Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale; Compared to the sale two weeks ago heavy run of 800 pound steers 2.00 higher. Light steers and heifers didn't have the volume to make a fair comparison. Trading was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.65/cwt on 557 head.

Average price

$158.65

557 head · 773 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$405

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

$4.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	785	158.86	1,248	529
Medium and Large 1-2	544	154.82	842	28

One grade step is worth $4.04/cwt here — about $405 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 sale557 hd

158.65

—

IA average8 barns · 4,908 hd

158.70

−0.04

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

32 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 1	—	572	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	898	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	859	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	156.86/cwt	153.00–160.00	671	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	137.67/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	161.01/cwt	151.00–161.75	1,344	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	172.64/cwt	164.50–178.00	937	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	147.24/cwt	144.50–148.50	1,363	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	792	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	448	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	171.24/cwt	169.25–175.00	819	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,340	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	151.72/cwt	147.50–153.50	1,101	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	377	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	696	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	181.76/cwt	178.50–184.25	800	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	156.22/cwt	151.00–158.50	986	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	898	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	156.15/cwt	155.50–157.00	1,048	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	888	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,504	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,172	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,241	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	147.39/cwt	145.00–149.50	787	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	878	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,135	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	762	5

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	157.00	157.00
5	—	609	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	681	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	428	153.00–160.00	156.86
9	—	864	131.00–141.00	137.67
10	—	1,107	131.25	131.25
23	—	826	150.25	150.25
56	—	534	145.00–149.50	147.39
12	—	610	144.00	144.00
19	—	780	145.50	145.50
12	—	495	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	145.00	145.00
9	—	668	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	835	151.00–161.75	161.01
40	—	543	164.50–178.00	172.64
28	—	926	144.50–148.50	147.24
11	—	478	169.25–175.00	171.24
8	—	879	152.50	152.50
15	—	726	147.50–153.50	151.72
16	—	440	178.50–184.25	181.76
47	—	631	151.00–158.50	156.22
16	—	565	159.00	159.00
21	—	671	155.50–157.00	156.15
67	—	1,032	145.75	145.75
7	—	797	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	486	163.00	163.00
5	—	429	170.00	170.00
3	—	772	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	696	136.00	136.00

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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