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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jan 21

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

← Jan 14Jan 21Jan 28 →

Receipts

2,033 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 2,022▲ 683 vs year ago 1,350 · +50.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week lighter steers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher, 800 pound steers 2.00-4.00 higher. Lightweight heifers were steady to sharply higher. Many lot loads today. Good quality cattle. Trading was active with good demand for 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 $141.25/cwt on 1,010 head.

Average price

$141.25

1,010 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$4.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.75

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	734	141.50	1,038	953
Medium and Large 1-2	627	137.17	860	57

One grade step is worth $4.33/cwt here — about $178 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 sale1,010 hd

141.25

—

IA average12 barns · 12,018 hd

138.50

+2.75

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

Every lot

31 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	765	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	694	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	161.79/cwt	155.00–164.00	741	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	158.72/cwt	158.50–159.50	848	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	158.57/cwt	153.50–162.00	886	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	139.35/cwt	138.00–147.00	812	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	146.13/cwt	142.00–150.50	910	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	878	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	145.51/cwt	139.00–148.50	987	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	132.99/cwt	130.00–134.50	916	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	140.38/cwt	133.50–145.50	1,022	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	767	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,114	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	135.92/cwt	127.00–138.75	1,052	176
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	134.56/cwt	125.00–135.75	1,117	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	134.37/cwt	127.00–135.25	1,169	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	883	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,068	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,066	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,173	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	625	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	151.33/cwt	151.00–151.50	663	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	146.01/cwt	144.50–148.00	699	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	502	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	653	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	142.50/cwt	136.75–146.00	747	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	138.48/cwt	133.50–140.75	806	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	136.09/cwt	127.00–139.25	853	145
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	130.85/cwt	127.25–134.50	886	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	128.77/cwt	121.00–131.00	937	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	827	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	127.46/cwt	123.00–127.75	994	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	125.73/cwt	123.00–126.75	1,023	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	815	132.01/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,076	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	121.39/cwt	118.50–122.25	1,080	69

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 21, 2021

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

Receipts 2,033Last week 2,022Year ago 1,350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	767	145.25	145.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	774	127.00–138.75	135.92
132	—	870	127.00–135.25	134.37
12	—	458	155.00–164.00	161.79
109	—	728	133.50–145.50	140.38
4	—	437	175.00	175.00
92	—	830	125.00–135.75	134.56
8	—	1,066	110.00	110.00
14	—	534	158.50–159.50	158.72
48	—	559	153.50–162.00	158.57
129	—	623	142.00–150.50	146.13
152	—	678	139.00–148.50	145.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	156.00	156.00
6	—	883	121.00	121.00
3	—	641	137.00	137.00
36	—	583	138.00–147.00	139.35
9	—	689	130.00–134.50	132.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	398	157.00	157.00
12	—	438	151.00–151.50	151.33
29	—	814	123.00–126.75	125.73
39	—	479	144.50–148.00	146.01
52	—	582	133.50–140.75	138.48
69	—	890	118.50–122.25	121.39
117	—	677	127.25–134.50	130.85
120	—	728	121.00–131.00	128.77
98	—	780	123.00–127.75	127.46
59	—	524	136.75–146.00	142.50
145	—	627	127.00–139.25	136.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	815	130.00–133.00	132.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	773	107.00	107.00
6	—	502	130.00	130.00

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.