Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Mostly higher tones in light heifers. 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 $217.28/cwt on 1,389 head.

Average price

$217.28

1,389 head · 748 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$409

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

$64.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.36

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	560	235.76	1,320	115
Medium and Large 1	754	217.66	1,641	1,218
Large 1	1,010	171.17	1,729	56

One grade step is worth $64.59/cwt here — about −$409 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 sale1,389 hd

217.28

—

IA average7 barns · 4,269 hd

220.65

−3.36

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

43 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	—	845	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,437	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	973	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	201.06/cwt	194.75–202.00	1,424	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,402	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	257.80/cwt	238.00–262.25	1,488	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,484	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	227.77/cwt	192.00–231.50	1,326	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	201.04/cwt	191.00–203.75	1,755	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	194.20/cwt	190.00–204.00	1,596	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	302.45/cwt	299.00–306.00	1,031	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	191.46/cwt	183.50–193.75	1,790	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,245	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	240.83/cwt	236.50–252.00	1,508	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	213.94/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,363	19
Steers	Large 1	—	1,010	171.17/cwt	167.00–182.75	1,729	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	211.15/cwt	199.25–217.75	1,655	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	206.99/cwt	203.00–215.00	1,078	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	194.45/cwt	183.00–201.00	807	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	230.97/cwt	214.00–236.00	1,293	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	196.97/cwt	188.00–200.00	1,493	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	184.94/cwt	183.00–187.00	1,602	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	184.83/cwt	179.50–187.00	1,534	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	225.99/cwt	220.00–238.00	956	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	280.58/cwt	279.00–282.00	1,336	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	230.19/cwt	226.00–238.00	893	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	846	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	239.05/cwt	223.00–246.00	1,133	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	196.52/cwt	184.00–201.25	1,346	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,147	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	235.13/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,230	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	256.79/cwt	244.00–261.50	1,348	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	196.41/cwt	190.00–210.50	1,391	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	211.10/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,438	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	240.32/cwt	231.00–258.00	1,178	14

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 May 5, 2023

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

Receipts 2,243Last week 2,679Year ago 2,576

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison. Mostly higher tones in light heifers. Many load-lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	265.00	265.00
4	—	486	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	340	239.00	239.00
4	—	603	218.00	218.00
169	—	708	194.75–202.00	201.06
117	—	560	214.00–236.00	230.97
89	—	758	188.00–200.00	196.97
12	—	866	183.00–187.00	184.94
36	—	830	179.50–187.00	184.83
9	—	423	220.00–238.00	225.99
18	—	388	226.00–238.00	230.19
87	—	474	223.00–246.00	239.05
23	—	685	184.00–201.25	196.52
97	—	523	220.00–239.00	235.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	203.00–215.00	206.99
5	—	561	209.00	209.00
6	—	713	180.00	180.00
7	—	992	157.00	157.00
4	—	606	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	415	183.00–201.00	194.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	846	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	752	186.50	186.50
31	—	582	192.00–231.50	227.77
3	—	382	235.00	235.00
19	—	637	210.00–220.00	213.94
4	—	441	260.00	260.00
38	—	525	244.00–261.50	256.79
14	—	490	231.00–258.00	240.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	355	291.00	291.00
182	—	577	238.00–262.25	257.80
16	—	503	295.00	295.00
203	—	873	191.00–203.75	201.04
50	—	822	190.00–204.00	194.20
8	—	341	299.00–306.00	302.45
197	—	935	183.50–193.75	191.46
18	—	428	291.00	291.00
57	—	626	236.50–252.00	240.83
294	—	784	199.25–217.75	211.15
33	—	476	279.00–282.00	280.58
108	—	708	190.00–210.50	196.41
48	—	681	200.00–220.00	211.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,010	167.00–182.75	171.17

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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