Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last week lightweight steers 550-750 pounds were mostly 5.4-6.9 lower. Lightweight heifers 550-700 pounds were mostly steady to 2.8 lower. Active trade. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.62/cwt on 1,703 head.

Average price

$193.62

1,703 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$247

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$42.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.18

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	194.49	1,284	1,624
Medium and Large 1-2	655	176.70	1,157	76
Large 1	1,007	152.00	1,531	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.49/cwt here — about −$247 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 sale1,703 hd

193.62

—

IA average13 barns · 16,935 hd

190.44

+3.18

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	—	902	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,415	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	161.48/cwt	150.00–168.00	954	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	166.79/cwt	160.00–170.00	887	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	220.62/cwt	211.00–237.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	206.74/cwt	196.00–214.00	1,092	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	178.59/cwt	172.00–180.50	1,232	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	163.93/cwt	163.50–164.50	1,536	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	179.41/cwt	169.00–183.00	1,398	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	204.36/cwt	196.00–212.00	1,163	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	183.63/cwt	174.00–187.25	1,328	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	197.44/cwt	183.50–203.75	1,315	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	223.24/cwt	208.00–227.50	1,054	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	184.98/cwt	175.00–190.25	892	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	190.10/cwt	188.00–192.00	713	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	259	210.48/cwt	205.00–216.00	545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	217.62/cwt	210.00–229.00	916	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	189.25/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,007	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	166.79/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,188	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	161.78/cwt	157.00–162.25	1,319	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	177.54/cwt	168.50–186.00	1,110	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	201.98/cwt	190.00–209.00	1,262	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	172.22/cwt	164.00–177.00	1,421	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	188.41/cwt	182.00–195.00	806	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	168.22/cwt	163.50–174.50	1,220	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,220	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,007	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	171.76/cwt	169.25–173.50	1,487	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	164.06/cwt	162.00–165.00	715	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	162.62/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,021	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	177.51/cwt	169.50–189.00	1,014	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	167.59/cwt	163.50–168.50	1,160	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	182.18/cwt	174.00–190.00	971	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	164.08/cwt	160.00–165.25	1,258	53

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 13, 2023

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

Receipts 3,242Last week 3,714Year ago 2,792

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	902	145.00	145.00
4	—	273	208.00	208.00
5	—	319	205.00	205.00
9	—	863	164.00	164.00
202	—	482	175.00–190.25	184.98
18	—	375	188.00–192.00	190.10
46	—	815	157.00–162.25	161.78
169	—	625	168.50–186.00	177.54
56	—	428	182.00–195.00	188.41
184	—	725	163.50–174.50	168.22
202	—	571	169.50–189.00	177.51
183	—	692	163.50–168.50	167.59
156	—	533	174.00–190.00	182.18
53	—	767	160.00–165.25	164.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	591	150.00–168.00	161.48
18	—	532	160.00–170.00	166.79
3	—	480	155.00	155.00
7	—	777	157.00	157.00
12	—	436	162.00–165.00	164.06
56	—	628	160.00–167.00	162.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	973	154.00	154.00
11	—	374	211.00–237.00	220.62
124	—	528	196.00–214.00	206.74
23	—	937	163.50–164.50	163.93
272	—	779	169.00–183.00	179.41
169	—	569	196.00–212.00	204.36
277	—	723	174.00–187.25	183.63
325	—	666	183.50–203.75	197.44
65	—	472	208.00–227.50	223.24
6	—	259	205.00–216.00	210.48
57	—	421	210.00–229.00	217.62
227	—	625	190.00–209.00	201.98
30	—	825	164.00–177.00	172.22
34	—	866	169.25–173.50	171.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	690	172.00–180.50	178.59
3	—	468	197.00	197.00
5	—	646	185.00	185.00
16	—	532	186.00–190.00	189.25
34	—	712	165.00–168.00	166.79
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	152.00	152.00

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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