Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week steers were steady to 5.00 higher. Lightweight heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good for the light offerings. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.36/cwt on 586 head.

Average price

$147.36

586 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$13.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.32

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	694	148.77	1,033	524
Medium and Large 1-2	685	135.40	927	62

One grade step is worth $13.37/cwt here — about $106 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 sale586 hd

147.36

—

IA average10 barns · 6,237 hd

142.04

+5.32

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 1	—	396	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	153.95/cwt	151.00–156.00	503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	148.31/cwt	147.00–150.00	638	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	126.14/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,014	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	139.67/cwt	133.00–144.50	804	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	128.12/cwt	124.00–130.00	921	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,074	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	818	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	124.68/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,009	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	127.70/cwt	127.50–128.00	816	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	118.72/cwt	118.00–120.00	900	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	145.23/cwt	134.00–148.75	1,060	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	139.61/cwt	133.50–140.10	1,152	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	134.90/cwt	134.90–134.90	1,156	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	836	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	172.21/cwt	166.00–180.00	728	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	149.86/cwt	148.50–151.00	865	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	169.55/cwt	167.00–170.50	877	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	137.00/cwt	136.00–138.00	918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	127.33/cwt	126.00–129.00	965	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	144.75/cwt	143.00–147.00	769	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	136.49/cwt	132.00–141.50	842	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	131.70/cwt	128.75–134.50	901	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	170.57/cwt	166.00–176.00	826	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	142.08/cwt	141.75–142.50	1,114	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	173.24/cwt	171.00–175.00	644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	148.49/cwt	144.50–153.50	941	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	149.92/cwt	141.50–152.75	985	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	130.35/cwt	128.00–132.50	1,019	139

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 12, 2021

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

Receipts 1,167Last week 2,446Year ago 541

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week steers were steady to 5.00 higher. Lightweight heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good for the light offerings. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	396	150.00	150.00
7	—	327	151.00–156.00	153.95
14	—	430	147.00–150.00	148.31
22	—	804	126.00–127.00	126.14
24	—	576	133.00–144.50	139.67
37	—	719	124.00–130.00	128.12
40	—	531	143.00–147.00	144.75
62	—	617	132.00–141.50	136.49
120	—	684	128.75–134.50	131.70
139	—	782	128.00–132.50	130.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	639	127.50–128.00	127.70
14	—	758	118.00–120.00	118.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	161.00	161.00
3	—	888	121.00	121.00
6	—	528	155.00	155.00
18	—	809	124.00–126.00	124.68
3	—	457	161.00	161.00
3	—	638	131.00	131.00
3	—	707	131.50	131.50
6	—	670	136.00–138.00	137.00
8	—	563	142.00	142.00
9	—	758	126.00–129.00	127.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	730	134.00–148.75	145.23
123	—	825	133.50–140.10	139.61
22	—	857	134.90	134.90
9	—	423	166.00–180.00	172.21
17	—	577	148.50–151.00	149.86
53	—	517	167.00–170.50	169.55
24	—	484	166.00–176.00	170.57
45	—	784	141.75–142.50	142.08
7	—	372	171.00–175.00	173.24
59	—	634	144.50–153.50	148.49
66	—	657	141.50–152.75	149.92

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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