Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Precondition sale; 500-700 pound steers were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, 500-700 pound heifers mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. 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 $158.90/cwt on 619 head.

Average price

$158.90

619 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$339

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

$16.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.59

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	420	174.64	733	28
Medium and Large 1	678	158.16	1,073	591

One grade step is worth $16.48/cwt here — about −$339 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 sale619 hd

158.90

—

IA average10 barns · 6,420 hd

154.31

+4.59

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

23 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	—	397	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	655	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,113	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	159.63/cwt	157.00–166.00	768	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	158.13/cwt	154.50–162.00	811	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	136.02/cwt	130.00–139.50	989	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	145.39/cwt	143.00–150.00	835	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,045	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,233	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	183.92/cwt	177.00–189.00	866	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	180.03/cwt	170.00–185.00	938	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	168.32/cwt	168.00–169.00	818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	144.84/cwt	142.25–147.00	1,186	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	162.20/cwt	158.00–164.25	1,020	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	167.50/cwt	161.50–173.00	973	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	147.91/cwt	140.00–150.25	1,136	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	152.32/cwt	146.00–155.25	1,104	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	143.86/cwt	141.00–144.50	942	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	144.12/cwt	139.00–145.00	898	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	158.67/cwt	155.00–160.50	666	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	181.58/cwt	181.00–182.00	748	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 Jan 24, 2020

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

Receipts 1,114Last week 1,616Year ago 0

Compared to the last Precondition sale; 500-700 pound steers were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, 500-700 pound heifers mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Light offering of cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	397	165.00	165.00
17	—	799	139.25	139.25
33	—	481	157.00–166.00	159.63
47	—	513	154.50–162.00	158.13
57	—	727	130.00–139.50	136.02
71	—	574	143.00–150.00	145.39
77	—	655	141.00–144.50	143.86
92	—	623	139.00–145.00	144.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	420	155.00–160.50	158.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	282	183.00	183.00
12	—	486	168.00–169.00	168.32
3	—	337	172.00	172.00
3	—	395	178.00	178.00
7	—	412	181.00–182.00	181.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	659	158.50	158.50
18	—	900	137.00	137.00
20	—	471	177.00–189.00	183.92
50	—	521	170.00–185.00	180.03
37	—	819	142.25–147.00	144.84
90	—	629	158.00–164.25	162.20
100	—	581	161.50–173.00	167.50
118	—	768	140.00–150.25	147.91
142	—	725	146.00–155.25	152.32

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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