Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no recent market coverage for comparison today. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.48/cwt on 892 head.

Average price

$153.48

892 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$3.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.57

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	153.54	1,106	876
Medium and Large 1-2	601	150.37	903	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.17/cwt here — about $203 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 sale892 hd

153.48

—

IA average5 barns · 2,493 hd

138.91

+14.57

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	—	839	142.08/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,192	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,260	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	162.94/cwt	154.00–165.00	930	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	184.89/cwt	179.00–195.00	799	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	145.12/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,132	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	148.49/cwt	147.00–150.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	184.69/cwt	180.00–190.00	663	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	155.16/cwt	145.00–157.75	1,116	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	168.32/cwt	163.00–174.00	862	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	138.73/cwt	128.00–139.50	1,256	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	139.28/cwt	130.00–141.75	1,219	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	159.58/cwt	152.00–161.50	981	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	189.82/cwt	184.00–194.00	867	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	158.80/cwt	149.00–161.00	1,078	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	155.03/cwt	148.00–158.00	752	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	145.00/cwt	140.00–150.00	837	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	133.55/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,055	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	722	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	138.06/cwt	130.00–140.25	998	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	180.11/cwt	177.00–182.00	647	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	140.18/cwt	135.00–141.85	943	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,071	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,082	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	146.22/cwt	141.00–152.00	890	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	137.51/cwt	136.00–138.00	873	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	109.25/cwt	109.25–109.25	994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	146.04/cwt	141.00–150.00	764	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	150.61/cwt	150.00–151.00	634	8

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 Aug 28, 2020

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

Receipts 1,842Last week 6,615Year ago 0

There is no recent market coverage for comparison today. Trade was active with good demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	839	138.00–143.00	142.08
9	—	1,068	118.00	118.00
42	—	571	154.00–165.00	162.94
14	—	432	179.00–195.00	184.89
88	—	780	140.00–149.50	145.12
13	—	359	180.00–190.00	184.69
237	—	719	145.00–157.75	155.16
3	—	970	121.00	121.00
40	—	512	163.00–174.00	168.32
123	—	905	128.00–139.50	138.73
37	—	875	130.00–141.75	139.28
99	—	615	152.00–161.50	159.58
22	—	457	184.00–194.00	189.82
96	—	679	149.00–161.00	158.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	168.00	168.00
6	—	578	147.00–150.00	148.49
6	—	725	140.00–141.00	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	485	148.00–158.00	155.03
39	—	577	140.00–150.00	145.00
108	—	790	133.00–134.00	133.55
17	—	430	168.00	168.00
81	—	723	130.00–140.25	138.06
11	—	359	177.00–182.00	180.11
76	—	673	135.00–141.85	140.18
10	—	1,071	101.00	101.00
57	—	609	141.00–152.00	146.22
6	—	910	109.25	109.25
49	—	523	141.00–150.00	146.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	384	156.00	156.00
16	—	635	136.00–138.00	137.51
8	—	421	150.00–151.00	150.61

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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