Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2020-11-12

Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Nov 12

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Oct 29Nov 12Dec 3 →

Receipts

1,621 head

▲ 254 vs last sale 1,367▼ 289 vs year ago 1,910 · −15.1%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale: No comparison today, as last sale was not Preconditioned. Trade active with good demand for the light 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 $152.48/cwt on 755 head.

Average price

$152.48

755 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$6.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.68

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	153.47	952	639
Medium and Large 1-2	577	147.04	848	116

One grade step is worth $6.43/cwt here — about $104 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 sale755 hd

152.48

—

IA average7 barns · 4,081 hd

137.80

+14.68

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,654	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	174.58/cwt	170.00–180.00	649	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	649.42/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,448	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	176.02/cwt	168.00–183.00	759	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	173.64/cwt	166.00–179.00	804	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	156.16/cwt	150.00–162.50	745	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	161.61/cwt	157.00–164.25	821	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	143.57/cwt	138.00–149.50	755	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	155.56/cwt	152.50–161.00	890	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	887	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	143.95/cwt	141.00–145.50	894	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	154.94/cwt	147.00–161.50	968	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	148.24/cwt	142.00–152.25	993	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	907	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	144.40/cwt	141.50–146.25	1,051	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,006	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	135.38/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,052	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	135.36/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,121	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	545.51/cwt	450.00–600.00	1,718	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	571	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	167.18/cwt	162.00–170.00	635	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,173	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	162.40/cwt	155.00–166.00	671	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,478	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	3,042	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	151.34/cwt	145.00–156.00	720	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	136.74/cwt	131.00–143.00	658	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	146.23/cwt	137.50–151.00	752	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	721	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	145.28/cwt	135.00–148.50	844	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	143.13/cwt	137.00–148.50	882	125
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	137.80/cwt	133.00–143.25	934	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	143.95/cwt	134.50–150.00	1,041	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	951	12

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 Nov 12, 2020

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

Receipts 1,621Last week 1,367Year ago 1,910

Western Iowa Preconditioned Sale: No comparison today, as last sale was not Preconditioned. Trade active with good demand for the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	336	170.00	170.00
10	—	723	134.50–150.00	143.95
11	—	380	162.00–170.00	167.18
38	—	413	155.00–166.00	162.40
45	—	678	133.00–143.25	137.80
51	—	476	145.00–156.00	151.34
3	—	468	650.00	650.00
9	—	315	450.00–600.00	545.51
3	—	388	560.00	560.00
84	—	514	137.50–151.00	146.23
4	—	431	575.00	575.00
125	—	616	137.00–148.50	143.13
168	—	581	135.00–148.50	145.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	739	128.75	128.75
8	—	534	135.00	135.00
35	—	481	131.00–143.00	136.74
3	—	650	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	670	142.00–152.25	148.24
29	—	463	166.00–179.00	173.64
36	—	828	133.00–145.00	135.36
12	—	372	170.00–180.00	174.58
63	—	508	157.00–164.25	161.61
114	—	625	147.00–161.50	154.94
3	—	315	525.00	525.00
129	—	572	152.50–161.00	155.56
30	—	777	133.00–140.00	135.38
32	—	431	168.00–183.00	176.02
6	—	377	630.00–670.00	649.42
79	—	728	141.50–146.25	144.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	745	135.00	135.00
12	—	672	135.00	135.00
35	—	621	141.00–145.50	143.95
16	—	592	149.75	149.75
36	—	477	150.00–162.50	156.16
10	—	526	138.00–149.50	143.57

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.