Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

72nd Anniversary/BBQ Special Calf/Yearling Sale! No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. 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 $181.76/cwt on 3,399 head.

Average price

$181.76

3,399 head · 803 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$34.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.30

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	804	182.55	1,468	3,132
Medium and Large 1-2	757	175.06	1,326	241
Large 1	1,063	148.00	1,573	26

One grade step is worth $34.55/cwt here — about −$105 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 sale3,399 hd

181.76

—

IA average7 barns · 5,795 hd

176.46

+5.30

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

46 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	—	1,132	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,523	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,040	144.29/cwt	137.00–146.50	1,501	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	168.90/cwt	162.00–171.00	990	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	168.24/cwt	155.00–168.50	1,062	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	241.94/cwt	239.00–244.00	939	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	210.09/cwt	205.00–215.50	1,208	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	195.19/cwt	189.00–203.00	1,318	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	182.85/cwt	175.25–187.35	1,434	973
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	235.47/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,109	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	176.09/cwt	170.00–183.00	1,548	668
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	199.73/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,272	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	179.06/cwt	174.00–182.50	1,501	588
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	187.49/cwt	182.50–203.00	1,350	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	168.53/cwt	161.50–174.25	1,559	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	169.41/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,320	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	163.65/cwt	153.50–169.00	1,574	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,005	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	226.81/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,195	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	230.46/cwt	228.00–234.00	989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	840.00/head	840.00–840.00	840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	880.00/head	880.00–880.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	163.00/cwt	155.25–164.60	1,229	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	148.36/cwt	142.00–155.50	1,435	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	158.18/cwt	156.50–165.00	1,416	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,003	4
Steers	Large 1	—	1,063	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,573	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	996	150.20/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,496	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	182.56/cwt	180.00–191.00	1,057	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,163	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	177.73/cwt	176.75–180.50	1,321	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	180.00/cwt	173.00–191.00	1,111	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	171.31/cwt	162.00–175.25	1,244	643
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	790.00/head	790.00–790.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	155.73/cwt	151.00–156.50	1,367	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	185.23/cwt	183.00–188.00	972	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	158.06/cwt	157.50–159.75	1,114	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	169.98/cwt	164.00–177.00	1,154	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,240	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	212.55/cwt	206.00–214.00	893	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	150.20/cwt	149.00–151.50	1,400	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	161.09/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,324	295

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 Aug 5, 2022

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

Receipts 5,695Last week 935Year ago 6,159

72nd Anniversary/BBQ Special Calf/Yearling Sale! No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots today. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,132	134.50	134.50
13	—	1,040	137.00–146.50	144.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	212.00	212.00
294	—	754	155.25–164.60	163.00
17	—	967	142.00–155.50	148.36
146	—	579	180.00–191.00	182.56
6	—	477	210.00	210.00
73	—	617	173.00–191.00	180.00
643	—	726	162.00–175.25	171.31
3	—	290	800.00	800.00
3	—	305	790.00	790.00
34	—	878	151.00–156.50	155.73
51	—	525	183.00–188.00	185.23
200	—	679	164.00–177.00	169.98
23	—	420	206.00–214.00	212.55
28	—	932	149.00–151.50	150.20
295	—	822	155.00–165.00	161.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	180.00	180.00
16	—	586	162.00–171.00	168.90
212	—	631	155.00–168.50	168.24
69	—	705	157.50–159.75	158.06
4	—	821	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	388	239.00–244.00	241.94
43	—	575	205.00–215.50	210.09
166	—	675	189.00–203.00	195.19
973	—	784	175.25–187.35	182.85
41	—	471	229.00–240.00	235.47
668	—	879	170.00–183.00	176.09
103	—	637	195.00–203.00	199.73
588	—	838	174.00–182.50	179.06
123	—	720	182.50–203.00	187.49
182	—	925	161.50–174.25	168.53
161	—	962	153.50–169.00	163.65
4	—	373	900.00	900.00
70	—	527	215.00–235.00	226.81
7	—	429	228.00–234.00	230.46
6	—	264	840.00	840.00
3	—	345	880.00	880.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	779	168.00–171.00	169.41
5	—	532	189.00	189.00
15	—	895	156.50–165.00	158.18
4	—	458	219.00	219.00
15	—	996	150.00–151.00	150.20
14	—	625	186.00	186.00
155	—	743	176.75–180.50	177.73
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,063	148.00	148.00

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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