Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, lightweight steers were sharply higher, 750-pound steers 3.00 higher, 800-850-pound steers 3.00-8.75 lower. Light heifers were steady to 5.25 higher, 700-750-pound heifers 3.00-5.5 lower. Many load lots today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.18/cwt on 787 head.

Average price

$165.18

787 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$33.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.34

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	778	167.15	1,301	731
Medium and Large 1-2	807	147.30	1,189	24
Large 1	1,061	133.63	1,418	32

One grade step is worth $33.52/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale787 hd

165.18

—

IA average3 barns · 2,313 hd

158.85

+6.34

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

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	392	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	2,940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,161	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,444	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	198.91/cwt	191.00–213.00	1,148	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	164.25/cwt	156.50–169.25	1,275	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	211.13/cwt	206.00–217.00	1,094	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,012	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,192	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,006	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	159.20/cwt	157.00–160.25	1,310	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	152.88/cwt	147.25–158.25	1,329	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	147.44/cwt	142.00–151.50	1,169	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,252	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	172.94/cwt	167.50–175.25	1,226	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	184.55/cwt	176.00–191.00	1,166	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	152.28/cwt	148.50–156.00	1,395	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	149.92/cwt	146.50–151.50	1,018	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	172.35/cwt	170.00–174.50	901	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	145.31/cwt	140.50–151.00	1,040	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	147.26/cwt	140.50–149.25	1,233	163
Steers	Large 1	—	1,098	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,482	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,044	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,389	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	167.15/cwt	160.00–170.00	956	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	158.01/cwt	154.00–170.50	989	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	140.60/cwt	138.50–146.00	1,087	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	175.21/cwt	170.00–179.50	838	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	133.44/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,161	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	217	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	259	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	148.32/cwt	147.00–151.00	936	23

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 May 20, 2022

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

Receipts 1,684Last week 2,576Year ago 1,717

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	392	750.00	750.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	202.50	202.50
3	—	428	176.00	176.00
5	—	907	128.00	128.00
32	—	679	146.50–151.50	149.92
49	—	523	170.00–174.50	172.35
158	—	716	140.50–151.00	145.31
163	—	837	140.50–149.25	147.26
15	—	572	160.00–170.00	167.15
71	—	626	154.00–170.50	158.01
94	—	773	138.50–146.00	140.60
18	—	478	170.00–179.50	175.21
5	—	974	128.00	128.00
14	—	870	133.00–135.00	133.44
3	—	217	400.00	400.00
8	—	259	600.00	600.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	153.00	153.00
3	—	353	166.00	166.00
3	—	440	157.00	157.00
3	—	815	134.00	134.00
5	—	545	161.00	161.00
23	—	631	147.00–151.00	148.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	996	145.00	145.00
53	—	577	191.00–213.00	198.91
120	—	776	156.50–169.25	164.25
3	—	475	200.00	200.00
4	—	349	227.50	227.50
25	—	518	206.00–217.00	211.13
6	—	699	170.50	170.50
17	—	443	227.00	227.00
183	—	823	157.00–160.25	159.20
114	—	869	147.25–158.25	152.88
24	—	709	167.50–175.25	172.94
63	—	632	176.00–191.00	184.55
92	—	916	148.50–156.00	152.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	155.00	155.00
3	—	728	160.00	160.00
3	—	842	146.00	146.00
7	—	793	142.00–151.50	147.44
8	—	894	140.00	140.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,098	135.00	135.00
22	—	1,044	133.00	133.00

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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