Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many load lots today. Compared to last week lightweight steers were 5.00-6.00 higher, heavier steers mostly steady. Heifers, 700 pounds, 3.00-5.00 lower, 800-pound heifers 3.00 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.40/cwt on 1,018 head.

Average price

$165.40

1,018 head · 786 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$264

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

$4.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.38

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	617	169.51	1,046	41
Medium and Large 1	793	165.23	1,310	977

One grade step is worth $4.28/cwt here — about −$264 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 sale1,018 hd

165.40

—

IA average10 barns · 10,049 hd

169.78

−4.38

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	—	929	135.27/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,257	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	139.60/cwt	138.50–144.00	1,201	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	181.74/cwt	180.00–190.00	698	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	170.83/cwt	170.00–171.50	972	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	178.60/cwt	171.50–185.75	839	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	152.71/cwt	147.00–154.75	1,055	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	206.19/cwt	198.75–210.25	1,097	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	172.89/cwt	172.50–173.00	1,058	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	196.22/cwt	192.50–198.75	1,116	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	179.31/cwt	177.00–181.00	1,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	205.96/cwt	193.00–210.00	857	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	183.44/cwt	176.25–186.00	1,227	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	156.40/cwt	150.25–166.75	1,306	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,244	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,462	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	157.31/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,351	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	205.88/cwt	196.50–208.00	1,013	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,187	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,104	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,270	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	148.58/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,397	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	148.78/cwt	146.50–149.35	1,158	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	180.40/cwt	176.00–184.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	163.85/cwt	157.00–171.75	1,265	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,126	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	153.72/cwt	152.00–155.00	965	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	185.93/cwt	179.00–187.00	969	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	149.63/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,216	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	174.77/cwt	163.00–177.50	1,068	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	148.93/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,084	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	133.57/cwt	132.50–135.00	1,301	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	182.33/cwt	179.00–185.00	593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	899	6

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 25, 2022

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

Receipts 1,834Last week 3,434Year ago 1,493

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	929	135.00–136.00	135.27
15	—	860	138.50–144.00	139.60
16	—	384	180.00–190.00	181.74
24	—	569	170.00–171.50	170.83
31	—	470	171.50–185.75	178.60
41	—	691	147.00–154.75	152.71
4	—	1,104	115.00	115.00
58	—	778	146.50–149.35	148.78
157	—	521	179.00–187.00	185.93
128	—	813	140.00–152.00	149.63
85	—	611	163.00–177.50	174.77
101	—	728	143.00–153.00	148.93
7	—	974	132.50–135.00	133.57
7	—	325	179.00–185.00	182.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	171.00	171.00
7	—	628	152.00–155.00	153.72
4	—	730	140.00	140.00
3	—	427	161.50	161.50
6	—	599	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	532	198.75–210.25	206.19
38	—	569	192.50–198.75	196.22
16	—	416	193.00–210.00	205.96
3	—	1,015	143.50	143.50
65	—	669	176.25–186.00	183.44
299	—	835	150.25–166.75	156.40
20	—	717	173.50	173.50
62	—	993	147.25	147.25
282	—	859	149.00–158.00	157.31
20	—	492	196.50–208.00	205.88
21	—	635	187.00	187.00
31	—	940	140.00–149.50	148.58
66	—	772	157.00–171.75	163.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	612	172.50–173.00	172.89
7	—	564	177.00–181.00	179.31
7	—	469	176.00–184.00	180.40
10	—	725	155.25	155.25
3	—	753	153.00	153.00

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