Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Western Iowa Precondition sale; 500-600 pound steers were 2.00-5.00 higher, 700 pound steers steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers, 600-700 pounds 2.00-5.00 lower. Moderate 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 $142.90/cwt on 975 head.

Average price

$142.90

975 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$9.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.66

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	143.01	912	964
Medium and Large 1-2	616	133.23	820	11thin

One grade step is worth $9.78/cwt here — about $92 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 sale975 hd

142.90

—

IA average15 barns · 11,374 hd

140.23

+2.66

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

30 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	—	380	156.63/cwt	148.00–161.00	595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	160.49/cwt	156.00–162.00	700	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	136.47/cwt	134.00–141.00	981	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,165	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	145.98/cwt	140.50–153.00	851	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	155.30/cwt	150.00–162.50	749	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	195.72/cwt	188.00–204.00	824	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	171.60/cwt	169.25–185.00	1,004	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	148.85/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,121	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	175.82/cwt	168.50–180.00	925	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	177.05/cwt	165.00–183.00	864	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	145.01/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,199	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	163.55/cwt	160.50–167.75	1,030	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,297	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	147.84/cwt	142.50–153.75	1,072	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	156.90/cwt	148.50–162.25	1,047	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	893	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,035	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	145.79/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,013	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	163.38/cwt	162.00–165.00	943	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	716	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	152.03/cwt	147.50–157.75	813	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	137.58/cwt	132.50–138.25	1,057	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	138.36/cwt	135.50–142.50	946	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	141.39/cwt	136.00–150.00	887	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	817	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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	380	148.00–161.00	156.63
18	—	436	156.00–162.00	160.49
24	—	719	134.00–141.00	136.47
38	—	863	135.00	135.00
49	—	583	140.50–153.00	145.98
54	—	482	150.00–162.50	155.30
133	—	535	147.50–157.75	152.03
135	—	768	132.50–138.25	137.58
144	—	684	135.50–142.50	138.36
360	—	627	136.00–150.00	141.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	644	127.50	127.50
6	—	592	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	210.00	210.00
8	—	421	188.00–204.00	195.72
22	—	585	169.25–185.00	171.60
35	—	753	146.00–150.00	148.85
49	—	526	168.50–180.00	175.82
56	—	488	165.00–183.00	177.05
99	—	827	142.00–147.00	145.01
114	—	630	160.50–167.75	163.55
130	—	863	150.25	150.25
136	—	725	142.50–153.75	147.84
193	—	667	148.50–162.25	156.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	171.00	171.00
3	—	623	140.00	140.00
4	—	538	166.00	166.00
4	—	784	132.00	132.00
34	—	695	145.00–146.00	145.79
35	—	577	162.00–165.00	163.38
37	—	468	153.00	153.00

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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