Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale; Compared to the last Precondition sale two weeks ago, 600-700 pound steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, 500-700 pound heifers were mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Moderate offering today. Active trade, good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.54/cwt on 953 head.

Average price

$146.54

953 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$187

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

$0.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

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	603	147.13	887	131
Medium and Large 1	733	146.44	1,074	822

One grade step is worth $0.69/cwt here — about −$187 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 sale953 hd

146.54

—

IA average10 barns · 5,277 hd

146.78

−0.24

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	—	494	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	122.92/cwt	118.00–124.25	1,017	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	132.67/cwt	128.00–139.50	906	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	650	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	6,175	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,083	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	136.69/cwt	133.50–141.50	860	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	140.76/cwt	139.00–144.00	818	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	727	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,018	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	126.00/cwt	122.50–135.50	906	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,213	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	135.54/cwt	130.25–138.25	1,120	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	896	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,118	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	960	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	155.06/cwt	146.00–160.00	814	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	163.26/cwt	156.00–167.50	960	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	158.35/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,002	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	151.72/cwt	143.50–157.75	1,018	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	139.00/cwt	133.00–151.00	809	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	113.50/cwt	110.50–118.50	1,157	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	148.64/cwt	145.50–154.25	1,097	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	141.91/cwt	133.50–146.50	1,103	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	934	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	755	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	148.17/cwt	143.00–155.00	760	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	128.70/cwt	123.75–131.50	1,003	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	645	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	6,837	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	750	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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	494	147.00	147.00
57	—	827	118.00–124.25	122.92
167	—	683	128.00–139.50	132.67
4	—	918	118.00	118.00
48	—	629	133.50–141.50	136.69
114	—	581	139.00–144.00	140.76
4	—	398	150.00	150.00
30	—	719	122.50–135.50	126.00
83	—	513	143.00–155.00	148.17
250	—	779	123.75–131.50	128.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	650	950.00	950.00
25	—	727	140.00	140.00
45	—	645	1,060.00	1,060.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	144.00	144.00
6	—	549	124.00	124.00
6	—	398	145.00	145.00
5	—	462	135.00	135.00
7	—	622	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	465	180.00	180.00
32	—	933	130.00	130.00
170	—	826	130.25–138.25	135.54
3	—	377	181.00	181.00
32	—	588	156.00–167.50	163.26
102	—	633	150.00–160.50	158.35
237	—	671	143.50–157.75	151.72
8	—	1,019	110.50–118.50	113.50
46	—	738	145.50–154.25	148.64
184	—	777	133.50–146.50	141.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	896	124.75	124.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	688	139.50	139.50
51	—	525	146.00–160.00	155.06
6	—	484	160.00–161.00	160.50
20	—	582	133.00–151.00	139.00
4	—	369	177.00	177.00
10	—	631	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	484	156.00	156.00

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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