Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited numbers today at the Special calf/yearling sale. Compared to last week 800-900 pound steers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower, 500-600 pound heifers were 1.00-3.00 lower. Light offering was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.95/cwt on 310 head.

Average price

$142.95

310 head · 763 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$4.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.12

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	763	143.38	1,093	282
Medium and Large 1-2	765	138.63	1,061	28

One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $33 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 sale310 hd

142.95

—

IA average9 barns · 7,492 hd

151.07

−8.12

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

28 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 1	—	269	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	138.32/cwt	136.00–139.25	1,076	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	173.82/cwt	170.50–176.50	900	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,202	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,362	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	143.03/cwt	140.00–145.00	974	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	148.07/cwt	143.50–156.00	924	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,145	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	162.69/cwt	157.00–165.00	931	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	145.72/cwt	138.50–148.50	1,021	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,154	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	165.11/cwt	164.50–166.00	786	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	157.37/cwt	152.00–164.00	748	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,197	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	159.91/cwt	153.00–167.00	660	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	617	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	134.12/cwt	131.00–139.00	897	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	145.55/cwt	143.00–147.50	825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	952	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	134.44/cwt	130.50–136.50	854	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	121.70/cwt	121.50–124.00	960	49

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	269	202.00	202.00
17	—	778	136.00–139.25	138.32
30	—	518	170.50–176.50	173.82
55	—	909	132.25	132.25
3	—	392	191.00	191.00
13	—	681	140.00–145.00	143.03
26	—	624	143.50–156.00	148.07
55	—	837	136.75	136.75
10	—	572	157.00–165.00	162.69
18	—	701	138.50–148.50	145.72
51	—	874	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,147	118.75	118.75
7	—	707	127.00	127.00
3	—	847	130.50	130.50
10	—	476	164.50–166.00	165.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	336	168.00	168.00
10	—	548	149.50	149.50
23	—	475	152.00–164.00	157.37
6	—	413	153.00–167.00	159.91
8	—	367	168.00	168.00
15	—	669	131.00–139.00	134.12
3	—	756	126.25	126.25
7	—	567	143.00–147.50	145.55
11	—	738	129.00	129.00
32	—	635	130.50–136.50	134.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,041	115.00	115.00
3	—	437	150.00	150.00
49	—	789	121.50–124.00	121.70

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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