Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale last Friday, steers 800-850 pounds 9.00-11.00 higher, 900 pounds 4.5 higher. Limited number on light steers. Heifers 600 pounds 2.00 higher. Limited numbers on heifers for comparison. 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 $196.49/cwt on 801 head.

Average price

$196.49

801 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$134

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.72

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	775	199.65	1,547	697
Medium and Large 1-2	718	184.61	1,326	49
Large 1	1,007	167.00	1,682	55

One grade step is worth $32.65/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale801 hd

196.49

—

IA average8 barns · 4,730 hd

203.21

−6.72

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,196	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	540	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	934	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	163.52/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,344	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	203.42/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,093	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	188.19/cwt	187.00–189.50	1,195	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	234.12/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	194.12/cwt	191.50–195.75	1,601	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	864	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,268	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	184.57/cwt	177.50–185.25	1,674	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,213	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	195.21/cwt	190.00–201.00	1,335	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	217.24/cwt	212.00–220.50	1,340	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,507	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,158	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	259.13/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,000	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	196.63/cwt	190.50–201.50	1,536	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,640	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	240.09/cwt	221.00–244.00	1,222	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	174.47/cwt	171.00–177.50	1,382	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	191.18/cwt	186.50–195.75	1,658	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	892	20
Steers	Large 1	—	1,007	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,682	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	222.03/cwt	221.50–222.50	1,277	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	195.82/cwt	189.00–201.50	1,451	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	1,414	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	180.86/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,291	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	210.28/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,016	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	213.10/cwt	206.00–228.00	910	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	183.85/cwt	173.00–186.50	1,247	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	840	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 Mar 10, 2023

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

Receipts 1,406Last week 1,474Year ago 1,442

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	822	162.00–165.00	163.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	534	200.00–207.00	203.42
11	—	583	187.50	187.50
54	—	635	187.00–189.50	188.19
138	—	792	171.00–177.50	174.47
20	—	386	231.00	231.00
89	—	807	175.25	175.25
23	—	714	180.00–182.00	180.86
37	—	483	200.00–218.00	210.28
24	—	427	206.00–228.00	213.10
82	—	678	173.00–186.50	183.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	428	228.00–240.00	234.12
195	—	825	191.50–195.75	194.12
6	—	319	271.00	271.00
71	—	907	177.50–185.25	184.57
17	—	486	249.50	249.50
17	—	684	190.00–201.00	195.21
20	—	617	212.00–220.50	217.24
26	—	386	252.00–260.00	259.13
34	—	781	190.50–201.50	196.63
54	—	969	169.25	169.25
20	—	509	221.00–244.00	240.09
129	—	867	186.50–195.75	191.18
36	—	575	221.50–222.50	222.03
58	—	741	189.00–201.50	195.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	689	184.00	184.00
21	—	876	172.00	172.00
6	—	536	216.00	216.00
6	—	426	199.00	199.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,007	167.00	167.00

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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