Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Upward trend on yearling steers and heifers. Aggressive bidding for replacement heifers and load-lots of yearlings today. High demand. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.37/cwt on 842 head.

Average price

$206.37

842 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$709

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

$70.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.03

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	426	244.00	1,039	12thin
Medium and Large 1	752	206.46	1,552	814
Large 1	1,006	173.75	1,748	16thin

One grade step is worth $70.25/cwt here — about −$709 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 sale842 hd

206.37

—

IA average9 barns · 6,453 hd

208.41

−2.03

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

38 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	—	591	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,217	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,078	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,087	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,356	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	217.22/cwt	199.00–223.00	1,236	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	187.47/cwt	183.00–188.00	1,374	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	292.25/cwt	266.00–298.00	1,116	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,097	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	260.13/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,106	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	215.14/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,373	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	928	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	853	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,587	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	190.74/cwt	181.50–195.00	1,650	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,329	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	189.77/cwt	183.00–191.50	1,566	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,401	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	173.30/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,477	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,281	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	679	210.07/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,426	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	712	201.22/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,433	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	251.12/cwt	251.00–252.00	841	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,139	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,006	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,748	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,263	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	225.26/cwt	218.00–231.00	924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	185.00/cwt	172.00–185.50	1,386	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	233.10/cwt	215.00–239.00	893	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	185.05/cwt	180.00–185.25	1,408	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	203.62/cwt	194.00–216.50	1,077	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	182.06/cwt	169.00–186.50	1,229	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	827	189.49/cwt	173.50–192.50	1,567	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,017	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 24, 2023

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Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Upward trend on yearling steers and heifers. Aggressive bidding for replacement heifers and load-lots of yearlings today. High demand. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	591	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	252.50	252.50
3	—	488	221.00	221.00
3	—	575	189.00	189.00
26	—	805	168.50	168.50
4	—	953	147.00	147.00
10	—	852	173.00–174.00	173.30
22	—	335	251.00–252.00	251.12
10	—	633	180.00	180.00
7	—	410	218.00–231.00	225.26
80	—	749	172.00–185.50	185.00
38	—	383	215.00–239.00	233.10
160	—	761	180.00–185.25	185.05
56	—	529	194.00–216.50	203.62
12	—	675	169.00–186.50	182.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	169.00	169.00
8	—	853	186.00	186.00
62	—	679	195.00–215.00	210.07
91	—	712	195.00–205.00	201.22
157	—	827	173.50–192.50	189.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	569	199.00–223.00	217.22
37	—	733	183.00–188.00	187.47
42	—	382	266.00–298.00	292.25
5	—	761	189.00	189.00
5	—	981	172.00	172.00
20	—	425	250.00–271.00	260.13
20	—	638	213.00–216.00	215.14
4	—	293	290.00	290.00
263	—	865	181.50–195.00	190.74
7	—	696	191.00	191.00
308	—	825	183.00–191.50	189.77
16	—	527	243.00	243.00
58	—	451	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	469	234.00	234.00
4	—	339	264.00	264.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,006	173.75	173.75

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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