Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last Friday light steers 650-700 pounds were 2.8-7.5 lower, steers 750-800 pounds were steady, 850 pounds 5.5 lower. Light heifers 600-700 pounds were 4.00 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.14/cwt on 961 head.

Average price

$194.14

961 head · 762 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$274

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

$0.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.22

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	625	194.55	1,216	39
Medium and Large 1	767	194.12	1,490	922

One grade step is worth $0.42/cwt here — about −$274 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 sale961 hd

194.14

—

IA average10 barns · 7,638 hd

202.36

−8.22

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

29 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	—	355	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	220.91/cwt	220.00–223.00	930	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	171.61/cwt	171.25–172.25	1,426	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	172.78/cwt	170.75–174.00	1,154	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	170.41/cwt	168.00–174.50	1,321	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	186.13/cwt	175.00–190.00	1,167	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,557	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	195.13/cwt	185.00–199.50	1,403	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	191.50/cwt	184.00–198.00	1,277	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	246.04/cwt	234.00–272.00	928	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	250.84/cwt	235.00–263.00	1,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	190.41/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,182	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	245.70/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,204	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	226.41/cwt	214.00–231.50	1,297	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	788	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,615	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	230.93/cwt	226.50–237.50	1,203	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	184.75/cwt	182.50–191.75	1,511	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	201.47/cwt	197.00–209.00	1,191	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	223.42/cwt	207.50–230.75	1,370	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	187.16/cwt	181.75–192.50	1,078	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	180.04/cwt	172.00–182.00	1,649	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,155	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	204.77/cwt	194.00–216.00	1,067	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	868	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	179.91/cwt	173.25–184.00	1,308	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	188.41/cwt	186.00–191.00	993	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	191.81/cwt	182.50–194.85	1,487	116

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 Mar 3, 2023

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

Receipts 1,474Last week 1,598Year ago 3,099

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	355	224.00	224.00
14	—	421	220.00–223.00	220.91
14	—	831	171.25–172.25	171.61
28	—	668	170.75–174.00	172.78
40	—	775	168.00–174.50	170.41
54	—	627	175.00–190.00	186.13
75	—	576	181.75–192.50	187.16
76	—	521	194.00–216.00	204.77
58	—	727	173.25–184.00	179.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	788	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	165.00	165.00
9	—	445	195.00	195.00
12	—	527	186.00–191.00	188.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	865	180.00	180.00
103	—	719	185.00–199.50	195.13
58	—	667	184.00–198.00	191.50
9	—	377	234.00–272.00	246.04
7	—	432	235.00–263.00	250.84
18	—	490	235.00–252.00	245.70
36	—	573	214.00–231.50	226.41
46	—	521	226.50–237.50	230.93
230	—	818	182.50–191.75	184.75
47	—	613	207.50–230.75	223.42
197	—	916	172.00–182.00	180.04
116	—	775	182.50–194.85	191.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	220.00	220.00
13	—	621	180.00–200.00	190.41
4	—	934	156.00	156.00
19	—	591	197.00–209.00	201.47

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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