Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Higher tones in light cattle. Many load-lots of both calves and yearlings. Good demand. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $237.11/cwt on 1,303 head.

Average price

$237.11

1,303 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$60.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.68

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	237.90	1,621	1,224
Medium and Large 1-2	625	230.90	1,442	70
Large 1	1,019	177.33	1,807	9thin

One grade step is worth $60.57/cwt here — about −$186 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 sale1,303 hd

237.11

—

IA average8 barns · 3,826 hd

226.43

+10.68

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

40 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	—	840	193.77/cwt	180.50–196.00	1,628	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	248.35/cwt	244.00–257.50	959	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	260.08/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,118	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	230.90/cwt	217.00–237.50	1,212	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	190.30/cwt	184.00–198.50	1,477	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,307	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	187.87/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,666	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	188.67/cwt	183.00–191.50	1,713	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	299.32/cwt	281.00–310.50	1,290	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,739	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	233.20/cwt	222.00–242.75	1,565	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	297.28/cwt	297.00–297.50	1,112	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	217.22/cwt	216.00–218.00	1,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	316.34/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,085	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	284.67/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,463	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	205.88/cwt	197.00–214.50	1,670	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,611	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	856	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,019	177.33/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,807	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	246.90/cwt	243.00–249.50	1,390	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	254.14/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,563	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,174	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	205.14/cwt	203.00–207.00	1,522	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	233.62/cwt	227.75–241.00	1,334	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	225.37/cwt	221.00–226.00	1,066	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	229.29/cwt	211.00–232.50	1,612	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	286.08/cwt	271.00–292.00	1,353	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	212.19/cwt	202.00–218.00	1,305	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	246.43/cwt	234.00–259.00	1,173	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,736	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	255.51/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,474	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	828.50/head	800.00–850.00	829	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,179	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	193.68/cwt	188.00–197.00	1,333	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	196.80/cwt	195.50–199.75	1,415	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	216.62/cwt	202.00–219.00	1,428	205

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 21, 2023

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

Receipts 2,679Last week 2,860Year ago 1,929

Western IA Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Higher tones in light cattle. Many load-lots of both calves and yearlings. Good demand. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	840	180.50–196.00	193.77
29	—	386	244.00–257.50	248.35
68	—	430	245.00–269.00	260.08
95	—	525	217.00–237.50	230.90
102	—	776	184.00–198.50	190.30
6	—	317	270.00	270.00
128	—	571	227.75–241.00	233.62
163	—	615	202.00–218.00	212.19
151	—	476	234.00–259.00	246.43
15	—	890	195.00	195.00
9	—	289	800.00–850.00	828.50
6	—	338	850.00	850.00
126	—	719	195.50–199.75	196.80
205	—	659	202.00–219.00	216.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	716	182.50	182.50
24	—	473	221.00–226.00	225.37
6	—	415	235.00	235.00
14	—	559	211.00	211.00
46	—	688	188.00–197.00	193.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	887	183.00–190.00	187.87
39	—	908	183.00–191.50	188.67
49	—	431	281.00–310.50	299.32
108	—	961	181.00	181.00
138	—	671	222.00–242.75	233.20
11	—	374	297.00–297.50	297.28
11	—	343	310.00–320.00	316.34
214	—	514	270.00–293.00	284.67
201	—	811	197.00–214.50	205.88
47	—	758	212.50	212.50
123	—	615	251.00–261.00	254.14
150	—	703	211.00–232.50	229.29
26	—	473	271.00–292.00	286.08
77	—	577	252.00–259.00	255.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	683	216.00–218.00	217.22
5	—	836	190.00	190.00
32	—	563	243.00–249.50	246.90
5	—	443	265.00	265.00
15	—	742	203.00–207.00	205.14
3	—	453	246.00	246.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,019	176.00–178.00	177.33

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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