Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Load lots steady to $3.00 higher on strong demand. Heifers $2.00-5.00 higher compared to auction results on 10-7-2022. Steers steady to $3.00 higher. Good offering of new crop spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $190.32/cwt on 1,033 head.

Average price

$190.32

1,033 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,477

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$48.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.66

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	775	190.65	1,477	1,024
Medium and Large 1-2	868	158.00	1,371	6thin
Large 1	1,093	142.00	1,552	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.65/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale1,033 hd

190.32

—

IA average9 barns · 4,009 hd

178.67

+11.66

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

41 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 1Fancy	—	545	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,036	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	182.63/cwt	175.00–184.50	1,045	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,395	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	200.25/cwt	200.25–200.25	1,208	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,090	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	180.40/cwt	180.40–180.40	1,663	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	181.23/cwt	163.00–184.50	1,526	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	208.74/cwt	208.00–210.00	960	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	180.76/cwt	172.50–182.50	1,567	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	222.21/cwt	202.00–224.00	1,193	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	731	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,272	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	353	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	808	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,371	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,108	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,093	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	408	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	877	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	184.04/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,239	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	811	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,488	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	539	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,202	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	769	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,315	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,425	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	899	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,609	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	185.53/cwt	177.00–190.25	1,069	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	726	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,024	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,059	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,152	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	187.40/cwt	186.00–190.00	892	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,149	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,011	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	193.43/cwt	188.50–201.00	847	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	172.70/cwt	165.00–180.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	163.98/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,166	18

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 Oct 21, 2022

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

Receipts 1,467Last week 2,978Year ago 2,102

Load lots steady to $3.00 higher on strong demand. Heifers $2.00-5.00 higher compared to auction results on 10-7-2022. Steers steady to $3.00 higher. Good offering of new crop spring calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	545	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	215.00	215.00
4	—	614	170.00	170.00
4	—	858	161.50	161.50
20	—	572	175.00–184.50	182.63
8	—	952	144.50	144.50
17	—	826	172.50	172.50
14	—	476	186.00–190.00	187.40
12	—	438	188.50–201.00	193.43
6	—	526	165.00–180.00	172.70
18	—	711	160.00–166.00	163.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	816	171.00	171.00
4	—	950	153.00	153.00
19	—	566	181.00	181.00
30	—	651	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	408	215.00	215.00
46	—	576	177.00–190.25	185.53
9	—	300	242.00	242.00
5	—	486	185.00	185.00
108	—	502	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,149	88.00	88.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	603	200.25	200.25
43	—	464	235.00	235.00
5	—	660	186.00	186.00
136	—	537	202.00–224.00	222.21
12	—	353	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	205.00	205.00
120	—	922	180.40	180.40
150	—	842	163.00–184.50	181.23
16	—	460	208.00–210.00	208.74
318	—	867	172.50–182.50	180.76
4	—	350	210.00	210.00
10	—	577	192.00	192.00
12	—	673	180.00–190.00	184.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	731	174.00	174.00
72	—	811	183.50	183.50
12	—	539	223.00	223.00
14	—	769	171.00	171.00
71	—	899	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	868	158.00	158.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	142.00	142.00

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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