Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Compared to the last Preconditioned sale three weeks ago 650-700 pound steers were 4.5 to 5.5 higher, 850 pound steers 1.5 lower. Light 600 pound heifers 3.4 lower, 700 pound heifers 4.75 lower. Good demand. Trade active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.99/cwt on 1,501 head.

Average price

$153.99

1,501 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$3.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.47

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	154.04	1,054	1,480
Medium and Large 1-2	594	150.28	892	21

One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $162 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 sale1,501 hd

153.99

—

IA average8 barns · 4,311 hd

156.45

−2.47

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

39 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	—	850	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	188.55/cwt	186.00–192.00	641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	820	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	176.96/cwt	174.00–177.25	768	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	149.12/cwt	148.00–151.00	883	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	160.13/cwt	152.00–163.75	1,315	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,420	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	208.16/cwt	192.00–209.50	1,109	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	215.92/cwt	212.00–223.00	985	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	186.22/cwt	180.00–193.75	1,192	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	216.52/cwt	210.00–228.00	938	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	192.46/cwt	188.50–195.00	910	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	191.96/cwt	185.00–203.50	1,110	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	756	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,247	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	143.45/cwt	142.25–149.00	1,176	46
Steers	Large 1	—	1,023	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	170.35/cwt	160.00–176.25	1,223	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	182.32/cwt	177.00–186.00	1,227	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	146.25/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,208	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	149.13/cwt	146.75–157.00	1,005	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	741	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,171	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	965	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,349	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	152.52/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,331	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,132	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	138.57/cwt	134.00–141.50	1,293	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	985	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	160.55/cwt	155.00–166.25	1,007	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	143.77/cwt	142.50–151.00	1,094	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	160.80/cwt	155.25–166.00	1,256	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,081	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	148.26/cwt	145.25–155.00	1,075	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	177.09/cwt	171.00–180.75	937	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	166.87/cwt	164.00–175.00	948	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	810	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,247	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	855	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,334	11

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 Apr 8, 2022

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

Receipts 2,931Last week 2,074Year ago 2,410

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	850	139.00	139.00
6	—	371	196.00	196.00
7	—	340	186.00–192.00	188.55
9	—	463	177.00	177.00
34	—	434	174.00–177.25	176.96
46	—	820	142.25–149.00	143.45
269	—	674	146.75–157.00	149.13
169	—	627	155.00–166.25	160.55
329	—	761	142.50–151.00	143.77
256	—	725	145.25–155.00	148.26
119	—	529	171.00–180.75	177.09
114	—	568	164.00–175.00	166.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	592	148.00–151.00	149.12
10	—	694	142.00	142.00
3	—	265	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	756	165.00	165.00
22	—	741	158.00	158.00
24	—	965	139.75	139.75
45	—	810	154.00	154.00
11	—	855	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
372	—	821	152.00–163.75	160.13
9	—	983	144.50	144.50
37	—	533	192.00–209.50	208.16
23	—	456	212.00–223.00	215.92
27	—	640	180.00–193.75	186.22
46	—	433	210.00–228.00	216.52
3	—	393	218.00	218.00
146	—	578	185.00–203.50	191.96
65	—	718	160.00–176.25	170.35
66	—	673	177.00–186.00	182.32
147	—	873	143.00–154.00	152.52
20	—	933	134.00–141.50	138.57
232	—	781	155.25–166.00	160.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	473	188.50–195.00	192.46
11	—	826	145.00–147.00	146.25
7	—	682	166.00	166.00
4	—	543	173.00	173.00
6	—	611	177.00	177.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,023	139.50	139.50

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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