Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison. Many load-lots of yearlings today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.78/cwt on 817 head.

Average price

$198.78

817 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,439

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$10.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.83

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	728	199.25	1,451	780
Medium and Large 1-2	636	188.80	1,200	37

One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about $251 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 sale817 hd

198.78

—

IA average9 barns · 7,214 hd

202.61

−3.83

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

31 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	—	368	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	168.60/cwt	168.60–168.60	1,356	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	217.20/cwt	208.50–220.00	921	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	196.62/cwt	185.00–205.50	1,040	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	205.44/cwt	191.00–213.75	982	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	187.64/cwt	180.00–192.25	1,079	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	185.53/cwt	184.50–186.00	1,597	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	209.72/cwt	201.50–219.00	1,307	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	245.81/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,052	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	191.63/cwt	185.50–194.75	1,477	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	242.50/cwt	235.50–244.25	1,225	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	197.92/cwt	182.50–203.75	1,427	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,221	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	165.15/cwt	163.50–167.50	1,506	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,105	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	217.44/cwt	211.00–221.50	1,250	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,086	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,233	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	199.02/cwt	186.00–201.50	1,357	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	175.80/cwt	171.00–177.75	1,273	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	169.38/cwt	165.25–177.25	1,335	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	242.03/cwt	236.00–243.75	1,157	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	182.11/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,140	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	184.87/cwt	178.00–190.00	1,553	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	176.99/cwt	171.25–180.75	1,189	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,100	3

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 24, 2023

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

Receipts 1,598Last week 3,015Year ago 1,834

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison. Many load-lots of yearlings today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	213.50	213.50
8	—	804	168.60	168.60
13	—	424	208.50–220.00	217.20
42	—	529	185.00–205.50	196.62
52	—	478	191.00–213.75	205.44
72	—	575	180.00–192.25	187.64
88	—	724	171.00–177.75	175.80
161	—	788	165.25–177.25	169.38
83	—	626	180.00–185.00	182.11
118	—	672	171.25–180.75	176.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	768	160.50	160.50
4	—	359	189.00	189.00
3	—	720	157.50	157.50
3	—	647	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	170.00	170.00
14	—	626	195.00	195.00
9	—	586	188.50	188.50
5	—	517	210.00	210.00
3	—	853	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	861	184.50–186.00	185.53
79	—	623	201.50–219.00	209.72
12	—	428	245.00–247.00	245.81
147	—	771	185.50–194.75	191.63
15	—	505	235.50–244.25	242.50
104	—	721	182.50–203.75	197.92
17	—	912	163.50–167.50	165.15
3	—	372	241.00	241.00
30	—	575	211.00–221.50	217.44
58	—	682	186.00–201.50	199.02
63	—	478	236.00–243.75	242.03
134	—	840	178.00–190.00	184.87

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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