Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Precondition Sale. No 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 $199.31/cwt on 1,272 head.

Average price

$199.31

1,272 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$448

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

$29.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.01

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	488	228.02	1,112	36
Medium and Large 1	786	198.48	1,560	1,236

One grade step is worth $29.54/cwt here — about −$448 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 sale1,272 hd

199.31

—

IA average6 barns · 2,474 hd

202.32

−3.01

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

34 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	—	425	224.16/cwt	214.00–240.00	953	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	196.41/cwt	191.00–199.00	1,131	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	149.05/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,333	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	221.74/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,031	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	201.01/cwt	192.00–209.50	1,071	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	185.37/cwt	184.50–187.00	1,248	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	177.11/cwt	176.00–177.85	1,723	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	258.54/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,228	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,091	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	923	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	206.27/cwt	192.50–211.25	1,477	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	219.02/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,281	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	228.20/cwt	223.00–232.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	225.55/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,175	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	165.88/cwt	165.00–168.50	1,516	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	246.29/cwt	237.00–260.00	1,310	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	201.12/cwt	190.50–204.25	1,569	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	188.28/cwt	178.00–191.25	1,563	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	175.51/cwt	172.75–181.50	1,294	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	175.72/cwt	170.00–176.75	1,330	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	173.53/cwt	166.00–177.25	1,544	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	218.86/cwt	201.50–226.00	1,455	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	186.06/cwt	180.75–201.00	1,180	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	657	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,255	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,209	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	218.95/cwt	203.00–228.00	1,344	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	831	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,409	4

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 2,207Last week 1,406Year ago 2,074

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison. Many load-lots 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
35	—	425	214.00–240.00	224.16
39	—	576	191.00–199.00	196.41
46	—	894	146.00–159.00	149.05
64	—	465	205.00–226.00	221.74
72	—	533	192.00–209.50	201.01
126	—	673	184.50–187.00	185.37
22	—	737	172.75–181.50	175.51
177	—	757	170.00–176.75	175.72
190	—	634	180.75–201.00	186.06
8	—	309	269.00	269.00
3	—	388	219.00	219.00
4	—	824	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	657	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	737	164.00	164.00
4	—	440	205.00	205.00
3	—	492	194.00	194.00
5	—	538	184.00	184.00
3	—	677	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	973	176.00–177.85	177.11
17	—	475	258.00–259.00	258.54
11	—	415	263.00	263.00
12	—	321	287.50	287.50
159	—	716	192.50–211.25	206.27
28	—	585	210.00–233.00	219.02
71	—	914	165.00–168.50	165.88
78	—	532	237.00–260.00	246.29
180	—	780	190.50–204.25	201.12
221	—	830	178.00–191.25	188.28
81	—	890	166.00–177.25	173.53
100	—	665	201.50–226.00	218.86
40	—	614	203.00–228.00	218.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	411	223.00–232.00	228.20
26	—	521	220.00–231.00	225.55
3	—	378	249.00	249.00

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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