Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. No trend today, as last week was not Precondition. Many lot loads of quality cattle. 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 $143.11/cwt on 1,268 head.

Average price

$143.11

1,268 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,033

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$13.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.25

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	143.47	1,035	1,233
Medium and Large 1-2	740	130.40	965	35

One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $70 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 sale1,268 hd

143.11

—

IA average9 barns · 8,657 hd

143.36

−0.25

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	675	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	942	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	113.52/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,042	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	154.58/cwt	150.00–158.00	722	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	156.63/cwt	153.00–167.00	680	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	125.24/cwt	122.00–125.75	1,013	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	127.81/cwt	127.00–130.00	936	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	175.53/cwt	170.50–183.00	758	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	140.58/cwt	137.25–148.00	810	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	117.57/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,026	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	168.74/cwt	165.00–171.00	800	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	129.85/cwt	129.85–129.85	1,199	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	166.67/cwt	162.25–173.00	887	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	142.50/cwt	142.00–143.00	693	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	154.76/cwt	150.00–160.00	487	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	144.50/cwt	143.00–146.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	134.35/cwt	130.00–139.00	844	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	132.72/cwt	126.00–135.00	888	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	138.19/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,067	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	805	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	151.26/cwt	144.00–158.00	929	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	152.42/cwt	145.00–154.20	809	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	130.79/cwt	124.50–133.50	1,018	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	162.87/cwt	152.00–165.00	943	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	140.53/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,023	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	144.94/cwt	138.00–149.00	967	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	133.12/cwt	125.00–135.30	1,154	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	127.57/cwt	127.50–128.00	1,059	20

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 Feb 5, 2021

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

Receipts 2,446Last week 1,623Year ago 3,774

Western Iowa Precondition sale. No trend today, as last week was not Precondition. Many lot loads of quality cattle. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	675	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	918	111.00–116.00	113.52
15	—	467	150.00–158.00	154.58
33	—	434	153.00–167.00	156.63
38	—	809	122.00–125.75	125.24
39	—	732	127.00–130.00	127.81
202	—	576	137.25–148.00	140.58
203	—	628	130.00–139.00	134.35
110	—	669	126.00–135.00	132.72
149	—	531	145.00–154.20	152.42
164	—	778	124.50–133.50	130.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	141.00	141.00
3	—	735	116.00	116.00
8	—	486	142.00–143.00	142.50
6	—	315	150.00–160.00	154.76
6	—	414	143.00–146.00	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	432	170.50–183.00	175.53
21	—	474	165.00–171.00	168.74
26	—	923	129.85	129.85
49	—	532	162.25–173.00	166.67
284	—	772	132.00–140.00	138.19
99	—	614	144.00–158.00	151.26
86	—	579	152.00–165.00	162.87
238	—	728	131.00–143.00	140.53
4	—	355	178.00	178.00
182	—	667	138.00–149.00	144.94
208	—	867	125.00–135.30	133.12
20	—	830	127.50–128.00	127.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	873	116.00–118.00	117.57
4	—	599	144.50	144.50
4	—	904	119.50	119.50
10	—	540	149.00	149.00
3	—	755	124.00	124.00

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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