Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week (sale held on Saturday) steers were mostly 6.00-11.00 higher, lightweight heifers were mostly 8.00-11.00 higher. Demand good for the heavy offerings of good quality cattle. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.96/cwt on 1,484 head.

Average price

$144.96

1,484 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$10.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.07

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	145.88	1,043	1,351
Medium and Large 1-2	703	135.60	953	133

One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $90 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 sale1,484 hd

144.96

—

IA average14 barns · 13,391 hd

139.89

+5.07

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	162.69/cwt	157.00–170.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	110.87/cwt	103.00–113.50	1,103	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	158.10/cwt	156.00–159.00	727	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	126.93/cwt	121.50–130.00	989	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	126.16/cwt	125.85–129.50	1,040	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	136.19/cwt	132.00–138.50	910	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	133.25/cwt	127.75–137.00	1,163	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	134.32/cwt	133.75–135.50	1,105	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	720	134.35/cwt	134.35–134.35	967	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	193.47/cwt	192.00–194.00	712	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	145.81/cwt	139.00–152.50	990	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	146.06/cwt	142.75–156.50	757	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	162.44/cwt	156.50–169.00	934	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	139.48/cwt	134.00–145.75	805	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	162.44/cwt	156.00–165.00	851	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	141.27/cwt	133.00–144.50	1,102	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	170.01/cwt	166.00–172.00	809	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	156.16/cwt	155.00–158.00	486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	130.51/cwt	126.00–134.10	1,190	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	139.74/cwt	139.00–140.00	736	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	141.42/cwt	136.00–144.25	1,020	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	148.15/cwt	145.00–150.00	652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	120.36/cwt	119.50–121.00	1,068	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	129.09/cwt	127.00–131.50	811	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	129.07/cwt	127.50–130.50	990	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	142.91/cwt	140.50–143.50	890	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	859	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	130.51/cwt	126.00–132.75	933	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	150.20/cwt	149.00–150.75	886	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	151.91/cwt	148.00–157.00	945	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	121.59/cwt	120.00–124.00	993	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	139.93/cwt	134.50–145.25	873	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	130.59/cwt	130.00–132.00	932	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	179.40/cwt	175.50–186.00	759	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	953	5

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 3,108Last week 0Year ago 1,114

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	375	157.00–170.00	162.69
16	—	995	103.00–113.50	110.87
28	—	460	156.00–159.00	158.10
65	—	779	121.50–130.00	126.93
65	—	824	125.85–129.50	126.16
70	—	668	132.00–138.50	136.19
166	—	518	142.75–156.50	146.06
202	—	577	134.00–145.75	139.48
297	—	715	126.00–132.75	130.51
192	—	624	134.50–145.25	139.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	720	134.35	134.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	311	155.00–158.00	156.16
19	—	527	139.00–140.00	139.74
6	—	892	112.00	112.00
8	—	440	145.00–150.00	148.15
4	—	683	127.50	127.50
15	—	628	127.00–131.50	129.09
4	—	378	150.00	150.00
6	—	728	118.00	118.00
5	—	843	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	873	127.75–137.00	133.25
130	—	823	133.75–135.50	134.32
15	—	368	192.00–194.00	193.47
65	—	679	139.00–152.50	145.81
92	—	575	156.50–169.00	162.44
43	—	524	156.00–165.00	162.44
289	—	780	133.00–144.50	141.27
46	—	476	166.00–172.00	170.01
77	—	912	126.00–134.10	130.51
145	—	721	136.00–144.25	141.42
270	—	622	148.00–157.00	151.91
27	—	423	175.50–186.00	179.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	149.00	149.00
3	—	312	178.00	178.00
6	—	692	132.00	132.00
3	—	285	186.00	186.00
7	—	887	119.50–121.00	120.36
47	—	767	127.50–130.50	129.07
15	—	623	140.50–143.50	142.91
4	—	955	116.00	116.00
19	—	590	149.00–150.75	150.20
13	—	817	120.00–124.00	121.59
10	—	714	130.00–132.00	130.59

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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