Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Feeder Sale. No comparison today. Many large groups and several load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $190.23/cwt on 1,287 head.

Average price

$190.23

1,287 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$17.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	191.10	1,257	1,224
Medium and Large 1-2	670	173.30	1,160	63

One grade step is worth $17.80/cwt here — about $97 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 sale1,287 hd

190.23

—

IA average10 barns · 10,250 hd

190.46

−0.23

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

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	188.31/cwt	183.00–190.50	981	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	177.37/cwt	169.00–184.00	1,020	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	200.85/cwt	195.00–203.00	799	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	168.12/cwt	165.00–170.50	1,306	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	191.91/cwt	184.00–200.00	935	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	156.30/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,544	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	214.40/cwt	212.50–216.00	918	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	225.77/cwt	222.00–227.00	614	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	211.83/cwt	201.00–220.00	1,021	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	181.03/cwt	176.75–184.50	1,506	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	193.91/cwt	184.00–203.75	1,130	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	179.59/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,311	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	208.20/cwt	195.00–217.75	1,087	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	189.16/cwt	183.00–200.00	1,262	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	180.73/cwt	174.00–184.50	1,395	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	192.79/cwt	183.00–201.00	1,207	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,038	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	175.07/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,173	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,479	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	176.01/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,125	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	171.03/cwt	164.50–173.75	1,154	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	172.78/cwt	167.00–181.00	1,087	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	172.26/cwt	166.50–176.75	1,225	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,314	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	713	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,276	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	933	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	151.90/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,025	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	196.59/cwt	191.00–200.00	855	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,225	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 Dec 2, 2022

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

Receipts 2,446Last week 1,439Year ago 2,839

Western Iowa Precondition Feeder Sale. No comparison today. Many large groups and several load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	521	183.00–190.50	188.31
191	—	575	169.00–184.00	177.37
28	—	398	195.00–203.00	200.85
59	—	777	165.00–170.50	168.12
84	—	487	184.00–200.00	191.91
84	—	675	164.50–173.75	171.03
115	—	629	167.00–181.00	172.78
140	—	711	166.50–176.75	172.26
7	—	801	164.00	164.00
17	—	435	191.00–200.00	196.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	592	163.50	163.50
4	—	530	176.00	176.00
6	—	467	182.00	182.00
18	—	675	151.00–155.00	151.90
3	—	610	163.00	163.00
3	—	875	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	713	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	988	154.00–158.00	156.30
14	—	428	212.50–216.00	214.40
17	—	272	222.00–227.00	225.77
56	—	482	201.00–220.00	211.83
116	—	832	176.75–184.50	181.03
122	—	583	184.00–203.75	193.91
3	—	310	225.00	225.00
136	—	730	176.00–184.00	179.59
147	—	522	195.00–217.75	208.20
176	—	667	183.00–200.00	189.16
187	—	772	174.00–184.50	180.73
228	—	626	183.00–201.00	192.79
3	—	380	221.00	221.00
12	—	870	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	175.00	175.00
8	—	800	158.00	158.00
25	—	670	174.00–176.00	175.07
27	—	639	165.00–180.00	176.01

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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