Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the Precondition sale two weeks ago; steers and heifers 500-600 pounds were steady to sharply higher. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.52/cwt on 509 head.

Average price

$148.52

509 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.53

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	677	148.64	1,006	493
Medium and Large 1-2	561	144.81	812	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about $194 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 sale509 hd

148.52

—

IA average8 barns · 4,590 hd

138.99

+9.53

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

27 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	—	710	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	133.14/cwt	130.00–137.50	903	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	148.50/cwt	146.50–158.00	757	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	156.62/cwt	151.00–158.50	666	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	130.17/cwt	130.00–131.25	980	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	151.69/cwt	148.00–155.00	701	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,290	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	132.66/cwt	132.00–134.00	917	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	879	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	139.31/cwt	136.00–141.00	751	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	136.94/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,065	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	160.31/cwt	152.50–164.00	846	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	136.54/cwt	133.00–140.50	853	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	140.54/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,008	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	158.10/cwt	148.50–163.00	904	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	679	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	167.89/cwt	159.00–173.00	787	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,168	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	179.80/cwt	174.00–181.00	771	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	142.08/cwt	138.00–149.00	813	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,114	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	143.64/cwt	138.00–155.00	974	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	238	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	606	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	957	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	149.17/cwt	144.00–156.00	931	30

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 Nov 13, 2020

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

Receipts 942Last week 1,064Year ago 1,733

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	710	132.00	132.00
7	—	678	130.00–137.50	133.14
23	—	510	146.50–158.00	148.50
29	—	425	151.00–158.50	156.62
30	—	753	130.00–131.25	130.17
37	—	462	148.00–155.00	151.69
41	—	625	133.00–140.50	136.54
73	—	572	138.00–149.00	142.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	700	125.50	125.50
24	—	539	136.00–141.00	139.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	679	140.00	140.00
13	—	606	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	920	140.25	140.25
37	—	778	132.00–141.00	136.94
73	—	528	152.50–164.00	160.31
25	—	717	139.00–143.00	140.54
64	—	572	148.50–163.00	158.10
13	—	469	159.00–173.00	167.89
8	—	859	136.00	136.00
17	—	429	174.00–181.00	179.80
26	—	810	137.50	137.50
133	—	678	138.00–155.00	143.64
3	—	238	400.00	400.00
30	—	624	144.00–156.00	149.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	160.00	160.00
9	—	691	132.00–134.00	132.66
3	—	370	161.00	161.00

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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