Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. No comparison as the last sale was not Precondition. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.28/cwt on 1,931 head.

Average price

$177.28

1,931 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$5.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	713	177.78	1,267	1,771
Medium and Large 1-2	617	171.81	1,059	160

One grade step is worth $5.97/cwt here — about $208 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 sale1,931 hd

177.28

—

IA average5 barns · 5,862 hd

173.77

+3.51

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

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	159.84/cwt	158.25–160.00	1,378	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	177.94/cwt	173.00–184.50	1,208	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	215.26/cwt	201.00–227.00	1,033	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	226.15/cwt	216.00–238.00	952	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	204.25/cwt	193.00–213.00	1,076	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	168.65/cwt	166.00–170.50	1,143	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,338	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	180.45/cwt	176.00–190.00	693	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	181.49/cwt	178.00–185.00	757	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	149.31/cwt	145.00–151.50	1,151	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	175.99/cwt	172.00–179.00	931	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	178.10/cwt	174.00–182.75	862	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	247.29/cwt	235.00–257.50	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	199.12/cwt	193.75–204.10	1,131	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	167.85/cwt	160.00–173.10	1,299	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	173.16/cwt	169.00–178.50	1,245	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	161.15/cwt	155.50–164.00	1,336	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	151.88/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,375	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	174.89/cwt	170.00–185.00	885	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,461	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	171.50/cwt	156.25–178.50	1,098	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	158.47/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,133	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	179.25/cwt	179.25–179.25	1,052	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	151.43/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,104	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	158.52/cwt	151.00–162.50	1,060	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	191.04/cwt	185.50–201.50	1,190	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	227.13/cwt	216.00–233.00	874	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	811	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,249	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	713	155.71/cwt	154.50–159.00	1,110	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	140.44/cwt	139.00–144.00	930	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	154.67/cwt	152.00–155.00	976	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	166.47/cwt	161.00–170.00	731	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	152.98/cwt	147.00–155.00	896	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	162.80/cwt	159.00–171.00	941	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	161.15/cwt	158.50–170.00	993	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	878	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,376	9

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 Feb 4, 2022

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

Receipts 3,912Last week 1,747Year ago 2,446

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. No comparison as the last sale was not Precondition. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
321	—	862	158.25–160.00	159.84
215	—	679	173.00–184.50	177.94
75	—	480	201.00–227.00	215.26
20	—	421	216.00–238.00	226.15
112	—	527	193.00–213.00	204.25
7	—	319	235.00–257.50	247.29
84	—	568	193.75–204.10	199.12
175	—	774	160.00–173.10	167.85
201	—	719	169.00–178.50	173.16
272	—	829	155.50–164.00	161.15
18	—	905	149.00–153.00	151.88
6	—	979	149.25	149.25
237	—	623	185.50–201.50	191.04
28	—	385	216.00–233.00	227.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	401	181.00	181.00
19	—	678	166.00–170.50	168.65
28	—	506	170.00–185.00	174.89
83	—	640	156.25–178.50	171.50
8	—	715	155.00–162.00	158.47
12	—	587	179.25	179.25
3	—	490	190.00	190.00
3	—	878	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	984	136.00	136.00
20	—	384	176.00–190.00	180.45
25	—	417	178.00–185.00	181.49
92	—	771	145.00–151.50	149.31
136	—	529	172.00–179.00	175.99
156	—	484	174.00–182.75	178.10
259	—	729	146.00–153.00	151.43
357	—	669	151.00–162.50	158.52
193	—	578	159.00–171.00	162.80
316	—	616	158.50–170.00	161.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	811	154.00	154.00
51	—	713	154.50–159.00	155.71
9	—	878	156.75	156.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	881	131.00	131.00
15	—	662	139.00–144.00	140.44
26	—	631	152.00–155.00	154.67
20	—	439	161.00–170.00	166.47
21	—	586	147.00–155.00	152.98

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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