Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Compared to last week lightweight steers were steady to 2.00 higher, 800 pound steers steady to 2.00 lower. Lightweight heifers, 600 pounds were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, 700 pounds 1.00 lower. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.12/cwt on 1,498 head.

Average price

$165.12

1,498 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$14.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.54

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	756	165.67	1,253	1,441
Medium and Large 1-2	768	151.12	1,161	57

One grade step is worth $14.55/cwt here — about $92 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 sale1,498 hd

165.12

—

IA average10 barns · 9,416 hd

167.65

−2.54

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	159.93/cwt	158.00–168.00	915	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	174.63/cwt	168.00–178.00	847	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	173.41/cwt	170.00–178.00	897	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	146.94/cwt	144.00–152.25	1,070	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	153.59/cwt	147.00–155.50	1,055	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	160.99/cwt	156.00–163.10	997	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	158.39/cwt	151.00–159.75	1,324	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	161.12/cwt	154.00–168.25	1,242	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	190.24/cwt	185.00–203.00	902	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	169.10/cwt	157.00–172.75	1,216	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	881	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	172.47/cwt	162.00–177.00	1,150	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	156.30/cwt	156.30–156.30	1,416	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	202.32/cwt	198.00–209.00	846	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,312	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	157.46/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,354	465
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	180.84/cwt	175.00–187.25	1,025	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	715	161.87/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,157	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	176.51/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,117	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	190.60/cwt	184.00–195.00	999	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,355	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	151.64/cwt	150.00–155.50	1,104	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	141.90/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,151	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	757	160.19/cwt	160.00–160.25	1,213	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	671	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,072	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	560	174.83/cwt	174.75–175.00	979	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	141.11/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,087	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	136.41/cwt	131.00–138.50	1,012	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	178.63/cwt	178.00–179.00	741	8

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 Jan 21, 2022

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

Receipts 2,486Last week 2,792Year ago 3,108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	572	158.00–168.00	159.93
44	—	485	168.00–178.00	174.63
62	—	517	170.00–178.00	173.41
115	—	728	144.00–152.25	146.94
143	—	687	147.00–155.50	153.59
181	—	619	156.00–163.10	160.99
4	—	1,140	128.50	128.50
13	—	811	140.00–145.00	141.90
8	—	415	178.00–179.00	178.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	715	161.00–167.00	161.87
84	—	757	160.00–160.25	160.19
16	—	671	159.75	159.75
40	—	560	174.75–175.00	174.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	170.00	170.00
4	—	393	170.00	170.00
4	—	500	159.00	159.00
3	—	565	151.00	151.00
13	—	770	138.00–142.50	141.11
14	—	742	131.00–138.50	136.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	836	151.00–159.75	158.39
218	—	771	154.00–168.25	161.12
29	—	474	185.00–203.00	190.24
153	—	719	157.00–172.75	169.10
140	—	667	162.00–177.00	172.47
60	—	906	156.30	156.30
8	—	418	198.00–209.00	202.32
4	—	343	228.00	228.00
465	—	860	151.00–159.00	157.46
83	—	567	175.00–187.25	180.84
118	—	633	171.00–180.00	176.51
40	—	524	184.00–195.00	190.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	802	147.00	147.00
6	—	512	172.00	172.00
10	—	937	140.00	140.00
4	—	571	169.50	169.50
8	—	968	140.00	140.00
26	—	728	150.00–155.50	151.64

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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