Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers 750 pounds were 9.3 higher, 850 pounds 2.9 higher. Heifers 600 pounds .75 lower, 700-750 pounds were 1.00-2.25 higher. Several load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.47/cwt on 794 head.

Average price

$206.47

794 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$396

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

$3.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.50

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	462	209.47	968	70
Medium and Large 1	661	206.18	1,364	724

One grade step is worth $3.29/cwt here — about −$396 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 sale794 hd

206.47

—

IA average7 barns · 6,629 hd

194.97

+11.50

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

43 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	—	653	207.02/cwt	204.75–209.50	1,352	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	174.19/cwt	173.75–175.75	1,334	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	235.62/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,230	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	192.71/cwt	192.50–194.00	1,522	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	178.58/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,559	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	197.17/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,238	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	219.35/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,156	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	244.60/cwt	229.00–253.00	1,010	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	241.90/cwt	236.00–246.00	914	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	209.68/cwt	204.00–215.00	1,201	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	253.85/cwt	248.00–263.00	840	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	193.53/cwt	193.00–194.00	1,405	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	220.66/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,046	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	737.85/head	725.00–750.00	738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	840.00/head	840.00–840.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	273	620.00/head	620.00–620.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	924	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	915	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	956	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	154.89/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,515	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	849.62/head	840.00–880.00	850	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	912	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	204.69/cwt	199.00–220.00	1,038	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	175.99/cwt	175.00–178.50	1,471	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	228.55/cwt	227.00–231.00	1,086	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	180.01/cwt	175.25–180.50	1,321	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,185	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,096	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	191.14/cwt	187.00–200.00	910	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	182.27/cwt	178.50–196.00	1,152	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	860	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	712.11/head	650.00–730.00	712	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	189.93/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,016	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	219.18/cwt	213.00–225.00	796	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	220.60/cwt	192.00–225.00	746	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	208.71/cwt	201.00–215.50	883	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	784	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	286	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	5

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 Sep 9, 2022

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

Receipts 1,586Last week 2,367Year ago 2,005

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	653	204.75–209.50	207.02
24	—	522	225.00–239.00	235.62
226	—	790	192.50–194.00	192.71
117	—	873	170.00–184.00	178.58
48	—	628	189.00–200.00	197.17
67	—	413	229.00–253.00	244.60
23	—	378	236.00–246.00	241.90
44	—	573	204.00–215.00	209.68
39	—	331	248.00–263.00	253.85
24	—	726	193.00–194.00	193.53
6	—	268	725.00–750.00	737.85
11	—	978	152.00–156.00	154.89
17	—	340	840.00–880.00	849.62
42	—	475	227.00–231.00	228.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	527	217.00–221.00	219.35
21	—	474	220.00–221.00	220.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	186.00	186.00
47	—	428	213.00	213.00
20	—	507	199.00–220.00	204.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	766	173.75–175.75	174.19
25	—	836	175.00–178.50	175.99
83	—	734	175.25–180.50	180.01
3	—	677	175.00	175.00
16	—	568	193.00	193.00
42	—	476	187.00–200.00	191.14
13	—	290	650.00	650.00
66	—	632	178.50–196.00	182.27
17	—	315	650.00–730.00	712.11
9	—	535	186.00–193.00	189.93
59	—	363	213.00–225.00	219.18
145	—	423	201.00–215.50	208.71
8	—	341	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	191.00	191.00
7	—	470	183.00	183.00
4	—	439	191.00	191.00
3	—	592	174.00	174.00
31	—	338	192.00–225.00	220.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
5	—	286	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	—	352	840.00	840.00
3	—	273	620.00	620.00
30	—	434	213.00	213.00
26	—	386	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	478	200.00	200.00

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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