Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale; there is no comparison this week, as the previous sale was not Precondition. Heavy offering today of good quality cattle. Active trade, good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.44/cwt on 1,624 head.

Average price

$150.44

1,624 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$3.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.31

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	150.58	1,076	1,550
Medium and Large 1-2	668	147.43	985	74

One grade step is worth $3.15/cwt here — about $91 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 sale1,624 hd

150.44

—

IA average10 barns · 9,526 hd

153.75

−3.31

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

35 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	—	380	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	163.64/cwt	158.00–173.50	931	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	133.73/cwt	130.25–134.00	1,216	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	153.50/cwt	149.00–160.00	1,028	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	151.10/cwt	150.50–152.00	891	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	192.99/cwt	188.00–198.00	936	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	176.66/cwt	172.25–184.00	933	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	140.35/cwt	135.50–143.00	1,162	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	142.20/cwt	137.75–147.00	1,085	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	145.23/cwt	145.00–145.50	970	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,065	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	193.56/cwt	189.00–196.00	827	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	134.40/cwt	132.50–134.75	1,172	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	169.50/cwt	166.50–179.00	729	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	153.27/cwt	147.50–162.50	811	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	131.90/cwt	128.00–140.00	947	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	122.16/cwt	120.00–123.50	1,054	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	129.12/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,060	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	128.52/cwt	124.75–130.25	988	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	146.68/cwt	140.00–154.00	851	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	906	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	163.82/cwt	159.00–168.25	793	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	139.46/cwt	136.00–146.00	877	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	136.88/cwt	133.50–146.00	918	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	130.65/cwt	130.50–131.00	762	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	147.09/cwt	143.00–150.50	1,065	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	160.48/cwt	154.25–167.25	1,001	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	163.67/cwt	163.00–164.00	894	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	138.75/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,006	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

Fri Feb 21, 2020

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

Receipts 3,256Last week 541Year ago 0

Western Iowa Precondition sale; there is no comparison this week, as the previous sale was not Precondition. Heavy offering today of good quality cattle. Active trade, good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	193.00	193.00
58	—	569	158.00–173.50	163.64
94	—	909	130.25–134.00	133.73
252	—	670	149.00–160.00	153.50
33	—	485	188.00–198.00	192.99
74	—	528	172.25–184.00	176.66
210	—	828	135.50–143.00	140.35
320	—	763	137.75–147.00	142.20
11	—	427	189.00–196.00	193.56
63	—	872	132.50–134.75	134.40
174	—	724	143.00–150.50	147.09
256	—	624	154.25–167.25	160.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	170.00	170.00
6	—	933	122.50	122.50
10	—	590	150.50–152.00	151.10
6	—	475	181.00	181.00
9	—	668	145.00–145.50	145.23
14	—	798	133.50	133.50
4	—	638	146.00	146.00
9	—	546	163.00–164.00	163.67
12	—	725	136.00–140.00	138.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	430	166.50–179.00	169.50
130	—	529	147.50–162.50	153.27
192	—	718	128.00–140.00	131.90
8	—	863	120.00–123.50	122.16
90	—	821	125.00–130.00	129.12
155	—	769	124.75–130.25	128.52
289	—	580	140.00–154.00	146.68
7	—	397	179.00	179.00
53	—	484	159.00–168.25	163.82
149	—	629	136.00–146.00	139.46
253	—	671	133.50–146.00	136.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	442	158.00	158.00
20	—	719	126.00	126.00
10	—	583	130.50–131.00	130.65

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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