Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Compared to last week lightweight steers were 2.00-7.00 higher, 800 pound steers mostly steady. Lightweight heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Many lot loads today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.97/cwt on 1,184 head.

Average price

$146.97

1,184 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$4.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.39

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	741	147.02	1,089	1,172
Medium and Large 1-2	619	142.35	880	12thin

One grade step is worth $4.67/cwt here — about $209 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 sale1,184 hd

146.97

—

IA average9 barns · 5,432 hd

144.58

+2.39

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

30 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	—	823	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,035	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	164.78/cwt	160.00–170.00	610	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	155.74/cwt	148.00–162.00	653	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	153.33/cwt	146.00–155.00	733	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	148.77/cwt	145.00–150.50	781	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	135.45/cwt	131.00–140.00	914	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	154.24/cwt	152.00–156.00	885	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	785	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,083	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	132.97/cwt	130.75–133.40	1,233	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	157.11/cwt	146.00–160.25	991	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,175	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	179.67/cwt	178.00–181.00	755	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	136.75/cwt	129.75–137.75	1,127	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	143.79/cwt	136.50–147.75	1,107	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	167.99/cwt	158.00–173.00	904	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	176.37/cwt	167.00–182.50	845	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	134.17/cwt	127.75–137.25	1,151	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	154.96/cwt	144.75–159.75	1,041	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	119.24/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,065	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	132.09/cwt	129.00–132.75	1,009	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	138.50/cwt	134.00–142.50	871	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	143.71/cwt	136.00–148.00	832	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	133.16/cwt	127.50–134.75	961	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	146.92/cwt	141.50–150.00	1,078	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	121.89/cwt	120.00–125.00	941	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	151.19/cwt	146.00–156.00	797	6

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 2,288Last week 1,167Year ago 3,256

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	823	125.75	125.75
15	—	370	160.00–170.00	164.78
21	—	419	148.00–162.00	155.74
27	—	478	146.00–155.00	153.33
41	—	525	145.00–150.50	148.77
87	—	675	131.00–140.00	135.45
104	—	893	118.00–128.00	119.24
107	—	764	129.00–132.75	132.09
121	—	629	134.00–142.50	138.50
174	—	579	136.00–148.00	143.71
190	—	722	127.50–134.75	133.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	785	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	772	120.00–125.00	121.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	574	152.00–156.00	154.24
128	—	927	130.75–133.40	132.97
132	—	631	146.00–160.25	157.11
3	—	340	197.00	197.00
3	—	963	122.00	122.00
5	—	387	193.00	193.00
11	—	420	178.00–181.00	179.67
191	—	824	129.75–137.75	136.75
259	—	770	136.50–147.75	143.79
37	—	538	158.00–173.00	167.99
46	—	479	167.00–182.50	176.37
50	—	858	127.75–137.25	134.17
123	—	672	144.75–159.75	154.96
163	—	734	141.50–150.00	146.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	139.00	139.00
3	—	752	128.00	128.00
6	—	527	146.00–156.00	151.19

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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