Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Many unweaned calves. Several load lots today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.17/cwt on 813 head.

Average price

$182.17

813 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$12.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	729	184.01	1,341	697
Medium and Large 1-2	664	171.11	1,136	116

One grade step is worth $12.90/cwt here — about $205 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 sale813 hd

182.17

—

IA average9 barns · 7,695 hd

185.71

−3.54

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	184.58/cwt	182.00–185.25	1,255	170
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	927	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	733	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	150.90/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,172	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	190.40/cwt	184.00–202.00	1,104	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	173.23/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,313	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	171.78/cwt	166.50–173.25	1,677	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	171.28/cwt	162.00–174.50	1,442	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	187.22/cwt	171.00–194.00	908	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	208.19/cwt	200.00–220.00	987	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,217	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,091	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	172.81/cwt	167.00–175.50	1,493	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,524	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	175.49/cwt	175.00–176.00	977	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	203.06/cwt	191.00–207.00	1,076	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	179.49/cwt	174.50–182.00	1,154	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	232.56/cwt	230.00–237.00	770	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,032	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,300	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,248	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	791	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	179.68/cwt	171.00–182.00	933	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,137	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	153.92/cwt	153.00–154.50	1,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	190.59/cwt	171.00–199.50	1,187	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	190.60/cwt	187.50–192.50	795	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	167.80/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,114	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,616	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	186.27/cwt	181.00–190.50	890	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	161.13/cwt	160.00–163.50	1,157	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,126	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	173.03/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,012	83

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 18, 2022

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

Receipts 1,439Last week 1,643Year ago 837

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Many unweaned calves. Several load lots today. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	680	182.00–185.25	184.58
109	—	580	184.00–202.00	190.40
41	—	758	171.00–176.00	173.23
8	—	416	231.00	231.00
157	—	976	166.50–173.25	171.78
23	—	842	162.00–174.50	171.28
41	—	474	200.00–220.00	208.19
45	—	864	167.00–175.50	172.81
48	—	530	191.00–207.00	203.06
28	—	643	174.50–182.00	179.49
8	—	331	230.00–237.00	232.56
19	—	926	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	485	171.00–194.00	187.22
19	—	717	169.75	169.75
12	—	642	170.00	170.00
13	—	971	157.00	157.00
3	—	348	200.00	200.00
6	—	557	175.00–176.00	175.49
5	—	549	188.00	188.00
6	—	861	151.00	151.00
7	—	816	153.00	153.00
11	—	437	181.00	181.00
19	—	681	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	151.00	151.00
5	—	387	175.00	175.00
7	—	481	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	187.00	187.00
9	—	386	190.00	190.00
11	—	777	150.00–152.50	150.90
63	—	519	171.00–182.00	179.68
113	—	623	171.00–199.50	190.59
24	—	417	187.50–192.50	190.60
36	—	664	160.00–170.00	167.80
39	—	478	181.00–190.50	186.27
22	—	718	160.00–163.50	161.13
83	—	585	168.00–185.00	173.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	672	153.00–154.50	153.92
3	—	563	166.00	166.00
5	—	369	175.00	175.00
3	—	793	142.00	142.00
10	—	476	164.00	164.00

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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