Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the Precondition sale last week, light steers 600-700 pounds were 6.6 to substantially higher. Steers 800 pounds 5.6 higher. Light heifers 3.4-7.5 higher, heifers 800 pounds 5.5 higher. Many load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $196.13/cwt on 2,302 head.

Average price

$196.13

2,302 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$14.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.43

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	197.08	1,419	2,148
Medium and Large 1-2	614	182.83	1,122	154

One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $297 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 sale2,302 hd

196.13

—

IA average14 barns · 18,299 hd

189.69

+6.43

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

40 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	—	291	200.44/cwt	200.00–201.00	583	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	187.89/cwt	186.00–190.00	737	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	191.97/cwt	185.00–199.00	845	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	168.35/cwt	168.35–168.35	1,433	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	165.52/cwt	158.00–171.00	1,377	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	170.68/cwt	167.00–175.00	795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	178.88/cwt	173.50–184.25	1,569	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	207.35/cwt	198.00–213.00	1,279	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	188.59/cwt	181.00–196.00	1,099	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	173.57/cwt	162.00–176.50	1,661	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	214.92/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,017	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	173.24/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,273	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	183.96/cwt	180.00–197.00	975	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	175.73/cwt	168.50–177.50	1,592	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	182.79/cwt	173.50–186.75	1,524	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	204.18/cwt	189.00–207.50	1,395	694
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	175.07/cwt	167.00–179.75	1,166	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	199.36/cwt	185.75–227.00	1,447	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	180.71/cwt	170.00–192.00	851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	215.15/cwt	206.25–223.50	1,114	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	211.14/cwt	199.00–218.50	1,225	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	224.15/cwt	221.00–226.00	838	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	176.71/cwt	168.00–182.00	1,094	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	180.31/cwt	173.00–185.00	1,039	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,368	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	186.31/cwt	179.25–195.00	1,435	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	172.06/cwt	171.50–172.75	1,352	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	169.49/cwt	161.00–175.50	1,220	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,021	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	163.76/cwt	163.00–168.00	879	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,398	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	185.36/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,266	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	192.03/cwt	187.50–194.00	903	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	184.59/cwt	174.00–191.00	971	79

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 Jan 6, 2023

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

Receipts 3,714Last week 2,251Year ago 3,784

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	291	200.00–201.00	200.44
16	—	392	186.00–190.00	187.89
23	—	440	185.00–199.00	191.97
27	—	851	168.35	168.35
64	—	832	158.00–171.00	165.52
271	—	666	167.00–179.75	175.07
192	—	619	168.00–182.00	176.71
252	—	576	173.00–185.00	180.31
101	—	786	171.50–172.75	172.06
163	—	720	161.00–175.50	169.49
66	—	470	187.50–194.00	192.03
79	—	526	174.00–191.00	184.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	466	167.00–175.00	170.68
18	—	634	161.00	161.00
32	—	537	163.00–168.00	163.76
3	—	440	180.00	180.00
6	—	764	151.00	151.00
3	—	570	167.00	167.00
6	—	717	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	877	173.50–184.25	178.88
6	—	288	241.00	241.00
164	—	617	198.00–213.00	207.35
113	—	957	162.00–176.50	173.57
61	—	473	205.00–221.00	214.92
83	—	906	168.50–177.50	175.73
199	—	834	173.50–186.75	182.79
3	—	340	230.00	230.00
694	—	683	189.00–207.50	204.18
186	—	726	185.75–227.00	199.36
88	—	518	206.25–223.50	215.15
176	—	580	199.00–218.50	211.14
8	—	374	221.00–226.00	224.15
159	—	770	179.25–195.00	186.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	583	181.00–196.00	188.59
28	—	735	170.00–181.00	173.24
44	—	530	180.00–197.00	183.96
6	—	471	170.00–192.00	180.71
4	—	775	176.50	176.50
5	—	842	166.00	166.00
14	—	683	185.00–186.00	185.36

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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