Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, 850-950 pound steers were substantially higher. Limited numbers on the last sale for light steers and heifers for comparison. Lots of unweaned calves. Many load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.21/cwt on 1,283 head.

Average price

$254.21

1,283 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$30.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.97

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	705	255.79	1,804	1,217
Medium and Large 1-2	729	225.05	1,641	66

One grade step is worth $30.74/cwt here — about $162 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 sale1,283 hd

254.21

—

IA average6 barns · 2,500 hd

239.24

+14.97

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

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	1,307.83/head	1,230.00–1,325.00	1,308	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	1,409.04/head	1,375.00–1,440.00	1,409	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,505	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,881	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	277.81/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,578	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	345.34/cwt	342.00–357.50	1,499	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	236.97/cwt	219.00–240.60	2,282	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	446	318.12/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,419	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	258.63/cwt	241.00–262.00	1,901	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	264.37/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,769	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	272.61/cwt	258.00–279.50	1,679	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	342.50/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,302	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	247.20/cwt	238.25–258.00	2,163	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	312.17/cwt	290.00–317.00	1,517	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	273	1,180.00/head	1,180.00–1,180.00	1,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	246.64/cwt	230.00–250.50	1,687	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,835	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	182.36/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,687	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,400	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	351	1,520.00/head	1,520.00–1,520.00	1,520	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	1,221.41/head	1,125.00–1,330.00	1,221	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	239.79/cwt	215.00–260.00	1,280	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	205.39/cwt	194.00–220.00	1,584	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	346	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,235	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	231.18/cwt	228.50–248.50	1,907	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	242.76/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,748	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,503	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	296.32/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,387	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	245.58/cwt	240.00–246.25	1,881	756
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	282.99/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,446	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	243	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	338	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	305.17/cwt	281.00–310.00	1,276	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	335.30/cwt	317.50–342.00	1,214	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,730	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	389	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	1,227.43/head	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,211	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	241.47/cwt	230.75–247.50	2,214	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	2,068	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	312.46/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,619	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	273	1,108.47/head	1,085.00–1,125.00	1,108	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	248.63/cwt	230.50–254.00	2,044	175

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 Sep 8, 2023

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

Receipts 2,563Last week 862Year ago 1,586

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
18	—	364	1,230.00–1,325.00	1,307.83
15	—	413	1,375.00–1,440.00	1,409.04
32	—	568	266.00–285.00	277.81
36	—	434	342.00–357.50	345.34
167	—	963	219.00–240.60	236.97
4	—	763	252.00	252.00
38	—	735	241.00–262.00	258.63
22	—	669	260.00–277.00	264.37
24	—	616	258.00–279.50	272.61
28	—	380	327.50–345.00	342.50
120	—	875	238.25–258.00	247.20
63	—	486	290.00–317.00	312.17
10	—	322	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,227.43
91	—	917	230.75–247.50	241.47
76	—	518	301.00–318.00	312.46
175	—	822	230.50–254.00	248.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	243.50	243.50
8	—	541	280.00	280.00
6	—	825	228.00	228.00
5	—	696	246.50	246.50
5	—	580	250.00	250.00
20	—	736	235.00	235.00
3	—	428	283.00	283.00
5	—	941	219.75	219.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	446	312.50–320.00	318.12
7	—	273	1,180.00	1,180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	684	230.00–250.50	246.64
7	—	925	175.00–192.00	182.36
5	—	341	1,100.00	1,100.00
22	—	368	1,125.00–1,330.00	1,221.41
161	—	825	228.50–248.50	231.18
15	—	720	234.00–247.00	242.76
8	—	577	260.50	260.50
49	—	468	285.00–304.00	296.32
756	—	766	240.00–246.25	245.58
69	—	511	265.00–290.00	282.99
74	—	418	281.00–310.00	305.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	819	224.00	224.00
9	—	534	215.00–260.00	239.79
25	—	771	194.00–220.00	205.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	346	357.00	357.00
3	—	243	925.00	925.00
3	—	338	1,075.00	1,075.00
24	—	362	317.50–342.00	335.30
7	—	273	1,085.00–1,125.00	1,108.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	389	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	443	316.00	316.00
35	—	351	1,520.00	1,520.00
12	—	300	1,400.00	1,400.00

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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