Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trades were moderate to active today. There is no comparison, as there wasn't a sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.37/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$144.37

301 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$7.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.50

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	145.80	1,015	243
Medium and Large 1-2	650	138.39	900	58

One grade step is worth $7.40/cwt here — about $115 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 sale301 hd

144.37

—

IA average4 barns · 867 hd

123.87

+20.50

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

36 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	—	565	144.19/cwt	140.00–148.00	815	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	128.56/cwt	124.00–134.00	868	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	148.84/cwt	148.00–149.00	624	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,037	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	133.42/cwt	131.00–134.00	830	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	128.67/cwt	128.50–129.00	951	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	127.21/cwt	126.50–128.50	973	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,091	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	591	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	891	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,127	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,026	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	434	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	132.56/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,026	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	909	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	151.40/cwt	145.00–158.00	724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	143.32/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,049	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	131.48/cwt	130.50–132.00	1,076	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	156.46/cwt	151.00–160.00	907	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	171.16/cwt	169.50–176.00	816	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	942	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,184	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	175.14/cwt	170.00–178.00	645	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,028	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	864	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	948	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	598	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	783	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	431	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	108.82/cwt	107.00–110.00	947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	616	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	850	10

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 Jun 21, 2019

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

Receipts 639Last week 1,009Year ago 0

Trades were moderate to active today. There is no comparison, as there wasn't a sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	565	140.00–148.00	144.19
33	—	675	124.00–134.00	128.56
26	—	419	148.00–149.00	148.84
20	—	810	128.00	128.00
20	—	622	131.00–134.00	133.42
18	—	739	128.50–129.00	128.67
17	—	765	126.50–128.50	127.21
7	—	987	110.50	110.50
4	—	293	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	591	150.75	150.75
7	—	485	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	598	131.00	131.00
4	—	431	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	870	107.00–110.00	108.82
6	—	568	134.00	134.00
3	—	705	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	91.00	91.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	434	164.50	164.50
10	—	616	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	774	130.00–134.00	132.56
10	—	714	127.25	127.25
6	—	802	115.00	115.00
6	—	478	145.00–158.00	151.40
4	—	440	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	732	140.00–148.00	143.32
57	—	818	130.50–132.00	131.48
27	—	580	151.00–160.00	156.46
23	—	477	169.50–176.00	171.16
22	—	620	152.00	152.00
16	—	995	119.00	119.00
9	—	368	170.00–178.00	175.14
5	—	681	151.00	151.00
4	—	540	160.00	160.00
3	—	947	118.50	118.50
3	—	865	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	604	157.00	157.00

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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