Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect an accurate trend as last week was the Thanksgiving holiday. Moderate offering of quality cattle was offered today at this Western Iowa Precondition sale. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.26/cwt on 1,085 head.

Average price

$152.26

1,085 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$6.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.94

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	152.82	1,007	990
Medium and Large 1-2	601	146.37	880	95

One grade step is worth $6.45/cwt here — about $127 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 sale1,085 hd

152.26

—

IA average11 barns · 11,862 hd

148.32

+3.94

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

38 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	—	726	136.98/cwt	133.00–141.00	994	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	145.50/cwt	139.00–151.50	909	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	141.81/cwt	141.00–143.00	617	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	130.73/cwt	130.00–131.00	929	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	148.64/cwt	143.00–153.00	859	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	136.05/cwt	130.00–143.00	918	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	127.15/cwt	126.00–128.00	870	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	657	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	995	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	158.16/cwt	147.00–162.00	593	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	133.56/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,018	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	145.26/cwt	143.00–150.00	691	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	154.71/cwt	146.00–159.50	648	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,211	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	143.31/cwt	140.00–148.75	1,108	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	138.18/cwt	135.00–140.00	808	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	147.02/cwt	139.00–150.50	779	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	143.77/cwt	132.00–147.00	995	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	147.68/cwt	140.00–152.00	839	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	156.54/cwt	147.00–161.00	980	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	155.54/cwt	150.00–164.50	1,050	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	140.81/cwt	131.50–144.75	1,145	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	161.51/cwt	156.50–168.00	854	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	151.42/cwt	150.00–152.00	742	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	172.39/cwt	165.00–180.50	738	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,241	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	142.69/cwt	138.50–148.00	1,023	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	168.75/cwt	161.00–174.50	776	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,181	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,308	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	158.73/cwt	155.00–162.00	916	182

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 Dec 6, 2019

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

Receipts 2,176Last week 861Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	726	133.00–141.00	136.98
93	—	625	139.00–151.50	145.50
118	—	578	143.00–153.00	148.64
168	—	675	130.00–143.00	136.05
3	—	823	124.00	124.00
6	—	283	160.00	160.00
11	—	375	147.00–162.00	158.16
39	—	762	130.00–139.00	133.56
42	—	476	143.00–150.00	145.26
45	—	419	146.00–159.50	154.71
177	—	530	139.00–150.50	147.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	435	141.00–143.00	141.81
15	—	711	130.00–131.00	130.73
6	—	377	140.00–141.00	140.50
7	—	684	126.00–128.00	127.15
30	—	585	135.00–140.00	138.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	657	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	759	133.00	133.00
5	—	417	155.00	155.00
4	—	325	165.00	165.00
3	—	518	150.00	150.00
39	—	692	132.00–147.00	143.77
25	—	568	140.00–152.00	147.68
10	—	490	150.00–152.00	151.42
5	—	607	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	865	140.00	140.00
179	—	773	140.00–148.75	143.31
150	—	626	147.00–161.00	156.54
120	—	675	150.00–164.50	155.54
89	—	813	131.50–144.75	140.81
85	—	529	156.50–168.00	161.51
37	—	428	165.00–180.50	172.39
10	—	940	132.00	132.00
84	—	717	138.50–148.00	142.69
43	—	460	161.00–174.50	168.75
5	—	1,181	118.75	118.75
3	—	995	131.50	131.50
182	—	577	155.00–162.00	158.73

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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