Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, heifers were mostly steady, 500-700 pound steer cattle were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Light offering today. As the COVID-19 restrictions are eased this week, the crowd was light but demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.71/cwt on 556 head.

Average price

$131.71

556 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$299

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

$10.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.50

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	417	142.40	594	10thin
Medium and Large 1	679	131.52	893	546

One grade step is worth $10.88/cwt here — about −$299 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 sale556 hd

131.71

—

IA average4 barns · 3,569 hd

137.21

−5.50

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

31 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	—	731	134.30/cwt	131.00–138.00	982	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	159.54/cwt	157.50–167.00	941	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	188.39/cwt	186.00–190.00	831	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	143.59/cwt	140.00–150.00	984	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	132.16/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,104	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,063	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	138.37/cwt	130.00–145.50	1,072	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,095	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	182.60/cwt	180.00–195.00	847	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	123.31/cwt	116.00–126.25	1,127	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	200.23/cwt	197.00–204.00	769	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	171.84/cwt	167.50–179.00	883	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	149.31/cwt	146.00–155.50	800	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	124.79/cwt	122.00–128.50	955	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	709	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	961	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	133.90/cwt	129.50–135.25	854	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	127.84/cwt	123.00–130.00	929	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	156.03/cwt	155.00–162.00	646	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.86/cwt	130.00–136.00	881	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	107.57/cwt	107.50–108.00	985	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	108.62/cwt	104.00–111.00	942	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	151.68/cwt	148.00–160.00	711	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	141.40/cwt	134.00–147.00	809	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,121	108.25/cwt	108.25–108.25	1,213	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	154.10/cwt	150.50–157.00	955	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	987	16

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 May 29, 2020

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

Receipts 1,212Last week 2,120Year ago 1,009

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	731	131.00–138.00	134.30
44	—	590	157.50–167.00	159.54
10	—	441	186.00–190.00	188.39
39	—	685	140.00–150.00	143.59
7	—	835	130.00–135.00	132.16
27	—	850	125.00	125.00
94	—	775	130.00–145.50	138.37
6	—	982	111.50	111.50
23	—	464	180.00–195.00	182.60
80	—	914	116.00–126.25	123.31
18	—	384	197.00–204.00	200.23
68	—	514	167.50–179.00	171.84
15	—	1,121	108.25	108.25
53	—	620	150.50–157.00	154.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	161.00	161.00
3	—	470	170.00	170.00
16	—	771	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	536	146.00–155.50	149.31
42	—	765	122.00–128.50	124.79
36	—	638	129.50–135.25	133.90
132	—	727	123.00–130.00	127.84
28	—	414	155.00–162.00	156.03
70	—	668	130.00–136.00	131.86
23	—	916	107.50–108.00	107.57
66	—	867	104.00–111.00	108.62
20	—	469	148.00–160.00	151.68
63	—	572	134.00–147.00	141.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	303	151.00	151.00
4	—	430	137.00	137.00
3	—	513	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	709	135.50	135.50

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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