Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison this week, as last week was a Preconditioned sale. Light offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.52/cwt on 586 head.

Average price

$137.52

586 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$10.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.97

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	138.66	903	521
Medium and Large 1-2	561	128.31	720	65

One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about $183 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 sale586 hd

137.52

—

IA average11 barns · 5,252 hd

133.54

+3.97

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

40 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 1Unweaned	—	475	166.55/cwt	164.00–168.00	791	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	124.72/cwt	124.00–125.00	654	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	123.73/cwt	120.00–131.00	593	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	138.42/cwt	136.25–139.50	920	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	141.29/cwt	135.50–144.00	718	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	142.65/cwt	140.00–147.00	689	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	146.09/cwt	140.00–150.00	558	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	138.28/cwt	137.85–140.10	1,160	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	139.12/cwt	136.00–146.00	789	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	139.59/cwt	133.00–142.25	854	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	135.07/cwt	130.00–138.25	963	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	131.99/cwt	131.00–133.00	767	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	987	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,125	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	128.47/cwt	124.00–133.00	572	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	151.07/cwt	145.00–156.50	937	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	148.32/cwt	145.50–148.60	1,326	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	153.79/cwt	149.00–159.00	641	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,006	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,396	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	139.25/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,074	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	147.20/cwt	140.00–148.00	989	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.54/cwt	151.00–163.50	892	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,364	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	137.68/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,152	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	145.56/cwt	142.50–150.00	1,038	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	171.80/cwt	170.00–173.00	806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	170.27/cwt	162.00–177.00	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,138	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	849	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	683	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	837	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	536	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Dec 13, 2019

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

Receipts 1,261Last week 2,176Year ago 0

There is no comparison this week, as last week was a Preconditioned sale. Light offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	475	164.00–168.00	166.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	131.00	131.00
4	—	679	131.00	131.00
4	—	606	138.00	138.00
3	—	528	148.00	148.00
3	—	488	151.50	151.50
3	—	348	155.00	155.00
26	—	417	149.00–159.00	153.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	620	145.00–156.50	151.07
66	—	894	145.50–148.60	148.32
57	—	1,006	138.75	138.75
55	—	771	135.00–146.00	139.25
55	—	672	140.00–148.00	147.20
50	—	570	151.00–163.50	156.54
31	—	936	145.75	145.75
10	—	837	132.00–140.00	137.68
10	—	713	142.50–150.00	145.56
10	—	469	170.00–173.00	171.80
9	—	422	162.00–177.00	170.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	524	124.00–125.00	124.72
9	—	479	120.00–131.00	123.73
5	—	840	125.00	125.00
30	—	581	131.00–133.00	131.99
6	—	445	124.00–133.00	128.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	665	136.25–139.50	138.42
46	—	508	135.50–144.00	141.29
31	—	483	140.00–147.00	142.65
22	—	382	140.00–150.00	146.09
109	—	839	137.85–140.10	138.28
94	—	567	136.00–146.00	139.12
73	—	612	133.00–142.25	139.59
61	—	713	130.00–138.25	135.07
17	—	759	130.00	130.00
7	—	900	125.00	125.00
5	—	875	130.00	130.00
5	—	442	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	646	131.50	131.50
6	—	468	146.00	146.00
5	—	678	123.50	123.50
3	—	323	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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