Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No recent coverage, trend is not applicable. Many load lots and multi-load lots. Large crowd today for the Anniversary BBQ. Next feeder sale is August 27.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.54/cwt on 3,768 head.

Average price

$163.54

3,768 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$12.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.05

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	769	164.45	1,264	3,496
Medium and Large 1-2	766	151.78	1,163	272

One grade step is worth $12.67/cwt here — about $101 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 sale3,768 hd

163.54

—

IA average4 barns · 4,761 hd

155.49

+8.05

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

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	161.68/cwt	153.00–164.50	1,323	962
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	165.90/cwt	160.00–176.00	939	306
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	144.89/cwt	139.50–147.50	1,194	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	149.26/cwt	144.50–157.00	1,149	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	449	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	150.85/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,386	529
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	198.99/cwt	197.00–201.50	846	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	142.18/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,376	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	156.08/cwt	148.50–160.75	1,349	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	368	211.50/cwt	196.00–218.00	778	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,422	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	173.21/cwt	165.00–179.00	1,062	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	182.90/cwt	172.50–188.75	1,041	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	167.77/cwt	158.00–171.00	1,216	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	164.46/cwt	162.25–168.85	1,260	397
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	136.95/cwt	136.50–137.50	1,398	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	168.60/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,057	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	175.37/cwt	173.00–177.00	730	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	132.57/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,279	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	136.32/cwt	136.00–137.50	1,211	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	189.18/cwt	182.00–199.00	923	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	187.15/cwt	178.25–192.50	981	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	154.01/cwt	151.00–165.50	1,049	415
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	169.61/cwt	168.50–170.50	792	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	137.95/cwt	137.75–139.00	1,276	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	152.96/cwt	145.00–155.75	1,103	446
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	172.04/cwt	161.00–175.00	893	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	172.36/cwt	164.00–176.00	1,151	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	141.54/cwt	135.00–145.50	926	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	951	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	150.57/cwt	150.00–151.00	625	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	836	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	169.38/cwt	163.00–173.00	866	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	148.81/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	183.90/cwt	182.00–186.00	791	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	168.27/cwt	166.00–169.00	988	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	150.15/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,102	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	141.89/cwt	129.00–145.50	1,259	159

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 Aug 6, 2021

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

Receipts 6,159Last week 1,717Year ago 6,615

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No recent coverage, trend is not applicable. Many load lots and multi-load lots. Large crowd today for the Anniversary BBQ. Next feeder sale is August 27.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
962	—	818	153.00–164.50	161.68
529	—	919	145.00–153.00	150.85
156	—	968	135.00–144.50	142.18
198	—	864	148.50–160.75	156.08
13	—	1,038	137.00	137.00
131	—	613	165.00–179.00	173.21
171	—	569	172.50–188.75	182.90
375	—	725	158.00–171.00	167.77
397	—	766	162.25–168.85	164.46
80	—	488	182.00–199.00	189.18
179	—	524	178.25–192.50	187.15
265	—	668	164.00–176.00	172.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	197.00–201.50	198.99
22	—	368	196.00–218.00	211.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	163.00	163.00
8	—	475	176.00	176.00
15	—	511	163.00–173.00	169.38
3	—	945	138.00	138.00
7	—	782	145.00–154.00	148.81
14	—	430	182.00–186.00	183.90
44	—	587	166.00–169.00	168.27
19	—	734	144.00–153.00	150.15
159	—	887	129.00–145.50	141.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
306	—	566	160.00–176.00	165.90
207	—	824	139.50–147.50	144.89
203	—	770	144.50–157.00	149.26
20	—	1,021	136.50–137.50	136.95
17	—	627	166.00–170.00	168.60
15	—	416	173.00–177.00	175.37
14	—	965	132.00–133.00	132.57
14	—	888	136.00–137.50	136.32
7	—	369	180.00	180.00
415	—	681	151.00–165.50	154.01
73	—	467	168.50–170.50	169.61
134	—	925	137.75–139.00	137.95
446	—	721	145.00–155.75	152.96
151	—	519	161.00–175.00	172.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	159.00	159.00
4	—	449	171.00	171.00
3	—	463	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	654	135.00–145.50	141.54
22	—	628	151.50	151.50
4	—	573	147.00	147.00
4	—	730	140.00	140.00
29	—	415	150.00–151.00	150.57
3	—	348	171.00	171.00

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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