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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Mar 12

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Mar 5Mar 12Jun 4 →

Receipts

1,282 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 1,353▲ 1,282 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale; there is no comparison as last week was not a Precondition sale. Moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

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 $125.81/cwt on 576 head.

Average price

$125.81

576 head · 790 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

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

$15.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.94

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	608	139.25	846	62
Medium and Large 1	812	124.19	1,009	514

One grade step is worth $15.06/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale576 hd

125.81

—

IA average8 barns · 4,308 hd

138.75

−12.94

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

Every lot

28 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	709	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	144.00/cwt	143.00–145.00	749	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	546	168.21/cwt	165.00–173.00	918	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	167.11/cwt	165.00–170.00	951	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	147.07/cwt	145.00–156.00	872	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	147.00/cwt	144.00–150.00	908	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	135.32/cwt	135.00–136.00	861	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	833	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	902	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	133.21/cwt	129.25–136.00	947	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	122.56/cwt	119.25–125.25	956	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	841	121.01/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,018	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	119.84/cwt	119.75–120.25	1,034	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	114.90/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,042	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	113.25/cwt	113.25–113.25	1,104	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	601	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	682	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	138.70/cwt	135.00–140.50	742	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	139.74/cwt	139.50–140.00	780	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	127.70/cwt	121.50–129.75	811	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	737	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	125.44/cwt	118.75–127.00	853	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	122.17/cwt	116.00–124.00	903	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	119.33/cwt	114.75–123.50	909	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	894	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	115.10/cwt	113.50–121.00	962	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	918	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	945	32

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 Mar 12, 2020

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

Receipts 1,282Last week 1,353Year ago 0

Western Iowa Precondition sale; there is no comparison as last week was not a Precondition sale. Moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	878	104.50	104.50
35	—	535	135.00–140.50	138.70
64	—	680	118.75–127.00	125.44
7	—	464	147.00	147.00
32	—	922	102.50	102.50
59	—	762	114.75–123.50	119.33
159	—	739	116.00–124.00	122.17
3	—	393	153.00	153.00
15	—	558	139.50–140.00	139.74
51	—	836	113.50–121.00	115.10
97	—	635	121.50–129.75	127.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	809	110.50	110.50
12	—	667	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	165.00–170.00	167.11
21	—	841	115.00–122.00	121.01
83	—	863	119.75–120.25	119.84
96	—	711	129.25–136.00	133.21
3	—	405	175.00	175.00
10	—	546	165.00–173.00	168.21
64	—	975	113.25	113.25
95	—	907	111.00–118.00	114.90
8	—	618	144.00–150.00	147.00
37	—	694	130.00	130.00
90	—	780	119.25–125.25	122.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	593	145.00–156.00	147.07
10	—	520	143.00–145.00	144.00
3	—	666	125.00	125.00
33	—	636	135.00–136.00	135.32

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.