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Denison Livestock Auction

Name: Denison Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Denison, Iowa · Thu, Nov 18

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2150

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Receipts

1,389 head

▼ 483 vs last sale 1,872▲ 1,389 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialMon Jan 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale; There is no comparison today, as the last sale was Precondition. Mostly unweaned light calves today. Several load lots of yearlings. Trading active with good demand.

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 $159.94/cwt on 736 head.

Average price

$159.94

736 head · 808 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

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

$3.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.04

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	822	160.13	1,316	692
Medium and Large 1-2	589	156.99	924	44

One grade step is worth $3.14/cwt here — about $392 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 sale736 hd

159.94

—

IA average11 barns · 6,889 hd

158.90

+1.04

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

Every lot

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	296	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,154	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	318	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,860	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	164.27/cwt	161.00–168.00	708	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	819	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	457	182.87/cwt	181.00–183.50	836	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	801	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	178.80/cwt	172.00–182.50	921	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	878	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	170.59/cwt	163.00–177.00	972	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	594	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	944	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	163.14/cwt	153.50–168.25	1,010	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	636	149.49/cwt	149.00–150.00	951	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	156.53/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,071	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	687	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,037	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	705	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,093	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	161.35/cwt	160.25–164.00	1,160	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	161.43/cwt	160.50–163.50	1,249	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	159.13/cwt	159.00–160.25	1,284	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	162.15/cwt	161.75–162.50	1,407	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	149.53/cwt	149.00–150.50	1,470	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,010	154.11/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,557	232
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,014	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,293	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	275	366.92/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,009	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	551	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	633	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	607	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	407	170.21/cwt	162.00–175.00	693	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	149.79/cwt	147.00–156.00	644	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	456	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	670	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	801	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	154.92/cwt	149.00–165.00	823	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	140.10/cwt	138.00–145.00	750	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	145.67/cwt	141.00–152.00	835	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	796	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	143.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	899	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	870	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	145.74/cwt	145.00–147.50	969	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	685	132.29/cwt	131.00–137.00	906	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	152.74/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,118	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	157.25/cwt	149.00–157.75	1,198	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	153.54/cwt	152.00–154.50	1,277	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	539	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	502	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	773	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	836	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 Nov 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,389Last week 1,872Year ago 0

Special Calf & Yearling Sale; There is no comparison today, as the last sale was Precondition. Mostly unweaned light calves today. Several load lots of yearlings. Trading active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	595	140.50	140.50
3	—	333	162.00	162.00
18	—	502	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	832	152.00–154.50	153.54
20	—	627	140.00–147.00	143.40
25	—	732	150.00–154.00	152.74
33	—	665	145.00–147.50	145.74
69	—	762	149.00–157.75	157.25
55	—	573	141.00–152.00	145.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	685	131.00–137.00	132.29
17	—	490	163.50	163.50
4	—	391	162.00	162.00
9	—	275	360.00–375.00	366.92
11	—	407	162.00–175.00	170.21
48	—	531	149.00–165.00	154.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	147.00–156.00	149.79
7	—	397	153.00	153.00
3	—	640	136.00	136.00
3	—	573	139.00	139.00
3	—	336	164.00	164.00
13	—	535	138.00–145.00	140.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	456	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	636	149.00–150.00	149.49
8	—	594	159.00	159.00
3	—	471	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	1,010	153.00–155.00	154.11
69	—	807	159.00–160.25	159.13
13	—	774	160.50–163.50	161.43
114	—	868	161.75–162.50	162.15
58	—	684	155.00–164.00	156.53
25	—	983	149.00–150.50	149.53
3	—	296	390.00	390.00
20	—	719	160.25–164.00	161.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	200.00	200.00
5	—	705	155.00	155.00
15	—	457	181.00–183.50	182.87
3	—	318	585.00	585.00
13	—	687	151.00	151.00
26	—	515	172.00–182.50	178.80
60	—	570	163.00–177.00	170.59
4	—	445	184.00	184.00
34	—	619	153.50–168.25	163.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,014	127.50	127.50
8	—	529	166.00	166.00
13	—	431	161.00–168.00	164.27

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.