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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Feb 18

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

1,984 head

▲ 700 vs last sale 1,284▲ 1,984 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. There is no comparison as the last sale was not Precondition. 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.63/cwt on 970 head.

Average price

$133.63

970 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$3.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.49

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	133.76	977	927
Medium and Large 1-2	609	130.70	795	43

One grade step is worth $3.06/cwt here — about $181 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 sale970 hd

133.63

—

IA average8 barns · 3,150 hd

132.14

+1.49

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	168.08/cwt	162.00–174.00	735	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	757	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	152.50/cwt	152.00–153.00	819	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	166.24/cwt	163.50–169.00	906	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	160.01/cwt	154.50–168.75	925	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	150.41/cwt	148.50–152.50	924	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	149.94/cwt	147.00–152.25	1,012	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	147.76/cwt	144.00–150.75	1,096	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	146.09/cwt	138.50–150.75	1,125	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	134.07/cwt	131.00–137.75	1,115	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	135.96/cwt	135.50–137.00	1,190	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,224	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,231	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	158.20/cwt	157.00–160.00	702	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	137.02/cwt	135.00–139.00	714	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	144.05/cwt	138.00–150.50	825	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	773	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	136.85/cwt	135.00–139.50	843	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	135.05/cwt	129.00–137.50	922	211
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	698	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	7,155	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,043	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	714	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	7,319	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	131.11/cwt	125.00–132.75	943	200
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	133.92/cwt	132.75–134.25	1,043	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	788	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	8,471	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	123.60/cwt	122.75–125.25	1,023	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,015	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	134.00/cwt	126.25–136.75	1,147	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	861	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	10,763	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	910	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	10,465	14

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 Feb 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,984Last week 1,284Year ago 0

Western Iowa Precondition sale. There is no comparison as the last sale was not Precondition. 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
75	—	616	135.00–139.50	136.85
91	—	779	132.75–134.25	133.92
126	—	856	126.25–136.75	134.00
131	—	828	122.75–125.25	123.60
211	—	683	129.00–137.50	135.05
14	—	444	157.00–160.00	158.20
47	—	573	138.00–150.50	144.05
200	—	719	125.00–132.75	131.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	700	149.00	149.00
14	—	910	1,150.00	1,150.00
15	—	861	1,250.00	1,250.00
10	—	714	1,025.00	1,025.00
11	—	788	1,075.00	1,075.00
3	—	698	1,025.00	1,025.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	124.00	124.00
6	—	853	119.00	119.00
18	—	581	133.00	133.00
12	—	521	135.00–139.00	137.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	922	132.75	132.75
46	—	578	154.50–168.75	160.01
6	—	437	162.00–174.00	168.08
8	—	545	163.50–169.00	166.24
177	—	875	135.50–137.00	135.96
17	—	969	127.00	127.00
27	—	832	131.00–137.75	134.07
69	—	675	147.00–152.25	149.94
170	—	742	144.00–150.75	147.76
185	—	770	138.50–150.75	146.09
13	—	614	148.50–152.50	150.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	161.00	161.00
8	—	537	152.00–153.00	152.50

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.