Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today, as last week was a Precondition sale. Many load lots today. Demand good for the light offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.60/cwt on 983 head.

Average price

$135.60

983 head · 835 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,132

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$526

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

$45.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.94

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	447	162.00	724	6thin
Medium and Large 1	822	136.71	1,123	915
Large 1	1,073	116.55	1,250	62

One grade step is worth $45.45/cwt here — about −$526 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 sale983 hd

135.60

—

IA average14 barns · 12,634 hd

142.54

−6.94

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

26 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	Large 1	—	1,124	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,107	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,014	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,100	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,028	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,239	25
Steers	Large 1	—	1,108	113.75/cwt	113.75–113.75	1,260	33
Steers	Large 1	—	1,064	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,224	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	176.17/cwt	166.00–181.00	854	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	127.40/cwt	123.00–127.50	1,122	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	156.55/cwt	150.00–161.50	953	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	128.35/cwt	123.00–132.00	846	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	136.13/cwt	133.00–137.00	858	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	143.91/cwt	141.50–149.00	1,053	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	151.66/cwt	142.50–153.25	1,037	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	144.89/cwt	139.00–147.00	732	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	129.34/cwt	129.00–130.75	1,189	406
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	162.21/cwt	160.00–163.00	908	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	551	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	155.84/cwt	149.50–159.00	739	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	130.59/cwt	130.50–131.25	961	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	123.44/cwt	120.00–125.00	975	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	138.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,056	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	147.06/cwt	142.00–150.00	634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	825	15

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 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,493Last week 2,288Year ago 0

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today, as last week was a Precondition sale. Many load lots today. Demand good for the light offerings. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	98.50	98.50
6	—	1,014	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	659	123.00–132.00	128.35
53	—	630	133.00–137.00	136.13
19	—	505	139.00–147.00	144.89
20	—	474	149.50–159.00	155.84
238	—	736	130.50–131.25	130.59
19	—	790	120.00–125.00	123.44
8	—	431	142.00–150.00	147.06
15	—	597	138.25	138.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,028	120.50	120.50
33	—	1,108	113.75	113.75
4	—	1,064	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	485	166.00–181.00	176.17
167	—	881	123.00–127.50	127.40
28	—	609	150.00–161.50	156.55
112	—	732	141.50–149.00	143.91
64	—	684	142.50–153.25	151.66
406	—	919	129.00–130.75	129.34
27	—	560	160.00–163.00	162.21
3	—	505	160.00	160.00
3	—	363	181.00	181.00
71	—	764	130.00–140.00	138.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	447	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	154.50	154.50

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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