Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago steers and heifers were mostly steady. Many load lots today. Trading was active with good demand for the moderate offerings. The next feeder cattle sale is September 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.93/cwt on 1,365 head.

Average price

$161.93

1,365 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.18

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	778	161.93	1,260	1,365

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,365 hd

161.93

—

IA average7 barns · 6,546 hd

162.11

−0.18

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	880	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	729	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	294	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,029	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	144.67/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,186	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	173.87/cwt	171.00–181.00	727	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	178.67/cwt	175.00–180.50	976	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	869	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	166.54/cwt	165.00–169.50	1,036	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,256	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,532	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	154.56/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,182	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	820	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	410	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	812	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,116	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,373	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	154.66/cwt	148.00–163.50	1,291	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,362	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,119	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,421	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	195.86/cwt	189.00–197.00	958	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	156.59/cwt	148.00–161.10	1,348	803
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	1,437	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	151.89/cwt	149.50–154.50	1,074	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	164.17/cwt	156.00–167.00	1,164	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	151.70/cwt	142.00–153.75	1,013	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,710	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	841	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	188.97/cwt	181.50–194.00	735	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	168.07/cwt	166.00–172.00	993	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,104	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,341	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	154.91/cwt	150.00–156.50	866	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,267	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	177.30/cwt	175.00–178.00	801	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	973	68

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 Sep 10, 2021

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

Receipts 2,005Last week 1,704Year ago 1,077

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	507	173.50	173.50
19	—	374	195.00	195.00
16	—	294	690.00	690.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	921	135.00	135.00
9	—	820	144.00–145.00	144.67
10	—	418	171.00–181.00	173.87
21	—	707	149.50–154.50	151.89
168	—	668	142.00–153.75	151.70
24	—	546	154.00	154.00
56	—	389	181.50–194.00	188.97
16	—	860	140.00	140.00
17	—	1,104	121.50	121.50
21	—	559	150.00–156.50	154.91
4	—	998	127.00	127.00
47	—	452	175.00–178.00	177.30
68	—	640	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	300	570.00	570.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	546	175.00–180.50	178.67
41	—	622	165.00–169.50	166.54
5	—	1,256	122.00	122.00
57	—	765	154.00–156.00	154.56
7	—	396	207.00	207.00
11	—	668	167.00	167.00
11	—	1,073	128.00	128.00
33	—	835	148.00–163.50	154.66
7	—	1,013	134.50	134.50
6	—	1,119	127.00	127.00
87	—	489	189.00–197.00	195.86
803	—	861	148.00–161.10	156.59
18	—	908	158.25	158.25
152	—	709	156.00–167.00	164.17
46	—	591	166.00–172.00	168.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	494	176.00	176.00
30	—	410	198.00	198.00

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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