Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2020-12-03

Denison Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Dec 3

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Nov 12Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

1,765 head

▲ 144 vs last sale 1,621▼ 288 vs year ago 2,053 · −14.0%

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. 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 $149.98/cwt on 984 head.

Average price

$149.98

984 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$11.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.31

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	679	151.05	1,026	894
Medium and Large 1-2	753	139.34	1,050	90

One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale984 hd

149.98

—

IA average11 barns · 9,627 hd

145.67

+4.31

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

Every lot

33 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 1-2	366	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	659	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	182.08/cwt	181.00–185.00	779	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	735	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	170.04/cwt	166.00–175.00	804	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	167.04/cwt	158.00–172.00	875	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	150.33/cwt	145.00–154.00	797	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	152.20/cwt	145.00–163.50	880	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	153.39/cwt	145.00–157.00	960	187
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	864	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	144.89/cwt	140.00–148.50	991	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	965	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	146.13/cwt	141.00–147.75	1,073	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	143.64/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,120	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	137.45/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,131	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	142.34/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,231	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	944	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,307	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	949	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,186	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,392	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	180.17/cwt	175.00–188.00	591	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	643	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	168.16/cwt	161.00–174.00	721	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	146.34/cwt	145.00–148.00	682	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	159.24/cwt	153.00–166.00	752	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	700	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	148.44/cwt	141.00–153.00	778	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	141.33/cwt	134.00–146.00	807	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	137.89/cwt	135.00–142.50	838	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	836	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	122.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	816	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	133.05/cwt	130.00–135.50	901	133
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	134.27/cwt	133.00–135.50	967	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	124.12/cwt	118.00–126.00	936	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,093	47

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 Dec 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,765Last week 1,621Year ago 2,053

Western Iowa Precondition sale. 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
70	—	720	133.00–135.50	134.27
122	—	571	134.00–146.00	141.33
129	—	608	135.00–142.50	137.89
133	—	677	130.00–135.50	133.05
13	—	328	175.00–188.00	180.17
47	—	836	130.75	130.75
62	—	524	141.00–153.00	148.44
19	—	429	161.00–174.00	168.16
39	—	472	153.00–166.00	159.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	643	130.00	130.00
7	—	466	145.00–148.00	146.34
8	—	511	137.00	137.00
9	—	665	120.00–125.00	122.78
13	—	754	118.00–126.00	124.12
3	—	376	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	980	142.00	142.00
26	—	428	181.00–185.00	182.08
89	—	865	138.00–143.00	142.34
94	—	684	140.00–148.50	144.89
51	—	473	166.00–175.00	170.04
133	—	734	141.00–147.75	146.13
187	—	626	145.00–157.00	153.39
119	—	578	145.00–163.50	152.20
57	—	944	138.50	138.50
60	—	524	158.00–172.00	167.04
73	—	780	140.00–148.00	143.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	135.00	135.00
51	—	823	131.00–138.00	137.45
10	—	530	145.00–154.00	150.33
10	—	645	134.00	134.00
10	—	949	125.00	125.00
3	—	366	180.00	180.00
3	—	448	164.00	164.00

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.