Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison as the last reported auction was in March. Demand was good to very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active. Many opportunities today for load lots of quality, reputation yearling steers and heifers. Large groups of quality replacement heifers were offered today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $215.28/cwt on 1,368 head.

Average price

$215.28

1,368 head · 785 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$11.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.18

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	787	215.53	1,696	1,339
Medium and Large 1-2	676	203.83	1,379	29

One grade step is worth $11.70/cwt here — about $318 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 sale1,368 hd

215.28

—

IA average9 barns · 5,670 hd

220.46

−5.18

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

44 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 1Replacement	—	866	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,528	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	195.85/cwt	182.00–198.50	1,512	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	191.11/cwt	176.00–192.75	1,775	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	225.12/cwt	209.50–230.00	1,637	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	198.04/cwt	189.00–203.75	1,749	456
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	210.34/cwt	198.00–214.75	1,767	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	190.77/cwt	180.00–202.00	1,211	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	243.99/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,415	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	263.39/cwt	244.00–274.50	1,346	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,162	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	215.04/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,436	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	247.21/cwt	224.00–251.25	1,617	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	189.93/cwt	189.00–191.00	1,335	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	188.20/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,197	22
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,093	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,117	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	208.50/cwt	191.00–212.00	1,264	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	968	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	215.57/cwt	212.00–219.50	1,697	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	260.76/cwt	240.00–274.00	1,252	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	937	178.12/cwt	175.50–182.75	1,669	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	678	216.11/cwt	213.25–233.00	1,465	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	899	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	181.99/cwt	181.00–186.50	1,498	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	225.99/cwt	210.00–239.00	1,406	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	209.60/cwt	191.00–228.00	1,205	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	215.12/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,142	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	189.01/cwt	175.00–194.00	1,295	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	497	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,163	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	725	196.19/cwt	188.50–206.50	1,422	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	784	210.40/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,650	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	823	204.79/cwt	204.00–209.00	1,685	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	238.92/cwt	225.00–251.00	999	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	219.82/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,033	40

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 Apr 14, 2023

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

Receipts 2,860Last week 1,548Year ago 2,931

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	866	176.50	176.50
42	—	937	175.50–182.75	178.12
118	—	678	213.25–233.00	216.11
27	—	497	234.00	234.00
39	—	725	188.50–206.50	196.19
90	—	784	208.00–220.00	210.40
63	—	823	204.00–209.00	204.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	772	182.00–198.50	195.85
30	—	703	189.00–191.00	189.93
22	—	636	185.00–194.00	188.20
6	—	376	239.00	239.00
85	—	823	181.00–186.50	181.99
74	—	575	191.00–228.00	209.60
92	—	531	190.00–230.00	215.12
51	—	685	175.00–194.00	189.01
4	—	933	170.00	170.00
5	—	336	293.00	293.00
39	—	418	225.00–251.00	238.92
40	—	470	210.00–226.00	219.82
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,093	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	624	160.00	160.00
6	—	478	205.00	205.00
4	—	415	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	929	176.00–192.75	191.11
153	—	727	209.50–230.00	225.12
456	—	883	189.00–203.75	198.04
198	—	840	198.00–214.75	210.34
59	—	580	235.00–252.50	243.99
38	—	511	244.00–274.50	263.39
14	—	424	274.00	274.00
4	—	345	280.00	280.00
133	—	654	224.00–251.25	247.21
27	—	787	212.00–219.50	215.57
31	—	480	240.00–274.00	260.76
49	—	622	210.00–239.00	225.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	180.00–202.00	190.77
3	—	847	173.00	173.00
4	—	596	219.00	219.00
13	—	668	212.00–216.00	215.04
3	—	733	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	525	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	266.00	266.00
18	—	606	191.00–212.00	208.50
7	—	494	196.00	196.00

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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