Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light steers 550-700 pounds were 3.8-6.5 higher. Light heifers 500 pounds 3.00 lower, 550-600 pounds steady to 4.3 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.58/cwt on 1,161 head.

Average price

$193.58

1,161 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$421

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$44.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	655	196.97	1,290	1,022
Medium and Large 1-2	702	170.20	1,194	127
Large 1	1,125	152.13	1,711	12thin

One grade step is worth $44.85/cwt here — about −$421 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 sale1,161 hd

193.58

—

IA average2 barns · 1,993 hd

193.11

+0.47

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

42 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 1-2	—	717	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,126	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	950	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	986	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	161.60/cwt	157.00–168.00	842	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	167.75/cwt	167.75–167.75	1,483	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	190.87/cwt	181.00–205.00	1,472	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	1,594	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	207.66/cwt	201.00–221.00	775	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	218.48/cwt	211.00–228.00	1,042	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	212.26/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,231	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	192.75/cwt	192.00–194.00	1,012	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,418	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	166.55/cwt	162.00–181.00	1,144	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	218.77/cwt	216.00–221.00	936	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	166.98/cwt	162.00–172.00	1,321	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,096	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	175.08/cwt	173.00–186.50	1,094	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	164.24/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,171	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	177.19/cwt	172.00–181.00	1,460	59
Steers	Large 1	—	1,045	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,531	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,151	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	205.51/cwt	201.00–220.00	1,095	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	197.50/cwt	183.00–203.00	1,315	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	185.80/cwt	177.00–192.00	1,345	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	200.75/cwt	189.00–213.50	1,257	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	164.68/cwt	157.00–172.00	1,265	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	174.77/cwt	170.00–176.50	1,262	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	183.35/cwt	178.00–187.00	851	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	169.87/cwt	159.00–173.50	1,138	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	181.16/cwt	175.00–187.00	957	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	169.16/cwt	165.00–172.50	1,056	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	159.99/cwt	155.00–166.50	1,314	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	175.65/cwt	166.00–178.50	987	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	183.50/cwt	180.00–185.00	765	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	194.67/cwt	190.00–199.00	718	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,339	29

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 30, 2022

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

Receipts 2,251Last week 1,998Year ago 1,857

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	157.00	157.00
4	—	484	171.00	171.00
5	—	435	166.00	166.00
6	—	629	150.00–152.00	151.00
6	—	666	148.00	148.00
29	—	521	157.00–168.00	161.60
3	—	570	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	768	157.00–172.00	164.68
45	—	722	170.00–176.50	174.77
46	—	464	178.00–187.00	183.35
143	—	670	159.00–173.50	169.87
148	—	528	175.00–187.00	181.16
169	—	624	165.00–172.50	169.16
66	—	821	155.00–166.50	159.99
109	—	562	166.00–178.50	175.65
18	—	417	180.00–185.00	183.50
20	—	369	190.00–199.00	194.67
29	—	853	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	884	167.75	167.75
31	—	771	181.00–205.00	190.87
58	—	907	175.75	175.75
6	—	978	161.00	161.00
9	—	344	221.00	221.00
14	—	373	201.00–221.00	207.66
80	—	477	211.00–228.00	218.48
93	—	580	206.00–215.00	212.26
16	—	428	216.00–221.00	218.77
59	—	824	172.00–181.00	177.19
103	—	533	201.00–220.00	205.51
140	—	666	183.00–203.00	197.50
188	—	724	177.00–192.00	185.80
202	—	626	189.00–213.50	200.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	525	192.00–194.00	192.75
11	—	903	157.00	157.00
16	—	687	162.00–181.00	166.55
19	—	791	162.00–172.00	166.98
3	—	817	168.00	168.00
8	—	577	190.00	190.00
20	—	625	173.00–186.50	175.08
39	—	713	160.00–175.00	164.24
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,045	146.50	146.50
9	—	1,151	154.00	154.00

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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