Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Limited numbers in light cattle today for comparison. Steers 800 pounds were 11.00 higher. Heifers 750 pounds 5.00 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.72/cwt on 548 head.

Average price

$203.72

548 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

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

$2.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.53

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	718	203.76	1,463	539
Medium and Large 1-2	502	201.50	1,011	9thin

One grade step is worth $2.26/cwt here — about $453 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 sale548 hd

203.72

—

IA average5 barns · 2,030 hd

223.25

−19.53

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

39 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	293.86/cwt	275.00–304.00	1,419	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	236.97/cwt	229.00–245.00	1,500	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	205.50/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,708	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	263.48/cwt	261.00–266.00	1,091	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	184.07/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,360	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	175.96/cwt	172.00–178.00	1,545	23
Steers	Large 1	—	1,032	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,739	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,190	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	211.42/cwt	208.50–212.00	1,526	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,774	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	176.33/cwt	172.00–182.50	1,702	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	201.70/cwt	182.75–203.50	1,561	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,087	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	216.71/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,339	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	300.89/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,140	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,309	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	251.15/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,329	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	236.57/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,043	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	242.83/cwt	228.00–260.00	1,151	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	230.45/cwt	213.00–234.75	1,210	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,703	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	235.05/cwt	214.00–239.25	1,589	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	208.27/cwt	207.50–212.00	1,604	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,260	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	186.84/cwt	176.75–195.00	1,525	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	175.34/cwt	174.00–175.50	1,597	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	175.41/cwt	173.75–188.00	1,521	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	265.52/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,532	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	266.94/cwt	266.00–269.00	1,279	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	213.41/cwt	202.00–216.50	1,430	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	198.64/cwt	195.50–203.00	1,414	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	936	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	226.75/cwt	226.75–226.75	1,385	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,538	9

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 1,114Last week 2,243Year ago 1,684

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Limited numbers in light cattle today for comparison. Steers 800 pounds were 11.00 higher. Heifers 750 pounds 5.00 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	483	275.00–304.00	293.86
12	—	633	229.00–245.00	236.97
50	—	831	200.00–207.00	205.50
18	—	722	208.50–212.00	211.42
16	—	859	206.50	206.50
17	—	965	172.00–182.50	176.33
7	—	379	300.00–302.00	300.89
5	—	434	301.50	301.50
19	—	928	183.50	183.50
27	—	676	214.00–239.25	235.05
29	—	770	207.50–212.00	208.27
28	—	577	252.00–276.00	265.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	414	261.00–266.00	263.48
22	—	739	182.00–185.00	184.07
23	—	878	172.00–178.00	175.96
3	—	763	191.00	191.00
10	—	529	240.00–258.00	251.15
3	—	637	218.00	218.00
13	—	479	266.00–269.00	266.94
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	168.50	168.50
3	—	1,190	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	774	182.75–203.50	201.70
49	—	618	200.00–219.00	216.71
24	—	441	230.00–249.00	236.57
32	—	474	228.00–260.00	242.83
34	—	525	213.00–234.75	230.45
10	—	574	219.50	219.50
25	—	816	176.75–195.00	186.84
28	—	911	174.00–175.50	175.34
97	—	867	173.75–188.00	175.41
21	—	670	202.00–216.50	213.41
17	—	712	195.50–203.00	198.64
13	—	386	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	220.50	220.50
3	—	432	199.00	199.00
3	—	580	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	287.00	287.00
10	—	611	226.75	226.75
9	—	845	182.00	182.00

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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