Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle. No comparison today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.51/cwt on 1,762 head.

Average price

$158.51

1,762 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$328

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

$27.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.50

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	637	165.36	1,054	117
Medium and Large 1	785	158.13	1,241	1,636
Large 1	1,005	137.50	1,382	9thin

One grade step is worth $27.86/cwt here — about −$328 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 sale1,762 hd

158.51

—

IA average9 barns · 7,723 hd

169.01

−10.50

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

43 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	—	533	174.19/cwt	169.00–182.00	928	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	177.99/cwt	174.00–179.00	740	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,062	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,381	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,198	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	144.97/cwt	140.50–149.75	1,267	563
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	158.28/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,157	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	200.18/cwt	197.00–202.00	767	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	151.45/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,242	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	177.80/cwt	164.00–180.00	880	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	194.02/cwt	190.50–195.00	1,030	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	184.20/cwt	180.00–197.50	1,046	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	206.77/cwt	200.00–218.00	970	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	163.58/cwt	153.00–172.00	1,029	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	181.98/cwt	175.00–187.25	1,136	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	139.08/cwt	135.50–142.50	1,328	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	159.66/cwt	149.75–166.75	1,233	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	140.74/cwt	137.00–141.50	1,306	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	145.05/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,105	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	164.09/cwt	163.00–165.50	1,116	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	176.43/cwt	167.00–183.00	1,182	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	182.96/cwt	181.00–184.00	966	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	781	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,132	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,076	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	153.68/cwt	148.00–158.50	961	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	145.53/cwt	135.00–148.25	1,043	180
Steers	Large 1	—	1,005	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,382	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	220.41/cwt	218.00–226.00	961	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	882	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	147.17/cwt	139.00–153.75	992	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	819	145.71/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,193	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	137.32/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,074	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	172.88/cwt	170.00–183.00	819	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,130	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	160.19/cwt	153.00–169.50	929	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	143.13/cwt	139.00–144.00	886	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	133.14/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,102	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	163.87/cwt	163.00–164.00	895	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	940	3

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 Mar 4, 2022

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

Receipts 3,099Last week 1,834Year ago 2,556

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle. No comparison today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	533	169.00–182.00	174.19
3	—	373	180.00	180.00
16	—	416	174.00–179.00	177.99
32	—	891	134.50	134.50
109	—	625	148.00–158.50	153.68
180	—	717	135.00–148.25	145.53
134	—	674	139.00–153.75	147.17
138	—	782	134.00–140.00	137.32
53	—	474	170.00–183.00	172.88
39	—	580	153.00–169.50	160.19
41	—	828	132.00–136.00	133.14
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,062	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	165.00	165.00
19	—	584	151.00	151.00
15	—	837	135.00	135.00
18	—	619	139.00–144.00	143.13
31	—	546	163.00–164.00	163.87
3	—	707	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	781	145.00	145.00
48	—	819	142.00–149.00	145.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
563	—	874	140.50–149.75	144.97
91	—	731	153.00–165.00	158.28
14	—	383	197.00–202.00	200.18
130	—	820	149.00–153.00	151.45
26	—	531	190.50–195.00	194.02
36	—	568	180.00–197.50	184.20
3	—	327	207.50	207.50
3	—	280	210.00	210.00
19	—	469	200.00–218.00	206.77
139	—	624	175.00–187.25	181.98
76	—	955	135.50–142.50	139.08
250	—	772	149.75–166.75	159.66
127	—	928	137.00–141.50	140.74
122	—	670	167.00–183.00	176.43
37	—	436	218.00–226.00	220.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	495	164.00–180.00	177.80
17	—	629	153.00–172.00	163.58
11	—	762	140.00–148.00	145.05
48	—	680	163.00–165.50	164.09
12	—	528	181.00–184.00	182.96
5	—	722	149.00	149.00
3	—	842	140.00	140.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,005	137.50	137.50

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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