Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. Several load lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.34/cwt on 1,190 head.

Average price

$182.34

1,190 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$24.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.73

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	774	183.17	1,418	1,150
Medium and Large 1-2	831	158.45	1,316	40

One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $102 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 sale1,190 hd

182.34

—

IA average10 barns · 8,266 hd

190.07

−7.73

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

30 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	—	510	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	893	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,152	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,422	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	189.48/cwt	186.00–193.00	862	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	186.70/cwt	186.00–190.00	708	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	1,120	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	213.25/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,017	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	170.15/cwt	168.50–170.50	1,506	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	205.52/cwt	198.00–209.00	1,087	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	191.48/cwt	178.00–194.50	1,270	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	487	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	176.78/cwt	167.00–178.00	1,381	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	197.37/cwt	192.00–199.75	1,226	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	193.67/cwt	186.50–194.50	1,412	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	179.16/cwt	169.00–181.35	1,467	809
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	216.60/cwt	207.00–222.00	817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	193.37/cwt	191.00–195.00	831	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	178.32/cwt	171.00–181.75	1,025	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	882	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,277	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,389	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	156.24/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,366	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	167.53/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,129	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	168.64/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,213	46

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 27, 2023

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

Receipts 1,551Last week 1,457Year ago 1,747

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today. Several load lots of yearling 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	—	510	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	948	150.00	150.00
12	—	455	186.00–193.00	189.48
17	—	379	186.00–190.00	186.70
24	—	606	184.75	184.75
33	—	430	191.00–195.00	193.37
59	—	575	171.00–181.75	178.32
24	—	874	153.00–164.00	156.24
3	—	547	175.50	175.50
3	—	782	158.00	158.00
67	—	674	160.00–171.00	167.53
46	—	719	163.00–170.00	168.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	477	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	477	206.00–215.00	213.25
17	—	885	168.50–170.50	170.15
3	—	905	162.00	162.00
35	—	529	198.00–209.00	205.52
39	—	663	178.00–194.50	191.48
54	—	781	167.00–178.00	176.78
61	—	621	192.00–199.75	197.37
93	—	729	186.50–194.50	193.67
809	—	819	169.00–181.35	179.16
6	—	418	204.00	204.00
8	—	377	207.00–222.00	216.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	487	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	747	171.00	171.00
22	—	958	145.00	145.00
7	—	562	181.00	181.00

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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