Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison. Many order buyers in the crowd today. Demand good. Active trading.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $196.96/cwt on 1,852 head.

Average price

$196.96

1,852 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,384

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$9.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	705	197.27	1,390	1,788
Medium and Large 1-2	652	188.13	1,226	64

One grade step is worth $9.15/cwt here — about $163 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 sale1,852 hd

196.96

—

IA average8 barns · 7,914 hd

195.70

+1.26

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 1-2	—	435	186.59/cwt	186.00–187.00	812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	181.07/cwt	173.00–185.00	1,047	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,289	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	184.44/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,227	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,527	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,350	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	194.28/cwt	182.00–210.00	1,032	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,100	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	216.92/cwt	205.00–226.00	811	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	747	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,315	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,101	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,674	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,069	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,614	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	203.13/cwt	195.00–207.00	857	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	168.65/cwt	164.50–171.00	1,226	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	169.90/cwt	158.00–172.80	1,305	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	226.70/cwt	219.00–233.00	1,115	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	200.54/cwt	193.00–218.00	1,356	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	224.86/cwt	210.00–232.00	1,181	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	168.35/cwt	167.75–170.00	1,660	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	182.90/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,430	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	235.64/cwt	225.00–240.00	997	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	192.60/cwt	185.00–200.50	1,394	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	203.85/cwt	203.50–204.00	1,150	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	230.54/cwt	218.00–241.00	871	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	175.90/cwt	167.50–177.00	1,664	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	174.71/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,539	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	179.35/cwt	174.00–185.50	1,112	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	226.34/cwt	211.00–231.50	1,290	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	207.77/cwt	196.00–215.00	1,292	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,300	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	183.06/cwt	173.50–184.75	1,505	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	176.31/cwt	168.25–182.25	1,183	413
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	198.70/cwt	191.00–206.00	962	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	164.84/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,048	12

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 Feb 3, 2023

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

Receipts 3,698Last week 1,551Year ago 3,912

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison. Many order buyers in the crowd today. Demand good. Active trading.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	186.00–187.00	186.59
8	—	724	152.00	152.00
3	—	937	146.00	146.00
6	—	391	188.00	188.00
3	—	478	184.00	184.00
3	—	548	165.00	165.00
12	—	636	164.00–166.00	164.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	578	173.00–185.00	181.07
14	—	956	159.75	159.75
19	—	812	166.25	166.25
289	—	531	182.00–210.00	194.28
7	—	374	205.00–226.00	216.92
65	—	422	195.00–207.00	203.13
176	—	727	164.50–171.00	168.65
250	—	768	158.00–172.80	169.90
323	—	620	174.00–185.50	179.35
3	—	337	214.00	214.00
413	—	671	168.25–182.25	176.31
53	—	484	191.00–206.00	198.70
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,101	152.00	152.00
36	—	1,069	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	745	173.00	173.00
22	—	665	180.00–190.00	184.44
24	—	564	203.50–204.00	203.85
6	—	769	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	492	219.00–233.00	226.70
340	—	676	193.00–218.00	200.54
180	—	525	210.00–232.00	224.86
29	—	986	167.75–170.00	168.35
258	—	782	180.00–187.00	182.90
10	—	423	225.00–240.00	235.64
293	—	724	185.00–200.50	192.60
15	—	378	218.00–241.00	230.54
26	—	946	167.50–177.00	175.90
6	—	348	241.00	241.00
65	—	881	174.00–180.00	174.71
41	—	570	211.00–231.50	226.34
235	—	622	196.00–215.00	207.77
263	—	822	173.50–184.75	183.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	747	176.00	176.00

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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