Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many load lots today. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, 500 pound steers were 1.00-3.00 lower. Steers 700-800 pounds 3.5-6.00 lower, 850 pounds 6.00 higher. Light heifers were mixed, 700-800 pound heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Good demand. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.21/cwt on 1,279 head.

Average price

$170.21

1,279 head · 736 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$256

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$33.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.23

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	736	172.65	1,270	1,054
Medium and Large 1-2	730	159.35	1,163	219
Large 1	1,098	139.00	1,526	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.65/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale1,279 hd

170.21

—

IA average6 barns · 3,085 hd

166.98

+3.23

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

50 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,370	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	161.71/cwt	155.00–166.70	1,389	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	193.81/cwt	187.50–199.75	1,107	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	141.62/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,197	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	834	145.02/cwt	144.75–145.25	1,209	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	216.96/cwt	200.00–230.00	701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	155.43/cwt	150.00–174.00	953	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	158.30/cwt	153.00–169.25	1,151	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	161.14/cwt	150.00–164.75	1,244	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	169.64/cwt	164.00–171.50	1,159	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	210.88/cwt	207.00–218.00	774	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	162.45/cwt	154.25–167.00	1,342	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	185.56/cwt	174.75–192.00	1,228	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	226.82/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,014	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	200.74/cwt	198.00–211.00	1,048	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	963	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	151.10/cwt	151.10–151.10	1,494	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	210.56/cwt	202.00–220.00	983	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,229	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,160	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,357	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,023	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,136	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	725	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	146.05/cwt	143.75–148.25	1,128	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	455	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	141.13/cwt	138.00–147.50	1,226	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	182.36/cwt	180.00–184.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	673	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	148.63/cwt	144.00–152.50	874	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	148.21/cwt	143.00–148.75	1,080	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	132.49/cwt	131.50–140.00	819	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	179.16/cwt	178.00–180.00	855	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	187.20/cwt	185.00–191.00	629	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,169	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,098	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	153.47/cwt	143.00–157.75	1,014	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	131.12/cwt	131.00–135.00	911	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	152.65/cwt	143.00–156.00	969	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	815	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	778	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,062	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	172.34/cwt	165.00–177.75	907	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	162.84/cwt	155.00–170.00	935	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	187.26/cwt	183.50–191.00	1,167	8

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	945	145.00	145.00
41	—	613	150.00–174.00	155.43
3	—	333	181.00	181.00
86	—	683	164.00–171.50	169.64
7	—	598	161.00	161.00
6	—	795	147.00	147.00
10	—	432	180.00	180.00
3	—	708	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	859	155.00–166.70	161.71
73	—	571	187.50–199.75	193.81
7	—	323	200.00–230.00	216.96
132	—	727	153.00–169.25	158.30
77	—	772	150.00–164.75	161.14
31	—	367	207.00–218.00	210.88
291	—	826	154.25–167.00	162.45
41	—	662	174.75–192.00	185.56
33	—	447	225.00–227.50	226.82
58	—	522	198.00–211.00	200.74
55	—	989	151.10	151.10
52	—	467	202.00–220.00	210.56
8	—	623	183.50–191.00	187.26
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,098	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	845	141.00–142.00	141.62
3	—	945	130.00	130.00
115	—	772	143.75–148.25	146.05
253	—	869	138.00–147.50	141.13
7	—	378	180.00–184.00	182.36
8	—	989	128.00	128.00
116	—	729	143.00–148.75	148.21
32	—	477	178.00–180.00	179.16
24	—	336	185.00–191.00	187.20
36	—	661	143.00–157.75	153.47
124	—	635	143.00–156.00	152.65
15	—	438	186.00	186.00
72	—	526	165.00–177.75	172.34
91	—	574	155.00–170.00	162.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	834	144.75–145.25	145.02
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,160	117.00	117.00
3	—	1,023	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	396	170.00	170.00
11	—	588	144.00–152.50	148.63
3	—	425	166.00	166.00
3	—	267	171.00	171.00
43	—	618	131.50–140.00	132.49
6	—	312	170.00	170.00
97	—	695	131.00–135.00	131.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	230.00	230.00
3	—	415	183.00	183.00

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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