Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light steers 550 pounds were 6.7 higher, steers 850-950 pounds 6.00-9.7 higher. Lightweight 500-550 pound heifers 2.6-3.8 higher. Several 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 $168.18/cwt on 554 head.

Average price

$168.18

554 head · 823 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$574

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

$32.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.64

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	516	182.50	942	16thin
Medium and Large 1	771	173.81	1,340	402
Large 1	1,012	149.84	1,516	136

One grade step is worth $32.66/cwt here — about −$574 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 sale554 hd

168.18

—

IA average7 barns · 4,863 hd

177.82

−9.64

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	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	773	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,156	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	139.46/cwt	135.50–140.00	1,170	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	142.91/cwt	141.00–149.00	983	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	176.21/cwt	170.00–177.25	934	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	167.66/cwt	161.00–172.50	711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	150.96/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,464	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	169.80/cwt	163.00–171.25	959	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	184.98/cwt	181.50–188.00	779	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	862	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,207	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	214.31/cwt	198.00–218.50	971	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	157.47/cwt	150.00–158.50	1,282	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	168.66/cwt	164.00–174.50	631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	158.54/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,062	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	162.56/cwt	162.25–162.80	1,437	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	174.73/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,244	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,168	4
Steers	Large 1	—	1,012	149.84/cwt	146.25–150.75	1,516	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	156.01/cwt	155.50–156.50	1,209	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	198.23/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,068	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	752	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,200	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	205.65/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,141	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,183	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	165.85/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,042	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,046	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,099	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	967	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	201.68/cwt	191.00–215.00	891	9

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	773	149.50	149.50
22	—	862	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	839	135.50–140.00	139.46
51	—	530	170.00–177.25	176.21
47	—	565	163.00–171.25	169.80
25	—	421	181.50–188.00	184.98
35	—	670	151.00–164.00	158.54
22	—	628	164.00–170.00	165.85
8	—	714	146.50	146.50
6	—	376	185.00	185.00
5	—	758	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	688	141.00–149.00	142.91
7	—	424	161.00–172.50	167.66
3	—	545	152.00	152.00
3	—	473	167.00	167.00
7	—	374	164.00–174.50	168.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	970	144.00–155.00	150.96
30	—	453	198.00–218.50	214.31
25	—	814	150.00–158.50	157.47
119	—	884	162.25–162.80	162.56
4	—	293	225.00	225.00
33	—	712	174.00–176.00	174.73
16	—	775	155.50–156.50	156.01
13	—	539	192.00–200.00	198.23
3	—	652	184.00	184.00
67	—	555	201.00–209.00	205.65
5	—	618	191.50	191.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	165.00	165.00
3	—	597	170.00	170.00
4	—	730	160.00	160.00
6	—	354	212.50	212.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,012	146.25–150.75	149.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	636	152.00	152.00
9	—	442	191.00–215.00	201.68

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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