Sale reports / Iowa / Denison Livestock Auction / 2021-06-10

Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-10

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Jun 10

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

2,006 head

▲ 814 vs last sale 1,192▲ 2,006 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent 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 $139.44/cwt on 1,049 head.

Average price

$139.44

1,049 head · 804 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$302

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

$1.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.13

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	592	140.88	834	50
Medium and Large 1	815	139.37	1,136	999

One grade step is worth $1.51/cwt here — about −$302 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 sale1,049 hd

139.44

—

IA average5 barns · 1,625 hd

132.31

+7.13

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	714	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	170.78/cwt	170.00–175.00	801	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	144.52/cwt	141.00–151.00	679	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	923	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	792	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	962	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	596	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	864	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	159.63/cwt	156.00–163.25	987	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	141.14/cwt	130.00–147.00	876	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	147.81/cwt	135.50–152.50	973	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	906	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	142.92/cwt	135.00–147.50	1,053	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	136.97/cwt	136.50–138.50	1,082	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	137.88/cwt	132.50–138.75	1,151	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	140.10/cwt	129.25–143.00	1,206	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,121	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	128.86/cwt	125.00–132.75	1,198	226
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	972	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,227	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,332	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,058	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,243	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,111	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	1,314	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,208	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,305	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	576	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	149.58/cwt	144.00–152.00	724	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	148.92/cwt	145.00–152.00	776	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	144.38/cwt	143.00–149.00	820	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	133.72/cwt	132.00–135.00	790	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	126.08/cwt	125.00–129.00	767	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	138.96/cwt	135.00–142.00	871	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	134.24/cwt	132.50–135.00	907	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	814	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	133.15/cwt	131.00–134.25	967	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	891	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	130.51/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,010	152
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	931	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	126.46/cwt	118.50–140.00	1,048	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	125.82/cwt	119.50–135.00	1,117	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	122.77/cwt	116.75–129.00	1,141	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,104	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,192	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,258	6

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 Jun 10, 2021

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

Receipts 2,006Last week 1,192Year ago 0

No trend as there was no recent 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
3	—	960	115.00	115.00
6	—	1,192	105.50	105.50
7	—	521	145.00–152.00	148.92
29	—	929	116.75–129.00	122.77
37	—	676	132.50–135.00	134.24
38	—	484	144.00–152.00	149.58
80	—	829	118.50–140.00	126.46
58	—	627	135.00–142.00	138.96
113	—	726	131.00–134.25	133.15
47	—	888	119.50–135.00	125.82
55	—	568	143.00–149.00	144.38
152	—	774	123.00–135.00	130.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	591	132.00–135.00	133.72
3	—	461	125.00	125.00
3	—	776	120.00	120.00
4	—	390	140.00	140.00
6	—	736	121.00	121.00
11	—	608	125.00–129.00	126.08
3	—	678	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	835	132.50–138.75	137.88
226	—	930	125.00–132.75	128.86
7	—	420	170.00	170.00
19	—	469	170.00–175.00	170.78
3	—	1,005	132.50	132.50
43	—	1,111	118.25	118.25
40	—	790	136.50–138.50	136.97
3	—	1,058	117.50	117.50
44	—	658	135.50–152.50	147.81
3	—	1,208	108.00	108.00
86	—	861	129.25–143.00	140.10
24	—	543	170.00	170.00
57	—	618	156.00–163.25	159.63
30	—	593	162.25	162.25
56	—	972	126.25	126.25
200	—	737	135.00–147.50	142.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	546	145.00	145.00
3	—	596	145.00	145.00
4	—	681	133.00	133.00
22	—	621	130.00–147.00	141.14
3	—	911	123.00	123.00
15	—	470	141.00–151.00	144.52

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.