Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Western Iowa Precondition sale; steers and heifers were 2.00-6.00 lower. Challenging weather conditions made a light crowd. Light offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.95/cwt on 714 head.

Average price

$156.95

714 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,007

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$335

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

$27.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	366	184.00	673	4thin
Medium and Large 1	643	156.79	1,008	710

One grade step is worth $27.21/cwt here — about −$335 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 sale714 hd

156.95

—

IA average12 barns · 11,119 hd

152.57

+4.37

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

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	132.94/cwt	131.00–135.00	893	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,009	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	156.76/cwt	155.00–160.00	586	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	569	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	156.31/cwt	154.00–160.00	650	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	181.73/cwt	180.00–183.50	878	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	144.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,103	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	147.75/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,087	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	150.95/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,016	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	136.51/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,103	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	139.09/cwt	135.00–141.00	879	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	158.49/cwt	150.00–160.50	987	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	185.64/cwt	181.50–187.50	782	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	673	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	173.20/cwt	168.50–181.00	923	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	163.32/cwt	160.00–168.00	929	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	146.92/cwt	143.75–151.50	776	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	153.72/cwt	150.00–158.50	742	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	142.56/cwt	140.00–150.00	835	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	134.62/cwt	134.00–135.50	975	59

How this sale compares

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 →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Jan 17, 2020

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

Receipts 1,616Last week 2,245Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	906	130.00	130.00
6	—	672	131.00–135.00	132.94
9	—	770	131.00	131.00
11	—	374	155.00–160.00	156.76
17	—	327	174.00	174.00
18	—	416	154.00–160.00	156.31
139	—	632	135.00–141.00	139.09
144	—	528	143.75–151.50	146.92
28	—	483	150.00–158.50	153.72
51	—	586	140.00–150.00	142.56
59	—	724	134.00–135.50	134.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	852	90.00	90.00
4	—	803	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	483	180.00–183.50	181.73
84	—	766	140.00–145.00	144.01
85	—	736	145.00–150.00	147.75
229	—	673	140.00–154.00	150.95
3	—	880	135.00	135.00
6	—	808	135.00–138.00	136.51
9	—	329	194.00	194.00
107	—	623	150.00–160.50	158.49
22	—	421	181.50–187.50	185.64
65	—	533	168.50–181.00	173.20
73	—	569	160.00–168.00	163.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	366	184.00	184.00

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.

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