Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition feeder sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $208.47/cwt on 528 head.

Average price

$208.47

528 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$27.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.97

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	211.14	1,229	476
Medium and Large 1-2	604	184.01	1,112	52

One grade step is worth $27.13/cwt here — about $117 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 sale528 hd

208.47

—

IA average7 barns · 4,821 hd

184.49

+23.97

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

30 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	—	292	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	208.71/cwt	207.00–210.00	664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,123	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,312	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	208.53/cwt	205.00–214.00	767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	215.19/cwt	200.00–224.00	1,123	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,403	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,404	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	234.46/cwt	231.00–238.00	884	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	210.57/cwt	200.00–213.50	1,308	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	234.73/cwt	224.00–250.00	974	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	226.18/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,090	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	180.85/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,313	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	211.57/cwt	200.00–213.50	1,398	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	210.78/cwt	201.00–218.00	1,197	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	183.89/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,059	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	602	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,138	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	873	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	193.29/cwt	191.00–194.00	1,144	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	173.33/cwt	160.00–185.00	1,167	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	180.52/cwt	180.00–181.00	847	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	175.68/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,072	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	160.65/cwt	155.00–163.50	1,158	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	188.65/cwt	180.00–193.00	979	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	205.81/cwt	194.00–213.00	869	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	196.92/cwt	190.00–200.00	951	61

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 1,022Last week 1,467Year ago 0

Western Iowa Precondition feeder sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	292	206.00	206.00
3	—	937	128.00	128.00
9	—	318	207.00–210.00	208.71
9	—	651	172.50	172.50
10	—	800	164.00	164.00
12	—	368	205.00–214.00	208.53
99	—	576	178.00–188.00	183.89
15	—	610	174.00–179.00	175.68
22	—	721	155.00–163.50	160.65
44	—	519	180.00–193.00	188.65
61	—	422	194.00–213.00	205.81
61	—	483	190.00–200.00	196.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	602	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	180.00–181.00	180.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	522	200.00–224.00	215.19
3	—	343	231.00	231.00
6	—	845	166.00	166.00
8	—	851	165.00	165.00
17	—	377	231.00–238.00	234.46
111	—	621	200.00–213.50	210.57
29	—	415	224.00–250.00	234.73
46	—	482	220.00–230.00	226.18
49	—	726	170.00–185.00	180.85
58	—	661	200.00–213.50	211.57
62	—	568	201.00–218.00	210.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	202.00	202.00
4	—	499	175.00	175.00
5	—	509	198.00	198.00
17	—	592	191.00–194.00	193.29
23	—	673	160.00–185.00	173.33

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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