Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2021-02-11

Denison Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150
Receipts
1,284 head
▼ 813 vs last sale 2,097▼ 1,114 vs year ago 2,398 · −46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. There is no comparison as the last sale was Precondition. Mostly an upward trend on steers, downward trend on heifers. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.22/cwt on 742 head.
Average price
$142.22
742 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.44
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1724142.801,034680
Medium and Large 1-2635135.8186362
One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $171 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 sale742 hd
142.22
—
IA average10 barns · 6,919 hd
141.78
+0.44
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1291475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,3823
Steers—Medium and Large 1333170.00/cwt170.00–170.005663
Steers—Medium and Large 1353550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358160.00/cwt160.00–160.005733
Steers—Medium and Large 1413165.00/cwt165.00–165.006813
Steers—Medium and Large 1463158.68/cwt154.50–162.0073517
Steers—Medium and Large 1522149.99/cwt146.00–154.007836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533131.00/cwt131.00–131.006983
Steers—Medium and Large 1563160.14/cwt150.50–165.7590296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583140.40/cwt137.25–144.5081927
Steers—Medium and Large 1616145.63/cwt140.00–153.2589758
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617138.00/cwt138.00–138.008517
Steers—Medium and Large 1684144.44/cwt136.00–147.0098895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687134.00/cwt134.00–134.009215
Steers—Medium and Large 1717143.26/cwt139.00–145.751,02794
Steers—Medium and Large 1766137.63/cwt132.50–144.751,054107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777124.72/cwt120.00–127.5096917
Steers—Medium and Large 1829135.34/cwt134.50–136.751,12255
Steers—Medium and Large 1864135.46/cwt129.50–136.251,170109
Steers—Medium and Large 1908124.95/cwt123.50–125.501,13511
Steers—Medium and Large 1969122.57/cwt120.50–125.001,18826
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,2723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422144.33/cwt137.00–150.0060917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488137.00/cwt137.00–137.006696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519145.16/cwt137.00–148.5075362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578137.49/cwt129.00–141.5079549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633136.79/cwt129.00–140.0086690
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638125.00/cwt125.00–125.007983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660131.45/cwt127.00–140.0086827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717125.49/cwt124.00–127.75900140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773124.19/cwt123.50–124.5096021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1982116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1396
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008315

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.