Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison. Good demand. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.71/cwt on 916 head.

Average price

$200.71

916 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$14.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	652	201.00	1,310	898
Medium and Large 1-2	553	186.50	1,031	18thin

One grade step is worth $14.50/cwt here — about $280 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 sale916 hd

200.71

—

IA average6 barns · 2,520 hd

198.09

+2.62

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

31 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	—	532	223.56/cwt	210.00–231.50	1,189	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	227.84/cwt	211.00–233.00	1,114	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	274.44/cwt	257.00–282.00	1,312	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	183.59/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,208	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	236.38/cwt	221.00–247.00	1,033	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,472	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	213.85/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,232	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	181.88/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,319	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	228.15/cwt	224.50–231.75	1,494	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	264.05/cwt	248.00–276.00	1,120	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	194.37/cwt	186.00–199.00	1,479	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	243.09/cwt	233.00–245.75	1,412	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,230	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	185.57/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,381	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	201.85/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,437	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	779	183.52/cwt	183.50–184.00	1,430	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	222.13/cwt	213.00–230.00	1,388	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	249.12/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,320	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,656	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	192.84/cwt	183.00–195.00	1,232	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	823	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,465	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	720	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,375	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	866	181.60/cwt	179.00–186.00	1,573	46
Steers	Large 1	—	1,073	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,787	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	874	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,535	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,134	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	176.40/cwt	166.00–178.50	1,369	23

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 1,548Last week 1,791Year ago 0

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison. Good demand. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	532	210.00–231.50	223.56
99	—	489	211.00–233.00	227.84
83	—	658	183.00–185.00	183.59
84	—	437	221.00–247.00	236.38
104	—	847	173.75	173.75
105	—	576	200.00–219.00	213.85
56	—	725	177.00–185.00	181.88
34	—	639	183.00–195.00	192.84
3	—	393	231.00	231.00
19	—	877	175.00	175.00
23	—	776	166.00–178.50	176.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	779	183.50–184.00	183.52
26	—	823	178.00	178.00
16	—	720	191.00	191.00
46	—	866	179.00–186.00	181.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	483	181.00	181.00
11	—	597	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	200.00	200.00
4	—	591	217.00	217.00
4	—	530	232.00	232.00
7	—	744	185.00–186.00	185.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	478	257.00–282.00	274.44
62	—	655	224.50–231.75	228.15
34	—	424	248.00–276.00	264.05
28	—	761	186.00–199.00	194.37
100	—	581	233.00–245.75	243.09
13	—	712	195.00–205.00	201.85
63	—	625	213.00–230.00	222.13
128	—	530	240.00–270.00	249.12
30	—	828	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,073	166.50	166.50

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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