Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. There is no comparison as last week was not Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.17/cwt on 1,452 head.

Average price

$150.17

1,452 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$5.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.41

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	717	150.41	1,079	1,389
Medium and Large 1-2	670	144.80	970	63

One grade step is worth $5.61/cwt here — about $109 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 sale1,452 hd

150.17

—

IA average9 barns · 6,177 hd

141.75

+8.41

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

36 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	—	477	177.42/cwt	171.00–181.00	846	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	142.88/cwt	134.00–144.60	1,239	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	620	148.23/cwt	148.00–148.50	919	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	178.34/cwt	175.50–181.00	947	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	168.18/cwt	160.00–177.00	959	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	159.57/cwt	154.00–163.50	994	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	148.08/cwt	145.00–153.75	1,057	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	140.76/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,085	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	152.61/cwt	149.50–156.75	1,030	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	153.07/cwt	149.00–161.00	866	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,024	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,107	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,178	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	172.00/cwt	169.00–174.00	717	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	153.95/cwt	148.00–160.50	819	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	165.16/cwt	161.50–171.00	785	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,177	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	194.62/cwt	194.50–195.00	759	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,243	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	137.84/cwt	133.00–141.50	866	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	135.58/cwt	131.50–138.00	975	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	131.44/cwt	130.00–133.30	1,007	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	133.91/cwt	128.00–136.50	909	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	141.87/cwt	134.75–144.50	1,155	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	162.78/cwt	160.00–168.00	623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	894	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	138.84/cwt	129.00–144.00	809	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	159.75/cwt	158.50–161.00	869	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	129.43/cwt	128.50–130.00	1,147	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	142.08/cwt	139.00–147.50	958	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	153.15/cwt	152.00–157.00	764	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	145.58/cwt	143.50–151.00	901	23

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 2,679Last week 1,257Year ago 3,126

Western Iowa Precondition sale. There is no comparison as last week was not Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	477	171.00–181.00	177.42
53	—	867	134.00–144.60	142.88
73	—	531	175.50–181.00	178.34
102	—	570	160.00–177.00	168.18
102	—	623	154.00–163.50	159.57
171	—	714	145.00–153.75	148.08
247	—	771	135.00–145.00	140.76
250	—	675	149.50–156.75	152.61
8	—	973	121.00	121.00
13	—	390	194.50–195.00	194.62
14	—	914	136.00	136.00
335	—	814	134.75–144.50	141.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	180.00	180.00
8	—	544	158.50–161.00	159.75
13	—	886	128.50–130.00	129.43
16	—	674	139.00–147.50	142.08
23	—	619	143.50–151.00	145.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	620	148.00–148.50	148.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	566	149.00–161.00	153.07
8	—	813	126.00	126.00
9	—	889	124.50	124.50
10	—	1,052	112.00	112.00
25	—	417	169.00–174.00	172.00
50	—	532	148.00–160.50	153.95
78	—	475	161.50–171.00	165.16
123	—	628	133.00–141.50	137.84
154	—	719	131.50–138.00	135.58
170	—	766	130.00–133.30	131.44
208	—	679	128.00–136.50	133.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	150.00	150.00
3	—	525	142.00	142.00
3	—	602	130.00	130.00
8	—	383	160.00–168.00	162.78
9	—	718	124.50	124.50
38	—	583	129.00–144.00	138.84
13	—	499	152.00–157.00	153.15

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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