Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling sale; No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Several load lots of quality cattle today. Trading was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.42/cwt on 653 head.

Average price

$157.42

653 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,132

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$4.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.14

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	727	157.68	1,146	618
Medium and Large 1-2	585	152.87	894	35

One grade step is worth $4.81/cwt here — about $252 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 sale653 hd

157.42

—

IA average9 barns · 4,653 hd

159.56

−2.14

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

28 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	—	680	136.49/cwt	135.00–139.00	928	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	141.29/cwt	139.50–144.50	1,115	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	168.13/cwt	167.00–169.00	735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	153.22/cwt	151.00–155.00	794	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	993	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	166.74/cwt	161.50–170.00	790	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	157.99/cwt	144.50–159.00	1,292	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	168.43/cwt	159.00–175.50	899	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	155.19/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,380	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	146.83/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,132	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	187.07/cwt	185.00–188.00	769	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	713	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,055	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	159.81/cwt	156.00–161.00	919	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	161.86/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,025	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	147.78/cwt	145.00–150.00	935	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	154.17/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,034	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	831	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	152.94/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,113	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	144.98/cwt	140.00–149.50	913	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	154.26/cwt	148.00–158.50	881	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	835	11

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 Nov 12, 2021

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

Receipts 1,060Last week 821Year ago 942

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling sale; No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Several load lots of quality cattle today. Trading was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	680	135.00–139.00	136.49
14	—	789	139.50–144.50	141.29
16	—	437	167.00–169.00	168.13
23	—	518	151.00–155.00	153.22
25	—	709	140.00	140.00
31	—	474	161.50–170.00	166.74
58	—	630	140.00–149.50	144.98
83	—	571	148.00–158.50	154.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	398	156.00	156.00
10	—	611	136.00	136.00
6	—	491	156.00	156.00
3	—	443	145.00	145.00
7	—	571	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	713	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	818	144.50–159.00	157.99
79	—	534	159.00–175.50	168.43
165	—	889	146.00–159.00	155.19
45	—	771	145.00–149.00	146.83
13	—	411	185.00–188.00	187.07
30	—	575	156.00–161.00	159.81
64	—	633	158.00–164.00	161.86
77	—	671	150.00–155.00	154.17
87	—	728	148.00–158.00	152.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	843	140.00	140.00
14	—	633	145.00–150.00	147.78
3	—	337	174.00	174.00
4	—	488	171.00	171.00
11	—	555	150.50	150.50

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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