Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week steers 400-700 pounds were mostly steady to 4.00 lower, heavier steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers 400-700 pounds were mostly 1.00-5.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.97/cwt on 2,034 head.

Average price

$139.97

2,034 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

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

$0.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.12

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	622	140.40	873	115
Medium and Large 1	740	139.95	1,036	1,919

One grade step is worth $0.45/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale2,034 hd

139.97

—

IA average17 barns · 19,366 hd

142.09

−2.12

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

43 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	—	728	139.31/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,014	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	124.01/cwt	122.00–131.00	836	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	161.65/cwt	160.00–163.00	703	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	127.47/cwt	123.00–128.25	1,043	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	150.39/cwt	145.00–154.00	778	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	124.25/cwt	122.50–126.00	1,082	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	130.33/cwt	124.75–134.50	944	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	179.06/cwt	176.00–183.50	747	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	133.68/cwt	126.00–137.25	1,027	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,078	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	170.24/cwt	166.00–175.00	817	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	130.38/cwt	127.75–132.00	1,080	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	123.36/cwt	119.50–125.00	1,189	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	129.37/cwt	121.50–132.60	1,138	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	135.33/cwt	130.50–141.25	842	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	142.53/cwt	135.00–147.75	972	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	159.52/cwt	154.00–166.00	906	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	159.89/cwt	155.00–164.00	838	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	155.24/cwt	149.00–164.00	750	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	133.12/cwt	126.75–139.00	1,034	352
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	123.76/cwt	123.50–124.00	960	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	124.93/cwt	119.00–127.25	1,132	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	139.86/cwt	138.25–142.00	876	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	145.55/cwt	140.00–151.00	847	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	996	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,160	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	762	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	142.11/cwt	136.00–147.50	819	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	128.63/cwt	120.00–132.00	939	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	129.46/cwt	126.00–135.00	867	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	126.52/cwt	125.00–128.00	811	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	152.26/cwt	143.50–156.25	939	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	132.88/cwt	132.50–134.00	769	12

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 Jan 8, 2021

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

Receipts 3,874Last week 1,812Year ago 2,245

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
287	—	728	136.00–146.00	139.31
33	—	417	176.00–183.50	179.06
6	—	1,078	119.50	119.50
60	—	480	166.00–175.00	170.24
139	—	828	127.75–132.00	130.38
87	—	964	119.50–125.00	123.36
305	—	880	121.50–132.60	129.37
253	—	682	135.00–147.75	142.53
172	—	568	154.00–166.00	159.52
45	—	524	155.00–164.00	159.89
352	—	777	126.75–139.00	133.12
56	—	906	119.00–127.25	124.93
124	—	617	143.50–156.25	152.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	674	122.00–131.00	124.01
3	—	423	158.00	158.00
14	—	626	138.25–142.00	139.86
25	—	582	140.00–151.00	145.55
5	—	346	171.00	171.00
3	—	1,040	111.50	111.50
3	—	362	178.50	178.50
4	—	546	143.00	143.00
3	—	987	111.00	111.00
9	—	476	160.00	160.00
3	—	292	178.00	178.00
30	—	730	120.00–132.00	128.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	352	160.00	160.00
40	—	435	160.00–163.00	161.65
81	—	818	123.00–128.25	127.47
97	—	517	145.00–154.00	150.39
98	—	871	122.50–126.00	124.25
112	—	724	124.75–134.50	130.33
187	—	768	126.00–137.25	133.68
316	—	622	130.50–141.25	135.33
149	—	483	149.00–164.00	155.24
157	—	576	136.00–147.50	142.11
219	—	670	126.00–135.00	129.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	776	123.50–124.00	123.76
7	—	859	116.00	116.00
5	—	348	151.00	151.00
3	—	490	140.00	140.00
7	—	726	119.75	119.75
14	—	641	125.00–128.00	126.52
12	—	579	132.50–134.00	132.88

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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