Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last week; steers 700-750 pounds .50-3.00 higher, lighter steers were mixed and 800-850 pounds were 4.3-4.8 lower. Heifers 450-500 pounds 1.00-4.2 higher, 600-650 pounds steady to 3.00 lower, 750 pounds 3.6 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 $196.92/cwt on 2,173 head.

Average price

$196.92

2,173 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$10.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.49

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	197.35	1,352	2,086
Medium and Large 1-2	641	186.46	1,195	87

One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $156 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 sale2,173 hd

196.92

—

IA average10 barns · 10,007 hd

196.43

+0.49

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

35 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	—	428	203.73/cwt	198.00–217.00	872	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	199.52/cwt	195.00–206.00	964	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	181.38/cwt	177.00–185.50	1,054	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	173.55/cwt	167.50–176.25	1,324	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	198.50/cwt	186.00–206.00	1,052	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	179.50/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,116	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	195.61/cwt	184.00–202.00	1,414	440
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	224.30/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,065	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	178.73/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,478	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	216.68/cwt	200.00–224.50	1,142	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	209.54/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,196	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	208.88/cwt	192.00–214.00	1,308	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,285	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,189	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	237.25/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,008	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	230.01/cwt	226.00–234.00	860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	177.43/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,309	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	199.89/cwt	190.00–206.50	1,335	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,361	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	157.01/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,217	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	183.26/cwt	175.00–185.75	1,406	453
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	629	186.90/cwt	186.00–187.00	1,176	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	695	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,244	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,285	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	195.64/cwt	195.00–196.00	1,082	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	172.08/cwt	169.50–173.50	1,232	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	169.85/cwt	167.00–171.50	1,471	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	192.37/cwt	185.00–194.00	839	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	160.37/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,387	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,373	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	173.38/cwt	163.00–177.50	1,172	252

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 10, 2023

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

Receipts 3,495Last week 3,698Year ago 1,528

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	428	198.00–217.00	203.73
54	—	483	195.00–206.00	199.52
118	—	581	177.00–185.50	181.38
180	—	763	167.50–176.25	173.55
189	—	530	186.00–206.00	198.50
190	—	622	174.00–183.50	179.50
28	—	716	169.50–173.50	172.08
3	—	390	217.00	217.00
6	—	803	171.00	171.00
252	—	676	163.00–177.50	173.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	775	155.00–160.00	157.01
16	—	436	185.00–194.00	192.37
16	—	865	160.00–161.00	160.37
3	—	657	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	629	186.00–187.00	186.90
16	—	695	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
440	—	723	184.00–202.00	195.61
30	—	475	221.00–229.00	224.30
120	—	827	174.00–180.00	178.73
185	—	527	200.00–224.50	216.68
249	—	571	200.00–219.00	209.54
357	—	626	192.00–214.00	208.88
7	—	958	165.00	165.00
18	—	425	234.00–240.00	237.25
8	—	374	226.00–234.00	230.01
104	—	668	190.00–206.50	199.89
453	—	767	175.00–185.75	183.26
115	—	866	167.00–171.50	169.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	208.00	208.00
6	—	798	161.00	161.00
6	—	626	190.00	190.00
21	—	738	171.00–181.00	177.43
4	—	840	162.00	162.00
8	—	691	186.00	186.00
39	—	553	195.00–196.00	195.64

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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