Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. The market remained mostly steady. Supply included several load lots. Trading was active with good demand for the light offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.33/cwt on 738 head.

Average price

$145.33

738 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$26.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.84

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	151.34	1,015	573
Medium and Large 1-2	713	124.47	887	165

One grade step is worth $26.87/cwt here — about $128 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 sale738 hd

145.33

—

IA average4 barns · 1,525 hd

123.49

+21.84

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

34 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	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,052	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,064	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,096	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	602	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	128.16/cwt	128.00–129.00	920	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	137.20/cwt	135.75–139.00	926	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	131.28/cwt	125.50–133.50	1,143	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,164	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	123.50/cwt	123.25–124.50	1,212	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	144.02/cwt	137.50–147.00	886	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	135.35/cwt	131.00–137.25	1,107	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	143.02/cwt	134.50–143.50	772	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	654	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	152.10/cwt	148.50–154.50	794	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	138.96/cwt	138.00–139.75	1,006	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	922	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	129.69/cwt	129.00–131.00	766	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	127.12/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,054	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	152.98/cwt	144.00–159.00	710	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	148.24/cwt	145.00–151.00	872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	842	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	461	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	717	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	108.78/cwt	105.00–110.00	806	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	966	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	156.88/cwt	156.00–157.00	775	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	152.09/cwt	151.00–152.50	625	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	161.38/cwt	155.00–168.00	681	11

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 Oct 23, 2020

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

Receipts 1,386Last week 2,215Year ago 1,064

No recent market coverage for comparison. The market remained mostly steady. Supply included several load lots. Trading was active with good demand for the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	134.00	134.00
6	—	675	129.50	129.50
9	—	903	116.50	116.50
9	—	1,064	103.00	103.00
11	—	346	174.00	174.00
19	—	718	128.00–129.00	128.16
147	—	540	134.50–143.50	143.02
20	—	591	129.00–131.00	129.69
63	—	860	125.00	125.00
90	—	829	122.00–129.00	127.12
129	—	464	144.00–159.00	152.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	125.00	125.00
4	—	394	153.00	153.00
3	—	507	127.00	127.00
4	—	480	136.00	136.00
18	—	411	151.00–152.50	152.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	675	135.75–139.00	137.20
46	—	871	125.50–133.50	131.28
12	—	926	125.75	125.75
95	—	981	123.25–124.50	123.50
39	—	615	137.50–147.00	144.02
39	—	818	131.00–137.25	135.35
9	—	337	194.00	194.00
43	—	522	148.50–154.50	152.10
18	—	724	138.00–139.75	138.96
162	—	564	163.50	163.50
90	—	462	182.25	182.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	588	145.00–151.00	148.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	780	125.00	125.00
49	—	741	105.00–110.00	108.78
70	—	840	115.00	115.00
23	—	494	156.00–157.00	156.88
11	—	422	155.00–168.00	161.38

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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