Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison. Moderate offering with quality cattle and good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.92/cwt on 598 head.

Average price

$148.92

598 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$16.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.32

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	150.13	1,027	554
Medium and Large 1-2	704	133.76	941	44

One grade step is worth $16.37/cwt here — about $85 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 sale598 hd

148.92

—

IA average6 barns · 5,495 hd

149.24

−0.32

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

37 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 1-2	—	624	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	166.83/cwt	164.50–169.00	804	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	149.56/cwt	146.50–153.50	1,084	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,084	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,110	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	125.16/cwt	123.00–125.50	1,024	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	181.79/cwt	179.00–184.00	667	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	138.56/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,212	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	301	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	461	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	603	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	155.50/cwt	151.00–165.00	989	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	745	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	124.03/cwt	120.00–127.00	893	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	145.76/cwt	140.00–150.00	615	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	132.04/cwt	127.50–133.50	1,200	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	140.66/cwt	131.00–146.00	864	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	116.95/cwt	116.00–117.50	1,084	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	984	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	935	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	145.26/cwt	140.00–150.00	670	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	149.70/cwt	139.00–152.00	1,022	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	155.74/cwt	153.00–164.00	861	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	164.31/cwt	162.50–177.00	688	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	793	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	152.48/cwt	149.00–160.00	552	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	132.32/cwt	126.00–138.00	754	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	157.58/cwt	150.00–165.50	807	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	140.25/cwt	132.50–140.50	1,105	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,261	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.

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There is no comparison. Moderate offering with quality cattle and good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	624	121.00	121.00
3	—	567	116.00	116.00
6	—	496	132.00	132.00
7	—	535	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	895	124.00	124.00
23	—	818	123.00–125.50	125.16
6	—	631	137.00	137.00
19	—	301	153.00	153.00
5	—	266	400.00	400.00
18	—	720	120.00–127.00	124.03
31	—	422	140.00–150.00	145.76
11	—	927	116.00–117.50	116.95
25	—	789	124.75	124.75
14	—	695	134.50	134.50
26	—	461	140.00–150.00	145.26
16	—	362	149.00–160.00	152.48
27	—	570	126.00–138.00	132.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	482	164.50–169.00	166.83
71	—	725	146.50–153.50	149.56
24	—	367	179.00–184.00	181.79
64	—	875	137.00–139.00	138.56
15	—	319	189.00	189.00
54	—	636	151.00–165.00	155.50
76	—	909	127.50–133.50	132.04
31	—	683	139.00–152.00	149.70
12	—	553	153.00–164.00	155.74
52	—	419	162.50–177.00	164.31
36	—	512	150.00–165.50	157.58
95	—	788	132.50–140.50	140.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	803	135.00	135.00
6	—	1,033	112.00	112.00
4	—	336	131.00	131.00
17	—	614	131.00–146.00	140.66
3	—	583	136.00	136.00
3	—	238	530.00	530.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	512	145.50	145.50
3	—	403	166.00	166.00

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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