Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. Upward trend. Many load-lots of calves and yearlings. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.86/cwt on 2,124 head.

Average price

$198.86

2,124 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$14.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.07

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	740	199.26	1,474	2,067
Medium and Large 1-2	663	184.51	1,222	57

One grade step is worth $14.74/cwt here — about $252 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 sale2,124 hd

198.86

—

IA average7 barns · 5,791 hd

194.79

+4.07

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

32 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	—	625	180.83/cwt	171.00–184.00	1,130	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	173.10/cwt	162.00–173.50	1,309	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	211.47/cwt	201.00–214.00	1,098	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	799	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,328	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,166	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	245.91/cwt	224.00–249.25	1,202	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	182.81/cwt	180.00–184.50	1,249	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	185.09/cwt	176.00–188.85	1,525	901
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	180.62/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,568	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,306	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	947	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	213.53/cwt	211.50–216.75	1,313	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	964	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	201.64/cwt	190.50–208.50	1,329	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,180	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	231.95/cwt	211.50–233.75	1,375	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	913	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	189.40/cwt	183.00–192.75	1,464	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	869	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	498	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	552	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	170.26/cwt	169.00–170.50	1,221	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	222.25/cwt	207.00–227.50	969	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	182.32/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,043	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	941	3

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 Feb 17, 2023

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

Receipts 3,015Last week 3,495Year ago 3,434

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. Upward trend. Many load-lots of calves and yearlings. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	625	171.00–184.00	180.83
144	—	756	162.00–173.50	173.10
308	—	519	201.00–214.00	211.47
8	—	352	227.00	227.00
8	—	817	162.50	162.50
18	—	657	177.50	177.50
3	—	487	198.00	198.00
4	—	898	164.00	164.00
5	—	312	226.00	226.00
63	—	717	169.00–170.50	170.26
85	—	436	207.00–227.50	222.25
27	—	572	181.00–184.00	182.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	196.00	196.00
3	—	573	170.00	170.00
4	—	325	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	498	176.00	176.00
3	—	552	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	489	224.00–249.25	245.91
901	—	824	176.00–188.85	185.09
174	—	868	176.00–184.00	180.62
6	—	706	185.00	185.00
19	—	385	246.00	246.00
56	—	615	211.50–216.75	213.53
135	—	659	190.50–208.50	201.64
4	—	529	223.00	223.00
326	—	593	211.50–233.75	231.95
307	—	773	183.00–192.75	189.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	683	180.00–184.50	182.81
3	—	547	196.00	196.00
3	—	430	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	220.00	220.00

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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