt on 1,036 head.

Average price

$152.27

1,036 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$7.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.94

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	710	153.99	1,093	761
Medium 1-2	492	152.55	750	32
Medium and Large 1-2	705	146.83	1,035	243

One grade step is worth $7.16/cwt here — about $57 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 sale1,036 hd

152.27

—

IA average9 barns · 8,751 hd

153.21

−0.94

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

Every lot

62 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	259	173.39/cwt	171.00–175.00	449	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	309	156.14/cwt	155.00–157.00	482	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	183.63/cwt	181.00–185.00	663	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	414	175.81/cwt	175.00–177.00	728	5
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	421	164.40/cwt	164.00–165.00	692	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	187.65/cwt	181.00–189.00	805	18
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	462	154.40/cwt	153.00–155.00	713	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	177.77/cwt	175.00–179.00	841	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	168.37/cwt	160.00–171.00	820	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	956	23
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	528	150.70/cwt	149.00–151.50	796	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	163.28/cwt	160.00–166.50	865	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	173.16/cwt	170.00–176.00	923	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	168.16/cwt	163.50–173.00	969	45
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	576	139.21/cwt	138.00–140.00	802	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	160.22/cwt	158.00–162.00	931	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	150.25/cwt	150.00–151.00	939	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	163.51/cwt	161.75–164.25	1,024	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	148.64/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,006	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	156.39/cwt	153.50–159.50	1,060	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	692	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,111	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	714	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,103	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	141.68/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,012	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	147.07/cwt	145.50–148.00	1,074	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	142.86/cwt	141.75–144.75	1,116	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	139.87/cwt	139.25–141.00	1,101	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	142.75/cwt	140.75–144.50	1,179	216
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	138.58/cwt	136.00–139.50	1,167	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	134.67/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,235	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	132.25/cwt	132.00–132.50	1,260	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	344	178.67/cwt	178.00–179.00	615	6
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	344	143.63/cwt	143.00–144.00	494	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	160.10/cwt	157.00–161.00	583	13
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	366	137.61/cwt	137.00–138.00	504	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	156.20/cwt	155.00–157.50	661	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	425	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	733	10
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	435	144.67/cwt	144.00–145.00	629	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	159.36/cwt	158.00–160.00	709	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	146.37/cwt	140.00–148.50	684	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	153.26/cwt	150.00–155.00	717	21
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	468	134.42/cwt	134.00–135.00	629	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	517	137.61/cwt	137.00–138.00	711	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	153.11/cwt	151.50–154.25	802	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	143.65/cwt	141.50–147.50	753	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	144.96/cwt	141.00–147.50	838	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	134.04/cwt	130.00–137.50	779	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	135.33/cwt	130.00–137.00	846	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	140.88/cwt	140.00–141.50	886	153
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	126.57/cwt	125.00–127.50	856	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	135.48/cwt	131.00–136.50	928	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	709	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	993	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	126.89/cwt	125.00–128.00	916	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	133.49/cwt	130.50–134.50	970	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	126.62/cwt	126.00–127.00	955	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	762	116.76/cwt	116.00–118.00	890	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	133.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,021	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	127.21/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,041	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	825	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,089	60
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	859	105.38/cwt	105.00–106.00	905	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	124.83/cwt	124.00–125.25	1,081	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	937	111.86/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,048	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	116.19/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,121	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 30, 2020

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Receipts 2,146Last week 1,350Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	826	140.75–144.50	142.75
87	—	781	141.75–144.75	142.86
45	—	576	163.50–173.00	168.16
31	—	473	175.00–179.00	177.77
18	—	429	181.00–189.00	187.65
15	—	533	170.00–176.00	173.16
6	—	361	181.00–185.00	183.63
121	—	678	153.50–159.50	156.39
10	—	953	132.00–132.50	132.25
9	—	917	134.00–135.00	134.67
65	—	626	161.75–164.25	163.51
47	—	730	145.50–148.00	147.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	487	160.00–171.00	168.37
29	—	677	147.50–149.00	148.64
20	—	581	158.00–162.00	160.22
8	—	625	150.00–151.00	150.25
6	—	530	160.00–166.50	163.28
5	—	414	175.00–177.00	175.81
9	—	714	140.00–143.00	141.68
7	—	309	155.00–157.00	156.14
86	—	787	139.25–141.00	139.87
54	—	842	136.00–139.50	138.58
5	—	259	171.00–175.00	173.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	576	138.00–140.00	139.21
5	—	421	164.00–165.00	164.40
13	—	462	153.00–155.00	154.40
9	—	528	149.00–151.50	150.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	519	184.25	184.25
5	—	692	160.50	160.50
63	—	714	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	859	105.00–106.00	105.38
8	—	762	116.00–118.00	116.76
8	—	344	143.00–144.00	143.63
5	—	517	137.00–138.00	137.61
5	—	468	134.00–135.00	134.42
5	—	366	137.00–138.00	137.61
9	—	435	144.00–145.00	144.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	825	132.00	132.00
18	—	709	140.00	140.00
10	—	425	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	676	125.00–127.50	126.57
54	—	625	130.00–137.00	135.33
30	—	467	140.00–148.50	146.37
10	—	524	141.50–147.50	143.65
8	—	754	126.00–127.00	126.62
24	—	581	130.00–137.50	134.04
14	—	423	155.00–157.50	156.20
8	—	722	125.00–128.00	126.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	629	140.00–141.50	140.88
87	—	727	130.50–134.50	133.49
42	—	524	151.50–154.25	153.11
34	—	445	158.00–160.00	159.36
9	—	866	124.00–125.25	124.83
21	—	468	150.00–155.00	153.26
18	—	818	123.00–128.00	127.21
8	—	937	110.00–115.00	111.86
6	—	344	178.00–179.00	178.67
102	—	685	131.00–136.50	135.48
5	—	965	115.00–118.00	116.19
76	—	766	130.00–135.00	133.33
58	—	578	141.00–147.50	144.96
13	—	364	157.00–161.00	160.10

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.