Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Precondition. Many load-lots of quality cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.53/cwt on 1,113 head.

Average price

$167.53

1,113 head · 755 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$4.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.27

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	760	167.68	1,274	1,080
Medium and Large 1-2	600	162.78	977	33

One grade step is worth $4.89/cwt here — about $297 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 sale1,113 hd

167.53

—

IA average10 barns · 10,073 hd

172.80

−5.27

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

38 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	—	810	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	180.35/cwt	174.00–187.00	702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,231	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,469	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	172.01/cwt	165.00–176.50	913	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,219	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,694	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	204.08/cwt	192.00–214.00	988	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	196.06/cwt	186.50–200.00	1,025	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	162.88/cwt	155.00–166.75	1,261	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	694	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,194	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,086	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	210.57/cwt	209.00–214.00	916	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	166.42/cwt	161.00–170.00	950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	169.18/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,095	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	187.13/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,044	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	173.32/cwt	171.00–177.50	1,236	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	144.88/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,423	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	144.80/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,122	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	153.36/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,014	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	180.32/cwt	177.75–186.75	1,224	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	181.62/cwt	174.00–188.00	1,146	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,098	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	160.24/cwt	154.00–165.00	731	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,377	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	160.54/cwt	151.00–161.50	1,307	591
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	139.14/cwt	138.50–141.00	1,269	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	171.64/cwt	164.50–175.00	820	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	174.14/cwt	170.00–176.00	745	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	160.18/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,008	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	166.63/cwt	163.00–168.50	973	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	987	13

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 11, 2022

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

Receipts 1,528Last week 3,912Year ago 1,167

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Precondition. Many load-lots of quality cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	810	138.50	138.50
6	—	389	174.00–187.00	180.35
6	—	705	150.00	150.00
7	—	892	138.00	138.00
11	—	1,059	138.75	138.75
22	—	531	165.00–176.50	172.01
25	—	775	141.00–147.00	144.80
29	—	661	148.00–155.00	153.36
24	—	912	138.50–141.00	139.14
25	—	478	164.50–175.00	171.64
24	—	428	170.00–176.00	174.14
61	—	629	157.00–163.00	160.18
23	—	584	163.00–168.50	166.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	151.00	151.00
3	—	585	147.00	147.00
5	—	605	127.00	127.00
13	—	768	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,219	139.00	139.00
17	—	484	192.00–214.00	204.08
55	—	523	186.50–200.00	196.06
65	—	774	155.00–166.75	162.88
4	—	884	151.00	151.00
6	—	1,086	142.00	142.00
9	—	435	209.00–214.00	210.57
27	—	558	184.00–190.00	187.13
3	—	315	237.50	237.50
37	—	713	171.00–177.50	173.32
42	—	982	144.00–147.00	144.88
82	—	679	177.75–186.75	180.32
113	—	631	174.00–188.00	181.62
11	—	918	150.00	150.00
591	—	814	151.00–161.50	160.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	694	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	571	161.00–170.00	166.42
11	—	647	167.00–170.00	169.18
5	—	757	145.00	145.00
7	—	456	154.00–165.00	160.24

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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