Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2020-06-04

Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-04

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jun 4

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Mar 12Jun 4Jun 25 →

Receipts

2,109 head

▲ 827 vs last sale 1,282▲ 2,109 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active with good 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 $140.44/cwt on 963 head.

Average price

$140.44

963 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$1.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	741	140.57	1,041	855
Medium and Large 1-2	678	139.40	945	108

One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about $97 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 sale963 hd

140.44

—

IA average8 barns · 4,040 hd

139.97

+0.47

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	721	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	184.79/cwt	180.00–190.00	793	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	172.25/cwt	171.00–175.00	816	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	161.78/cwt	157.00–171.00	864	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	155.21/cwt	154.75–155.50	847	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	155.07/cwt	148.00–161.00	878	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	865	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	149.08/cwt	142.50–156.50	929	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	145.24/cwt	141.00–148.50	977	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	939	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	143.40/cwt	137.50–148.00	1,037	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	139.41/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,087	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	126.50/cwt	125.50–128.00	987	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	130.70/cwt	124.00–134.50	1,089	199
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,083	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,043	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	121.02/cwt	114.25–121.75	1,117	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	968	109.90/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,064	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,063	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,265	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	547.67/cwt	475.00–615.00	1,796	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	641	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	606.06/cwt	520.00–670.00	2,564	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	142.15/cwt	141.00–143.00	614	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	151.80/cwt	145.00–158.00	726	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	149.14/cwt	141.00–150.00	807	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	132.56/cwt	131.00–134.00	760	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	140.99/cwt	135.00–147.00	811	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	136.07/cwt	131.50–139.00	846	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	115.51/cwt	114.00–116.00	740	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	128.36/cwt	126.00–131.00	870	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	114.68/cwt	106.00–121.00	790	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	129.87/cwt	124.50–132.00	938	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	120.52/cwt	115.00–128.00	948	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	117.09/cwt	116.00–120.50	954	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	925	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	827	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,050	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	880	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,263	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,053	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	108.25/cwt	108.25–108.25	986	23

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 Jun 4, 2020

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

Receipts 2,109Last week 1,282Year ago 0

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active with good 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
46	—	722	124.50–132.00	129.87
94	—	678	126.00–131.00	128.36
5	—	384	167.00	167.00
88	—	622	131.50–139.00	136.07
101	—	787	115.00–128.00	120.52
60	—	478	145.00–158.00	151.80
112	—	575	135.00–147.00	140.99
62	—	541	141.00–150.00	149.14
64	—	887	118.75	118.75
81	—	815	116.00–120.50	117.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	819	113.00	113.00
7	—	423	520.00–670.00	606.06
7	—	689	106.00–121.00	114.68
6	—	328	475.00–615.00	547.67
9	—	432	141.00–143.00	142.15
12	—	641	114.00–116.00	115.51
21	—	573	131.00–134.00	132.56
23	—	911	108.25	108.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	827	127.00	127.00
34	—	880	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	474	171.00–175.00	172.25
101	—	780	134.00–145.00	139.41
5	—	853	127.00	127.00
98	—	673	141.00–148.50	145.24
5	—	392	184.00	184.00
59	—	623	142.50–156.50	149.08
3	—	1,063	119.00	119.00
51	—	566	148.00–161.00	155.07
199	—	833	124.00–134.50	130.70
51	—	534	157.00–171.00	161.78
138	—	923	114.25–121.75	121.02
23	—	429	180.00–190.00	184.79
103	—	723	137.50–148.00	143.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	693	135.50	135.50
8	—	618	140.00	140.00
3	—	485	155.00	155.00
50	—	546	154.75–155.50	155.21
13	—	968	107.00–114.00	109.90
13	—	780	125.50–128.00	126.50
11	—	895	116.50	116.50

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.