Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Many load lots of yearling cattle today. Good demand. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.94/cwt on 1,477 head.

Average price

$183.94

1,477 head · 792 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$17.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.13

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	799	185.77	1,484	1,326
Medium and Large 1-2	731	167.86	1,227	151

One grade step is worth $17.91/cwt here — about $257 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 sale1,477 hd

183.94

—

IA average13 barns · 10,994 hd

188.07

−4.13

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	989	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,205	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	272	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	181.92/cwt	175.00–187.00	1,323	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	186.86/cwt	175.00–192.25	1,463	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	186.58/cwt	175.50–190.00	1,543	397
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,074	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	169.59/cwt	166.00–175.00	1,143	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	182.95/cwt	177.25–187.75	1,586	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	179.47/cwt	171.00–186.00	951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	222.65/cwt	210.00–230.00	931	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	194.66/cwt	190.00–204.00	1,117	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	157.89/cwt	157.00–165.50	1,364	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	205.31/cwt	194.00–209.00	1,064	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	173.00/cwt	162.50–175.00	1,631	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	175.56/cwt	169.00–180.50	1,046	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	194.12/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,196	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,166	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,221	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,280	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	168.81/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,281	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	189.52/cwt	181.00–194.00	893	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	190.49/cwt	187.50–198.00	1,267	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	851	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	148.18/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,372	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	178.21/cwt	177.00–178.50	937	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,043	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,514	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	174.41/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,294	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	177.83/cwt	176.25–178.35	1,373	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	170.87/cwt	162.00–175.00	1,068	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	241	439.96/head	430.00–450.00	440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	151.07/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,073	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	952	9

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 9, 2022

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

Receipts 2,382Last week 2,446Year ago 1,430

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Many load lots of yearling cattle today. Good demand. 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	—	323	202.00	202.00
3	—	515	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	392	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	210.00	210.00
21	—	596	169.00–180.50	175.56
7	—	696	175.50	175.50
17	—	805	159.00	159.00
56	—	471	181.00–194.00	189.52
10	—	926	147.00–150.00	148.18
15	—	526	177.00–178.50	178.21
8	—	996	152.00	152.00
283	—	742	170.00–175.00	174.41
110	—	772	176.25–178.35	177.83
132	—	625	162.00–175.00	170.87
6	—	241	430.00–450.00	439.96
17	—	276	625.00	625.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	798	151.00	151.00
3	—	435	180.00	180.00
4	—	911	128.00	128.00
9	—	489	174.00	174.00
3	—	660	158.00	158.00
6	—	710	146.00–156.00	151.07
9	—	595	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
14	—	272	700.00	700.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	727	175.00–187.00	181.92
246	—	783	175.00–192.25	186.86
397	—	827	175.50–190.00	186.58
3	—	475	215.00	215.00
275	—	867	177.25–187.75	182.95
11	—	418	210.00–230.00	222.65
60	—	574	190.00–204.00	194.66
20	—	518	194.00–209.00	205.31
146	—	943	162.50–175.00	173.00
79	—	616	185.00–196.00	194.12
37	—	665	187.50–198.00	190.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	590	182.00	182.00
45	—	674	166.00–175.00	169.59
3	—	378	179.00	179.00
7	—	530	171.00–186.00	179.47
38	—	864	157.00–165.50	157.89
48	—	759	167.00–170.00	168.81

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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