Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison as last week was a Western Iowa Precondition sale. Light offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.65/cwt on 347 head.

Average price

$147.65

347 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$281

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

$4.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.67

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	150.95	792	106
Medium and Large 1	734	146.21	1,073	241

One grade step is worth $4.74/cwt here — about −$281 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 sale347 hd

147.65

—

IA average7 barns · 5,034 hd

143.98

+3.67

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	733	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	130.67/cwt	128.00–134.50	635	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	143.47/cwt	139.00–148.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	150.78/cwt	148.00–156.00	567	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	138.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	606	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	974	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	140.32/cwt	137.00–143.00	734	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	131.91/cwt	127.50–136.00	900	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	142.00/cwt	140.75–143.25	1,173	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	137.80/cwt	137.80–137.80	1,178	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	139.06/cwt	137.00–142.50	793	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	831	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	138.54/cwt	136.00–141.00	526	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	133.87/cwt	129.00–135.00	675	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,379	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,249	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	145.42/cwt	144.50–146.00	1,197	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	138.56/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,005	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	161.73/cwt	160.00–163.00	833	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	144.74/cwt	144.00–147.50	906	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	145.69/cwt	144.50–146.00	986	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	138.06/cwt	134.50–145.50	1,069	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	149.75/cwt	144.25–151.00	876	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,034	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,422	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,167	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	166.81/cwt	166.00–168.00	544	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	662	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	161.25/cwt	161.25–161.25	763	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	809	51
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	911	13

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 Nov 1, 2019

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

Receipts 780Last week 1,064Year ago 0

No comparison as last week was a Western Iowa Precondition sale. Light offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	539	136.00	136.00
10	—	486	128.00–134.50	130.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	139.00–148.00	143.47
6	—	649	137.50	137.50
11	—	376	148.00–156.00	150.78
15	—	438	135.00–140.00	138.37
18	—	716	136.00	136.00
20	—	523	137.00–143.00	140.32
22	—	682	127.50–136.00	131.91
27	—	826	140.75–143.25	142.00
27	—	855	137.80	137.80
50	—	570	137.00–142.50	139.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	639	130.00	130.00
18	—	380	136.00–141.00	138.54
80	—	504	129.00–135.00	133.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	142.50	142.50
6	—	863	144.75	144.75
7	—	448	171.50	171.50
8	—	823	144.50–146.00	145.42
11	—	725	138.00–139.00	138.56
12	—	476	173.50	173.50
14	—	515	160.00–163.00	161.73
28	—	626	144.00–147.50	144.74
30	—	677	144.50–146.00	145.69
30	—	774	134.50–145.50	138.06
40	—	585	144.25–151.00	149.75
52	—	1,034	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	145.00	145.00
3	—	785	128.00	128.00
3	—	908	128.50	128.50
7	—	326	166.00–168.00	166.81
10	—	387	171.00	171.00
29	—	473	161.25	161.25
51	—	570	142.00	142.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	792	115.00	115.00

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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