Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the sale last week was Preconditioned. Many load lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.89/cwt on 755 head.

Average price

$185.89

755 head · 786 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$36.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.56

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	792	186.49	1,477	723
Medium and Large 1-2	568	177.55	1,009	26
Large 1	1,032	150.25	1,551	6thin

One grade step is worth $36.24/cwt here — about −$74 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 sale755 hd

185.89

—

IA average9 barns · 5,461 hd

183.34

+2.56

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	Large 1	—	1,024	151.12/cwt	148.75–151.75	1,547	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	174.67/cwt	170.00–181.00	908	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,209	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	181.35/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,244	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,637	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	218.34/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,000	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	184.80/cwt	176.00–185.50	1,449	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	1,752	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	207.50/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,075	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	188.73/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,342	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	192.81/cwt	191.00–196.00	1,122	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	194.03/cwt	190.00–195.50	1,197	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	174.21/cwt	172.00–175.50	1,158	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	895	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	179.94/cwt	179.75–182.50	1,449	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	176.87/cwt	174.75–182.25	1,291	455
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	360	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	720	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	814	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	622	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	995	5
Steers	Large 1	—	1,032	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	184.64/cwt	179.00–185.75	1,616	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,046	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,065	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	176.86/cwt	173.75–180.25	1,203	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	148.12/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,385	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	181.24/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,019	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	187.43/cwt	185.00–189.00	888	56

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 Nov 4, 2022

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

Receipts 1,546Last week 1,022Year ago 821

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the sale last week was Preconditioned. Many load lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,024	148.75–151.75	151.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	774	173.50	173.50
4	—	976	146.00	146.00
6	—	864	166.50	166.50
7	—	520	170.00–181.00	174.67
455	—	730	174.75–182.25	176.87
18	—	623	171.00	171.00
32	—	680	173.75–180.25	176.86
11	—	935	146.00–154.00	148.12
40	—	562	170.00–185.00	181.24
56	—	474	185.00–189.00	187.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	726	166.50	166.50
15	—	654	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	360	200.00	200.00
10	—	426	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	686	180.00–185.00	181.35
62	—	907	180.50	180.50
18	—	458	216.00–222.00	218.34
142	—	784	176.00–185.50	184.80
112	—	964	181.75	181.75
29	—	711	183.00–190.00	188.73
37	—	582	191.00–196.00	192.81
39	—	617	190.00–195.50	194.03
43	—	805	179.75–182.50	179.94
153	—	875	179.00–185.75	184.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	518	200.00–209.00	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	665	172.00–175.50	174.21
15	—	497	180.00	180.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,032	150.25	150.25

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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