Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf/Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.63/cwt on 1,186 head.

Average price

$170.63

1,186 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$229

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

$0.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.25

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	600	171.52	1,030	72
Medium and Large 1	738	170.57	1,259	1,114

One grade step is worth $0.95/cwt here — about −$229 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 sale1,186 hd

170.63

—

IA average12 barns · 11,516 hd

168.38

+2.25

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

30 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	—	630	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	837	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	696	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	884	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	153.37/cwt	150.00–155.00	963	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,302	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	147.90/cwt	146.25–148.50	1,432	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	153.41/cwt	152.00–153.50	1,183	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	204.01/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,059	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	169.60/cwt	156.00–172.00	1,201	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	159.91/cwt	141.00–160.10	1,364	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,338	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	190.29/cwt	177.00–195.25	1,127	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	178.93/cwt	169.00–180.25	1,204	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,038	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	863	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,015	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	915	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	150.82/cwt	141.00–151.50	1,030	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,075	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	152.03/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,098	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	998	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	157.47/cwt	145.00–160.80	1,294	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	171.11/cwt	168.00–176.00	804	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	914	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	160.79/cwt	160.00–162.50	931	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	150.18/cwt	135.00–157.50	1,230	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	147.30/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,064	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	168.51/cwt	165.00–170.00	688	35

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 1,747Last week 2,486Year ago 1,623

Special Calf/Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Preconditioned. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	146.00	146.00
3	—	837	105.00	105.00
8	—	696	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	162.00	162.00
18	—	628	150.00–155.00	153.37
18	—	968	134.50	134.50
112	—	683	141.00–151.50	150.82
21	—	470	168.00–176.00	171.11
23	—	527	173.50	173.50
84	—	579	160.00–162.50	160.79
110	—	819	135.00–157.50	150.18
34	—	722	144.00–149.00	147.30
35	—	408	165.00–170.00	168.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	968	146.25–148.50	147.90
50	—	771	152.00–153.50	153.41
75	—	519	190.00–210.00	204.01
85	—	708	156.00–172.00	169.60
303	—	853	141.00–160.10	159.91
3	—	910	147.00	147.00
152	—	592	177.00–195.25	190.29
182	—	673	169.00–180.25	178.93
12	—	467	196.00	196.00
19	—	611	176.00	176.00
218	—	822	145.00–160.80	157.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	629	165.00	165.00
8	—	469	184.00	184.00
9	—	590	172.00	172.00
21	—	722	149.00–154.00	152.03
27	—	541	184.50	184.50

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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