Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, steer calves were steady, light heifer calves were steady to 4.00 higher. Heavy offerings of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.67/cwt on 923 head.

Average price

$148.67

923 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$15.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.94

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	152.04	1,027	728
Medium and Large 1-2	641	136.10	872	195

One grade step is worth $15.94/cwt here — about $155 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 sale923 hd

148.67

—

IA average7 barns · 3,317 hd

143.73

+4.94

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

51 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	—	675	145.09/cwt	135.00–148.00	979	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	154.88/cwt	153.00–160.00	880	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	173.72/cwt	165.00–178.00	804	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	751.45/cwt	690.00–775.00	3,194	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	705	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	136.13/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,029	80
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	731	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,112	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	141.61/cwt	138.00–142.25	810	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	151.67/cwt	141.00–155.00	639	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	483.42/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,407	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	541.24/cwt	500.00–575.00	1,705	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	123.78/cwt	123.50–124.00	1,036	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	139.87/cwt	139.00–145.00	670	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	175.17/cwt	166.00–183.00	730	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	150.28/cwt	149.25–151.25	1,099	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	157.13/cwt	150.00–162.00	841	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	625.07/cwt	550.00–650.00	2,069	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	820.61/cwt	790.00–830.00	3,799	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	150.96/cwt	146.00–155.50	646	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	125.96/cwt	124.00–135.00	814	41
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	695	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	144.00/cwt	143.75–144.50	1,179	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	439	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	611.56/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,336	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	3,497	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	138.89/cwt	135.00–143.75	863	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	136.65/cwt	130.00–137.75	1,037	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	152.99/cwt	149.00–157.00	785	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	923	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	752	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	576	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	143.09/cwt	132.00–145.25	743	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	766	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	721.94/cwt	680.00–740.00	2,794	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	138.76/cwt	132.50–140.00	1,209	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,259	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	145.10/cwt	140.00–149.50	905	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	147.36/cwt	141.75–152.25	1,136	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	138.42/cwt	133.00–141.00	713	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	653.10/cwt	605.00–670.00	2,691	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	158.95/cwt	154.00–160.00	725	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	136.55/cwt	134.50–136.80	1,116	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	139.69/cwt	135.00–140.50	947	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	601	6

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

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Compared to the last sale, steer calves were steady, light heifer calves were steady to 4.00 higher. Heavy offerings of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	675	135.00–148.00	145.09
60	—	568	153.00–160.00	154.88
135	—	463	165.00–178.00	173.72
97	—	425	690.00–775.00	751.45
20	—	417	166.00–183.00	175.17
57	—	731	149.25–151.25	150.28
118	—	535	150.00–162.00	157.13
66	—	331	550.00–650.00	625.07
139	—	463	790.00–830.00	820.61
15	—	819	143.75–144.50	144.00
101	—	387	680.00–740.00	721.94
177	—	871	132.50–140.00	138.76
68	—	926	136.00	136.00
35	—	624	140.00–149.50	145.10
18	—	771	141.75–152.25	147.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	125.00	125.00
16	—	557	125.00–128.00	126.49
80	—	756	136.00–138.00	136.13
15	—	428	146.00–155.50	150.96
41	—	646	124.00–135.00	125.96
30	—	519	132.00–145.25	143.09
9	—	491	156.00	156.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	116.00	116.00
6	—	510	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	92.00	92.00
5	—	923	81.50	81.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	869	128.00	128.00
27	—	572	138.00–142.25	141.61
60	—	421	141.00–155.00	151.67
9	—	291	470.00–490.00	483.42
60	—	315	500.00–575.00	541.24
170	—	382	575.00–620.00	611.56
25	—	479	730.00	730.00
84	—	621	135.00–143.75	138.89
29	—	759	130.00–137.75	136.65
24	—	513	149.00–157.00	152.99
47	—	412	605.00–670.00	653.10
119	—	456	154.00–160.00	158.95
46	—	817	134.50–136.80	136.55
26	—	678	135.00–140.50	139.69
6	—	398	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	129.00	129.00
9	—	837	123.50–124.00	123.78
64	—	479	139.00–145.00	139.87
11	—	335	131.00	131.00
3	—	775	120.00	120.00
53	—	515	133.00–141.00	138.42
4	—	744	128.00	128.00
3	—	418	138.00	138.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	626	111.00	111.00
3	—	663	116.00	116.00

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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