Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the moderate offerings of good quality cattle. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.94/cwt on 1,181 head.

Average price

$147.94

1,181 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$164

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

$1.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.33

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	623	149.62	932	43
Medium and Large 1	741	147.87	1,096	1,138

One grade step is worth $1.74/cwt here — about −$164 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 sale1,181 hd

147.94

—

IA average7 barns · 5,684 hd

145.60

+2.33

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

31 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	—	348	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	658	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	154.55/cwt	153.00–157.00	753	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	125.70/cwt	125.25–126.50	1,024	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	159.88/cwt	153.00–167.00	659	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	133.61/cwt	130.25–137.00	899	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	135.06/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,137	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	195.39/cwt	179.00–198.00	817	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	172.10/cwt	170.50–179.00	960	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	128.70/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,165	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	154.76/cwt	151.50–158.00	980	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	130.28/cwt	125.25–131.85	1,132	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	143.81/cwt	142.00–149.50	1,047	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	154.38/cwt	142.50–157.50	1,033	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	143.68/cwt	139.00–149.50	848	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	780	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	133.00/cwt	126.00–140.50	1,017	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	142.44/cwt	135.00–143.50	912	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	161.81/cwt	156.00–167.50	859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	159.47/cwt	150.50–162.00	829	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	181.79/cwt	176.00–183.50	951	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,027	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	142.69/cwt	140.00–144.50	1,117	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	155.88/cwt	150.00–161.50	913	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	134.65/cwt	130.50–138.00	978	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	179.64/cwt	177.00–183.00	853	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	138.54/cwt	137.00–140.00	672	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 Mar 19, 2021

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

Receipts 1,940Last week 1,320Year ago 0

Western Iowa Precondition sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the moderate offerings of good quality cattle. 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	—	348	172.00	172.00
9	—	387	170.00	170.00
31	—	487	153.00–157.00	154.55
33	—	815	125.25–126.50	125.70
35	—	412	153.00–167.00	159.88
44	—	673	130.25–137.00	133.61
103	—	590	139.00–149.50	143.68
112	—	765	126.00–140.50	133.00
90	—	640	135.00–143.50	142.44
106	—	520	150.50–162.00	159.47
79	—	726	130.50–138.00	134.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	400	151.00	151.00
6	—	485	137.00–140.00	138.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	842	135.00–136.00	135.06
21	—	418	179.00–198.00	195.39
16	—	558	170.50–179.00	172.10
98	—	905	123.00–129.00	128.70
36	—	633	151.50–158.00	154.76
3	—	340	202.00	202.00
240	—	869	125.25–131.85	130.28
53	—	728	142.00–149.50	143.81
156	—	669	142.50–157.50	154.38
14	—	388	201.00	201.00
135	—	523	176.00–183.50	181.79
289	—	783	140.00–144.50	142.69
15	—	475	177.00–183.00	179.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	531	156.00–167.50	161.81
3	—	690	131.00	131.00
11	—	790	130.00	130.00
20	—	586	150.00–161.50	155.88
3	—	373	174.00	174.00

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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