Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special calf & yearling sale. There is no comparison as the previous sale was Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the light offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.25/cwt on 686 head.

Average price

$140.25

686 head · 810 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$318

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

$6.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

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	561	146.75	823	14thin
Medium and Large 1	815	140.12	1,142	672

One grade step is worth $6.63/cwt here — about −$318 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 sale686 hd

140.25

—

IA average11 barns · 8,155 hd

142.32

−2.06

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

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	129.70/cwt	129.50–130.25	853	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,133	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	155.64/cwt	150.00–157.00	923	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	149.30/cwt	149.00–149.75	715	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	133.74/cwt	130.50–134.50	988	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	196.04/cwt	189.00–202.00	627	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	128.63/cwt	122.50–129.00	1,266	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	307	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	837	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	138.54/cwt	131.00–144.25	877	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	156.56/cwt	150.00–158.00	949	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,061	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	153.09/cwt	152.50–154.00	669	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	140.24/cwt	135.00–144.00	829	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	137.17/cwt	133.00–143.50	1,007	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	171.90/cwt	170.00–175.00	756	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	120.10/cwt	117.50–123.75	1,236	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.50	1,081	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	134.85/cwt	134.85–134.85	1,216	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,179	307
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	155.94/cwt	155.25–157.00	734	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	130.49/cwt	128.50–134.00	1,144	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	141.62/cwt	138.00–143.50	956	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,117	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.53/cwt	125.00–134.75	879	37

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 Dec 11, 2020

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

Receipts 1,257Last week 2,624Year ago 1,261

Special calf & yearling sale. There is no comparison as the previous sale was Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the light offerings. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	186.00	186.00
3	—	465	152.00	152.00
23	—	658	129.50–130.25	129.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	180.00	180.00
4	—	700	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	110.00	110.00
198	—	739	130.50–134.50	133.74
99	—	633	131.00–144.25	138.54
13	—	437	152.50–154.00	153.09
17	—	591	135.00–144.00	140.24
10	—	471	155.25–157.00	155.94
25	—	876	127.50	127.50
37	—	668	125.00–134.75	131.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	479	149.00–149.75	149.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	683	121.00	121.00
6	—	578	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	158.00	158.00
20	—	593	150.00–157.00	155.64
7	—	320	189.00–202.00	196.04
68	—	984	122.50–129.00	128.63
39	—	606	150.00–158.00	156.56
4	—	1,061	117.25	117.25
19	—	734	133.00–143.50	137.17
16	—	440	170.00–175.00	171.90
22	—	1,029	117.50–123.75	120.10
64	—	769	140.00–141.50	140.51
47	—	902	134.85	134.85
307	—	844	139.75	139.75
27	—	877	128.50–134.00	130.49
24	—	675	138.00–143.50	141.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	145.00	145.00
7	—	545	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	657	136.00	136.00

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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