Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Preconditioned Calf/Yearling Sale. No comparison today as the previous sale was not Precondition. Many 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 $170.24/cwt on 1,694 head.

Average price

$170.24

1,694 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$7.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.46

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	710	170.75	1,213	1,585
Medium and Large 1-2	616	162.86	1,003	109

One grade step is worth $7.89/cwt here — about $209 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 sale1,694 hd

170.24

—

IA average11 barns · 10,526 hd

166.78

+3.46

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

41 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	—	815	140.22/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,143	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,227	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	167.57/cwt	164.00–182.00	722	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	173.18/cwt	164.50–180.50	655	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	147.14/cwt	144.00–150.00	995	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	157.87/cwt	147.25–160.50	1,212	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	160.93/cwt	140.00–170.50	930	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	157.57/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,363	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	182.20/cwt	175.00–192.50	1,037	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	164.16/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,203	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	177.44/cwt	173.00–180.00	942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,074	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	161.11/cwt	154.00–166.50	1,247	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	203.71/cwt	201.50–206.00	872	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	191.02/cwt	182.00–196.75	989	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	161.81/cwt	156.00–165.50	1,312	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	174.87/cwt	165.00–181.00	843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	213.66/cwt	210.00–219.00	780	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	156.81/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,071	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	193.48/cwt	185.00–199.00	900	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	167.71/cwt	162.00–175.00	798	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	167.35/cwt	167.35–167.35	1,526	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	161.78/cwt	155.00–164.50	1,027	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	183.11/cwt	181.00–185.00	588	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	174.95/cwt	166.50–180.00	1,081	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	168.35/cwt	162.00–174.00	1,130	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	166.03/cwt	157.00–175.50	885	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	152.71/cwt	145.50–155.50	1,086	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	152.55/cwt	146.00–159.00	949	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	158.63/cwt	154.00–169.00	915	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	136.43/cwt	131.00–141.00	982	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	149.82/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,173	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	161.11/cwt	160.00–162.50	673	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	932	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	149.12/cwt	145.00–152.50	881	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	144.02/cwt	143.00–144.50	904	20

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 Dec 3, 2021

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

Receipts 2,839Last week 837Year ago 2,624

Western Iowa Preconditioned Calf/Yearling Sale. No comparison today as the previous sale was not Precondition. Many load lots of quality cattle. Trading 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
9	—	815	135.00–144.50	140.22
10	—	944	130.00	130.00
21	—	431	164.00–182.00	167.57
33	—	378	164.50–180.50	173.18
40	—	676	144.00–150.00	147.14
102	—	768	147.25–160.50	157.87
112	—	476	162.00–175.00	167.71
120	—	533	157.00–175.50	166.03
147	—	711	145.50–155.50	152.71
163	—	622	146.00–159.00	152.55
182	—	577	154.00–169.00	158.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	333	168.00	168.00
9	—	720	131.00–141.00	136.43
11	—	418	160.00–162.50	161.11
3	—	478	155.00	155.00
10	—	675	138.00	138.00
24	—	591	145.00–152.50	149.12
3	—	502	150.50	150.50
20	—	628	143.00–144.50	144.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	578	140.00–170.50	160.93
4	—	409	180.00	180.00
8	—	531	173.00–180.00	177.44
10	—	482	165.00–181.00	174.87
10	—	683	155.00–158.00	156.81
29	—	635	155.00–164.50	161.78
6	—	831	150.00	150.00
6	—	321	181.00–185.00	183.11
17	—	783	149.00–150.00	149.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	865	152.00–159.00	157.57
82	—	569	175.00–192.50	182.20
66	—	733	159.00–170.00	164.16
5	—	1,074	141.00	141.00
185	—	774	154.00–166.50	161.11
29	—	428	201.50–206.00	203.71
96	—	518	182.00–196.75	191.02
345	—	811	156.00–165.50	161.81
12	—	365	210.00–219.00	213.66
64	—	465	185.00–199.00	193.48
180	—	912	167.35	167.35
291	—	618	166.50–180.00	174.95
191	—	671	162.00–174.00	168.35

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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