Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many load lots today. Compared to last week 650 pound steers were steady, 750 pound steers 9.00 lower, heavier steers were 2.00-4.00 higher. Heifers were light in numbers. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.55/cwt on 1,020 head.

Average price

$160.55

1,020 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$543

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.61

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	768	161.15	1,238	979
Medium and Large 1-2	710	149.80	1,064	32
Large 1	1,344	132.50	1,781	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.65/cwt here — about −$543 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 sale1,020 hd

160.55

—

IA average6 barns · 2,878 hd

156.93

+3.61

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

34 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	Large 1	—	1,204	126.53/cwt	122.00–130.50	1,523	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	251	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	134.14/cwt	133.00–140.00	889	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,101	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	918	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,203	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	157.70/cwt	156.00–159.00	1,113	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,316	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	153.03/cwt	149.50–153.75	1,267	488
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	151.98/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,033	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	196.51/cwt	185.00–203.00	922	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	192.67/cwt	186.00–199.00	1,040	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,400	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	150.65/cwt	146.00–154.25	1,168	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	929	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	201.01/cwt	185.00–202.75	1,120	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	176.81/cwt	174.75–177.75	1,215	140
Steers	Large 1	—	1,344	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,326	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	133.90/cwt	132.00–139.00	856	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	958	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	190.96/cwt	190.00–195.00	813	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	153.42/cwt	148.50–156.00	948	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	164.02/cwt	161.75–165.00	958	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	132.60/cwt	132.60–132.60	1,193	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	734	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	134.51/cwt	130.00–135.50	1,051	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	136.69/cwt	135.50–137.50	980	100

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 11, 2022

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

Receipts 1,442Last week 3,099Year ago 1,320

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,204	122.00–130.50	126.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	176.00	176.00
4	—	251	193.00	193.00
4	—	488	166.00	166.00
4	—	869	127.50	127.50
10	—	654	146.50	146.50
12	—	618	148.50–156.00	153.42
43	—	584	161.75–165.00	164.02
47	—	900	132.60	132.60
10	—	424	173.00	173.00
48	—	781	130.00–135.50	134.51
100	—	717	135.50–137.50	136.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	663	133.00–140.00	134.14
25	—	639	132.00–139.00	133.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	668	139.00	139.00
5	—	510	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	663	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	918	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	706	156.00–159.00	157.70
17	—	889	148.00	148.00
488	—	828	149.50–153.75	153.03
4	—	335	221.00	221.00
25	—	469	185.00–203.00	196.51
16	—	540	186.00–199.00	192.67
62	—	977	143.25	143.25
86	—	775	146.00–154.25	150.65
51	—	557	185.00–202.75	201.01
140	—	687	174.75–177.75	176.81
6	—	908	146.00	146.00
15	—	426	190.00–195.00	190.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	166.00	166.00
21	—	680	145.00–158.00	151.98
3	—	805	138.00	138.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,344	132.50	132.50

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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