Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light steers were mostly 2.00 higher, steers 800 pounds 3.9 higher. Heifers 700-750 pounds 1.00-3.7 lower, 800 pound heifers steady. Many load lots of yearlings today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.14/cwt on 1,306 head.

Average price

$197.14

1,306 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$356

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$63.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.20

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	198.68	1,328	1,253
Medium and Large 1-2	485	185.68	900	27
Large 1	1,249	134.77	1,683	26

One grade step is worth $63.92/cwt here — about −$356 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 sale1,306 hd

197.14

—

IA average7 barns · 6,278 hd

185.95

+11.20

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

40 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 1	—	313	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	182.72/cwt	182.50–183.00	1,049	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	200.83/cwt	194.00–210.00	854	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	203	485.00/head	485.00–485.00	485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	218.55/cwt	212.00–229.00	1,145	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	169.63/cwt	167.00–171.50	1,545	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	182.48/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,500	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	233.45/cwt	220.00–245.50	864	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	183.51/cwt	178.00–190.50	1,250	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	225.38/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,093	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	230.38/cwt	226.00–237.00	963	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	188.45/cwt	166.00–206.00	908	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	179.68/cwt	178.50–186.50	1,306	56
Steers	Large 1	—	1,270	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	236.01/cwt	234.00–240.00	812	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	216.25/cwt	201.00–227.00	1,222	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	183.05/cwt	177.00–184.00	1,389	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	224	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	174.72/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,082	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	173.39/cwt	167.00–176.00	1,325	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,601	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	202.01/cwt	194.00–211.00	753	69
Steers	Large 1	—	1,236	133.37/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,648	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	176.30/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,301	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	199.54/cwt	194.50–207.25	1,239	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	175.04/cwt	167.50–175.50	1,435	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	197.56/cwt	188.00–200.25	1,037	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	208.47/cwt	194.00–218.00	992	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	193.81/cwt	188.50–208.50	1,107	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	983	3

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 23, 2022

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

Receipts 2,220Last week 1,586Year ago 2,293

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	216.00	216.00
3	—	865	167.00	167.00
7	—	699	173.00	173.00
72	—	425	194.00–210.00	200.83
5	—	203	485.00	485.00
19	—	619	170.00–176.00	174.72
93	—	764	167.00–176.00	173.39
69	—	373	194.00–211.00	202.01
78	—	738	176.00–180.00	176.30
89	—	820	167.50–175.50	175.04
51	—	525	188.00–200.25	197.56
141	—	476	194.00–218.00	208.47
40	—	571	188.50–208.50	193.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	182.50–183.00	182.72
3	—	482	175.00	175.00
3	—	335	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	524	212.00–229.00	218.55
177	—	911	167.00–171.50	169.63
200	—	822	180.00–188.00	182.48
3	—	273	249.00	249.00
26	—	370	220.00–245.50	233.45
96	—	681	178.00–190.50	183.51
137	—	485	215.00–236.00	225.38
63	—	418	226.00–237.00	230.38
56	—	727	178.50–186.50	179.68
4	—	853	180.00	180.00
12	—	344	234.00–240.00	236.01
177	—	565	201.00–227.00	216.25
73	—	759	177.00–184.00	183.05
6	—	224	675.00	675.00
32	—	969	165.25	165.25
52	—	621	194.50–207.25	199.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	192.00	192.00
3	—	307	182.00	182.00
14	—	482	166.00–206.00	188.45
3	—	585	171.00	171.00
4	—	605	185.00	185.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,270	137.00	137.00
16	—	1,236	133.00–135.00	133.37

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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