Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special calf/yearling sale; there is no comparison this week, as the last sale was Precondition. Moderate offering of cattle was met with good demand today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.62/cwt on 996 head.

Average price

$149.62

996 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$254

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

$0.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

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	542	150.40	816	79
Medium and Large 1	716	149.56	1,070	917

One grade step is worth $0.84/cwt here — about −$254 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 sale996 hd

149.62

—

IA average8 barns · 8,159 hd

152.28

−2.65

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

37 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	—	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,089	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	148.67/cwt	142.00–153.00	769	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,000	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	131.15/cwt	130.00–134.00	892	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,207	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,148	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	172.62/cwt	165.50–178.00	917	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	133.12/cwt	129.00–133.75	1,171	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	159.66/cwt	159.00–161.00	824	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	163.85/cwt	155.00–168.50	949	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	157.77/cwt	148.50–164.00	992	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	144.29/cwt	139.00–146.00	1,133	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	154.82/cwt	145.00–156.50	1,057	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	134.34/cwt	129.50–136.00	971	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	874	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	155.40/cwt	155.00–156.00	752	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,036	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	138.74/cwt	137.00–141.00	849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	149.06/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,055	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	130.58/cwt	125.00–135.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	128.09/cwt	125.50–130.00	1,053	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	143.93/cwt	135.00–146.50	828	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	136.50/cwt	130.00–138.50	872	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	545	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	741	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	127.13/cwt	126.00–127.25	847	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	774	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	968	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	443	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	772	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,034	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	861	9

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 31, 2020

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

Receipts 1,954Last week 1,114Year ago 0

Special calf/yearling sale; there is no comparison this week, as the last sale was Precondition. Moderate offering of cattle was met with good demand today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	250	160.00	160.00
4	—	868	125.50	125.50
10	—	488	157.00	157.00
18	—	517	142.00–153.00	148.67
28	—	752	133.00	133.00
31	—	680	130.00–134.00	131.15
248	—	723	129.50–136.00	134.34
48	—	822	125.50–130.00	128.09
91	—	575	135.00–146.50	143.93
124	—	639	130.00–138.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	131.00	131.00
3	—	570	125.00	125.00
7	—	528	125.00–135.00	130.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	143.50	143.50
5	—	443	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	545	136.00	136.00
64	—	666	126.00–127.25	127.13
42	—	774	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	947	127.50	127.50
10	—	832	138.00	138.00
14	—	531	165.50–178.00	172.62
71	—	880	129.00–133.75	133.12
77	—	579	155.00–168.50	163.85
103	—	629	148.50–164.00	157.77
233	—	785	139.00–146.00	144.29
256	—	683	145.00–156.50	154.82
4	—	453	179.00	179.00
62	—	708	139.00–153.00	149.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	516	159.00–161.00	159.66
9	—	667	131.00	131.00
42	—	484	155.00–156.00	155.40
5	—	797	130.00	130.00
7	—	612	137.00–141.00	138.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	710	135.00	135.00
9	—	614	144.00	144.00
56	—	772	134.00	134.00
9	—	586	147.00	147.00

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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