Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday 600 pound steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 1.00-5.00 lower. Light offering of cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.44/cwt on 427 head.

Average price

$151.44

427 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$13.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	597	152.09	908	406
Medium and Large 1-2	508	138.86	705	21

One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $203 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 sale427 hd

151.44

—

IA average11 barns · 7,528 hd

147.93

+3.51

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

27 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 1-2	—	567	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	822	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	148.67/cwt	140.00–152.00	935	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	152.07/cwt	147.00–158.50	874	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	154.73/cwt	150.00–157.00	815	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	148.75/cwt	146.50–150.50	1,020	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	167.16/cwt	166.00–170.00	736	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	146.15/cwt	145.00–147.50	1,052	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	159.23/cwt	158.00–159.50	771	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	137.79/cwt	137.50–138.00	1,068	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	170.70/cwt	170.00–171.00	616	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	131.72/cwt	128.50–138.50	769	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	141.48/cwt	140.00–147.00	686	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	137.87/cwt	133.00–142.50	713	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	133.85/cwt	129.00–138.00	830	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	132.36/cwt	128.00–140.00	896	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	148.13/cwt	144.00–150.00	613	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	7

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 22, 2019

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

Receipts 861Last week 1,733Year ago 0

Compared to last Friday 600 pound steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 1.00-5.00 lower. Light offering of cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	145.00	145.00
3	—	527	143.00	143.00
4	—	489	131.00	131.00
4	—	603	137.00	137.00
7	—	430	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	629	140.00–152.00	148.67
62	—	575	147.00–158.50	152.07
54	—	527	150.00–157.00	154.73
50	—	686	146.50–150.50	148.75
36	—	440	166.00–170.00	167.16
35	—	720	145.00–147.50	146.15
17	—	484	158.00–159.50	159.23
12	—	775	137.50–138.00	137.79
10	—	361	170.00–171.00	170.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	124.00	124.00
5	—	429	136.50	136.50
4	—	471	133.00	133.00
3	—	610	127.00	127.00
3	—	515	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	584	128.50–138.50	131.72
69	—	485	140.00–147.00	141.48
56	—	517	133.00–142.50	137.87
41	—	620	129.00–138.00	133.85
24	—	677	128.00–140.00	132.36
10	—	414	144.00–150.00	148.13
5	—	751	130.00	130.00
4	—	333	151.00	151.00

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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