Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale; No comparison today, as the last sale was Precondition. Many unweaned lightweights. Several load lots of quality cattle. Trading active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.33/cwt on 393 head.

Average price

$167.33

393 head · 607 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$30.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.79

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	167.88	1,016	386
Medium and Large 1-2	719	137.14	986	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.73/cwt here — about $30 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 sale393 hd

167.33

—

IA average11 barns · 6,629 hd

159.54

+7.79

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

37 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	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	613	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,369	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	146.34/cwt	146.00–147.00	786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,008	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	400	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	185.50/cwt	183.00–186.00	714	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	142.52/cwt	141.00–145.00	894	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	167.29/cwt	156.50–169.25	1,020	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,328	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,355	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	335	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,382	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	924	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	166.74/cwt	165.75–168.50	974	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	152.68/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,241	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	609	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	153.16/cwt	150.00–154.75	1,022	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	184.54/cwt	169.00–186.00	895	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	588	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	653	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	726	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	178.85/cwt	171.00–182.00	950	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	908	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	149.31/cwt	141.00–150.25	1,091	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,193	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	522	158.51/cwt	152.00–164.00	827	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	577	156.59/cwt	153.00–157.00	904	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	146.66/cwt	139.50–149.00	899	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	486	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	744	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	740	4

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 837Last week 1,060Year ago 1,992

Special Calf & Yearling Sale; No comparison today, as the last sale was Precondition. Many unweaned lightweights. Several load lots of quality cattle. Trading active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	393	156.00	156.00
6	—	608	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	961	142.50	142.50
9	—	537	146.00–147.00	146.34
11	—	672	150.00	150.00
33	—	485	169.00–186.00	184.54
85	—	731	141.00–150.25	149.31
25	—	785	152.00	152.00
30	—	613	139.50–149.00	146.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	609	155.00	155.00
30	—	522	152.00–164.00	158.51
37	—	577	153.00–157.00	156.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	135.00	135.00
13	—	373	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	588	121.00	121.00
12	—	486	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	165.00	165.00
5	—	668	136.00	136.00
3	—	1,025	111.00	111.00
5	—	288	170.00	170.00
4	—	569	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	400	185.00	185.00
8	—	627	141.00–145.00	142.52
3	—	335	186.00	186.00
5	—	574	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	385	183.00–186.00	185.50
109	—	610	156.50–169.25	167.29
22	—	885	150.00	150.00
4	—	968	140.00	140.00
7	—	1,051	131.50	131.50
49	—	584	165.75–168.50	166.74
12	—	813	150.00–154.00	152.68
29	—	667	150.00–154.75	153.16
114	—	531	171.00–182.00	178.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	641	135.00	135.00
3	—	823	140.00	140.00

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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