Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Many load lots today. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings. The next feeder sale is September 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.62/cwt on 1,093 head.

Average price

$159.62

1,093 head · 822 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$17.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	821	159.83	1,312	1,080
Medium and Large 1-2	932	142.22	1,326	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale1,093 hd

159.62

—

IA average6 barns · 4,048 hd

158.11

+1.51

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

39 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	—	1,003	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	155.15/cwt	154.00–157.00	909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	157.89/cwt	157.00–159.00	838	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,057	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	612	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	140.98/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,280	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	160.63/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,319	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	168.78/cwt	166.00–171.00	879	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	163.73/cwt	161.00–167.00	938	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	165.27/cwt	156.00–170.00	1,167	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,139	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,486	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	399	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	149.89/cwt	144.50–153.75	1,159	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,438	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,047	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,466	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	150.97/cwt	146.50–155.75	1,415	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	869	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	153.52/cwt	146.50–156.50	1,130	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	138.82/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,342	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	139.28/cwt	137.50–141.00	1,361	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	166.55/cwt	157.00–168.50	1,326	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	156.71/cwt	148.50–160.50	1,365	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,320	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	616	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	767	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	160.02/cwt	155.50–164.00	1,077	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,491	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	141.57/cwt	140.00–142.50	865	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	754	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	140.79/cwt	138.50–143.50	1,143	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	141.09/cwt	139.00–147.25	1,222	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	150.80/cwt	148.00–154.00	941	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	467	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	705	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 Aug 27, 2021

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

Receipts 1,704Last week 6,159Year ago 1,842

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Many load lots today. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings. The next feeder sale is September 10.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,003	132.50	132.50
8	—	586	154.00–157.00	155.15
9	—	531	157.00–159.00	157.89
11	—	683	154.75	154.75
13	—	331	185.00	185.00
14	—	908	138.00–145.00	140.98
57	—	773	144.50–153.75	149.89
100	—	736	146.50–156.50	153.52
27	—	967	138.00–140.00	138.82
5	—	264	500.00	500.00
28	—	812	138.50–143.50	140.79
142	—	866	139.00–147.25	141.09
46	—	624	148.00–154.00	150.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	399	150.00	150.00
6	—	467	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	707	133.75	133.75
3	—	822	133.50	133.50
7	—	408	151.00	151.00
8	—	611	140.00–142.50	141.57
16	—	480	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	180.00	180.00
145	—	821	154.00–165.00	160.63
32	—	521	166.00–171.00	168.78
31	—	573	161.00–167.00	163.73
147	—	706	156.00–170.00	165.27
4	—	399	185.00	185.00
14	—	1,139	130.50	130.50
6	—	250	575.00	575.00
59	—	1,047	140.00	140.00
76	—	937	146.50–155.75	150.97
3	—	483	180.00	180.00
164	—	796	157.00–168.50	166.55
244	—	871	148.50–160.50	156.71
15	—	341	225.00	225.00
30	—	673	155.50–164.00	160.02
110	—	968	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	152.00	152.00
10	—	977	137.50–141.00	139.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	168.00	168.00

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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