Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

70th Anniversary BBQ/Special Calf & Yearling Sale! There is no recent market coverage for comparison. Higher undertone throughout the sale. Trade was active with good demand for the heavy offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.75/cwt on 3,126 head.

Average price

$153.75

3,126 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$5.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.76

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	732	154.09	1,127	2,942
Medium and Large 1-2	651	148.24	965	184

One grade step is worth $5.85/cwt here — about $162 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 sale3,126 hd

153.75

—

IA average5 barns · 4,680 hd

147.99

+5.76

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

46 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	—	948	121.80/cwt	121.50–124.00	1,155	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	147.20/cwt	142.50–149.75	983	322
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	149.41/cwt	147.00–151.00	799	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	160.87/cwt	150.00–162.50	716	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	147.75/cwt	141.00–154.50	925	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	130.96/cwt	130.50–132.00	931	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	154.58/cwt	154.00–155.00	747	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	154.18/cwt	147.00–159.00	882	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	173.21/cwt	169.00–181.00	663	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	161.40/cwt	154.00–165.50	852	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	793	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,007	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	120.72/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,188	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	128.18/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,131	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	141.14/cwt	135.00–144.75	1,025	810
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	641	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,264	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	132.15/cwt	130.00–140.50	1,025	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	133.05/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,091	409
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	923	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	131.55/cwt	127.75–133.75	1,214	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	128.73/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,269	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	151.49/cwt	150.50–153.00	963	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	606	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	185.97/cwt	176.00–188.50	803	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	125.31/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,262	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	147.39/cwt	143.50–150.50	1,011	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	159.13/cwt	152.00–165.20	1,066	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	175.41/cwt	172.50–181.00	842	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	155.22/cwt	152.00–159.00	837	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	773	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	171.47/cwt	166.00–177.00	979	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	138.30/cwt	131.00–141.50	1,199	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	817	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,107	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,032	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	146.50/cwt	139.75–152.25	1,130	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	171.11/cwt	163.00–178.00	905	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,074	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	1,297	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,145	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	151.33/cwt	147.50–154.00	1,105	411
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	161.70/cwt	159.00–168.00	1,019	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	176.93/cwt	173.00–186.00	678	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,057	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	148.72/cwt	139.75–154.25	1,228	852

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 →

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70th Anniversary BBQ/Special Calf & Yearling Sale! There is no recent market coverage for comparison. Higher undertone throughout the sale. Trade was active with good demand for the heavy offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	948	121.50–124.00	121.80
322	—	668	142.50–149.75	147.20
36	—	445	150.00–162.50	160.87
318	—	626	141.00–154.50	147.75
29	—	483	154.00–155.00	154.58
247	—	572	147.00–159.00	154.18
29	—	383	169.00–181.00	173.21
187	—	528	154.00–165.50	161.40
10	—	984	120.00–122.50	120.72
150	—	882	123.00–131.00	128.18
810	—	726	135.00–144.75	141.14
9	—	1,160	109.00	109.00
123	—	776	130.00–140.50	132.15
409	—	820	128.00–135.00	133.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	535	147.00–151.00	149.41
10	—	711	130.50–132.00	130.96
5	—	390	160.00	160.00
3	—	592	135.00	135.00
22	—	679	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	793	127.00	127.00
4	—	641	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	923	127.75–133.75	131.55
103	—	986	121.00–130.00	128.73
121	—	432	176.00–188.50	185.97
60	—	1,007	122.00–130.00	125.31
325	—	670	152.00–165.20	159.13
62	—	480	172.50–181.00	175.41
338	—	571	166.00–177.00	171.47
74	—	867	131.00–141.50	138.30
338	—	771	139.75–152.25	146.50
89	—	529	163.00–178.00	171.11
8	—	1,074	120.75	120.75
411	—	730	147.50–154.00	151.33
99	—	630	159.00–168.00	161.70
11	—	383	173.00–186.00	176.93
852	—	826	139.75–154.25	148.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	636	150.50–153.00	151.49
5	—	401	151.00	151.00
40	—	686	143.50–150.50	147.39
5	—	555	159.00	159.00
42	—	539	152.00–159.00	155.22
7	—	483	160.00	160.00
9	—	737	140.00	140.00
10	—	824	139.00	139.00
14	—	777	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	817	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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