Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison this week, as the last sale was not Precondition. Heavy offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.32/cwt on 1,891 head.

Average price

$154.32

1,891 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$10.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.09

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	155.34	1,092	1,706
Medium and Large 1-2	691	144.95	1,002	185

One grade step is worth $10.39/cwt here — about $90 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 sale1,891 hd

154.32

—

IA average11 barns · 8,542 hd

152.23

+2.09

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

44 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 1Fancy	—	714	158.30/cwt	158.30–158.30	1,130	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,031	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,166	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,288	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	169.87/cwt	163.00–173.00	627	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	168.68/cwt	162.00–172.50	796	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	123.95/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,011	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	137.96/cwt	135.00–142.00	861	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	151.50/cwt	144.50–156.00	801	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	193.01/cwt	189.00–196.00	813	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	196.75/cwt	190.00–199.00	740	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,237	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	183.67/cwt	180.00–187.00	885	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	168.22/cwt	162.00–177.00	971	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	159.20/cwt	153.00–166.50	1,065	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	138.15/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,206	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,042	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,262	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	139.71/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,136	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	164.47/cwt	156.00–169.25	1,033	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	143.55/cwt	138.25–149.75	1,107	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	145.43/cwt	136.00–156.50	861	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	146.01/cwt	137.00–148.25	999	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	134.28/cwt	134.00–134.50	1,031	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	177.92/cwt	170.00–187.50	939	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	154.62/cwt	153.00–155.00	730	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	132.31/cwt	125.00–137.50	945	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	131.17/cwt	123.00–134.25	996	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	162.65/cwt	158.00–167.00	872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	143.17/cwt	140.00–149.00	901	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	152.38/cwt	144.00–155.75	1,105	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	157.38/cwt	153.00–162.00	677	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	145.55/cwt	140.00–151.00	844	336
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	135.72/cwt	129.50–141.50	915	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	126.28/cwt	123.00–128.50	784	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	658	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	999	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	559	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	861	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	604	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	927	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	729	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,114	12

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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There is no comparison this week, as the last sale was not Precondition. Heavy offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	714	158.30	158.30
52	—	602	171.25	171.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	421	189.00–196.00	193.01
20	—	376	190.00–199.00	196.75
43	—	935	132.25	132.25
53	—	482	180.00–187.00	183.67
94	—	577	162.00–177.00	168.22
109	—	669	153.00–166.50	159.20
80	—	873	135.00–140.00	138.15
122	—	813	132.00–143.00	139.71
203	—	628	156.00–169.25	164.47
4	—	1,052	137.25	137.25
335	—	771	138.25–149.75	143.55
65	—	528	170.00–187.50	177.92
332	—	725	144.00–155.75	152.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	498	166.00	166.00
3	—	967	122.00	122.00
12	—	744	140.00	140.00
12	—	1,030	122.50	122.50
14	—	592	136.00–156.50	145.43
106	—	684	137.00–148.25	146.01
4	—	421	179.00	179.00
9	—	768	134.00–134.50	134.28
11	—	536	158.00–167.00	162.65
11	—	629	140.00–149.00	143.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,166	110.50	110.50
23	—	369	163.00–173.00	169.87
47	—	472	162.00–172.50	168.68
64	—	816	120.00–125.00	123.95
89	—	624	135.00–142.00	137.96
95	—	529	144.50–156.00	151.50
140	—	714	125.00–137.50	132.31
267	—	759	123.00–134.25	131.17
336	—	580	140.00–151.00	145.55
354	—	674	129.50–141.50	135.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	472	153.00–155.00	154.62
3	—	327	161.00	161.00
4	—	268	169.00	169.00
48	—	430	153.00–162.00	157.38
13	—	621	123.00–128.50	126.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	658	151.75	151.75
43	—	559	154.00	154.00
12	—	604	153.50	153.50
12	—	729	152.75	152.75

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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