Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today. Several large groups and load lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $233.78/cwt on 546 head.

Average price

$233.78

546 head · 900 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$238

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$20.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.48

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	870	237.42	2,066	440
Medium and Large 1-2	587	233.33	1,369	9thin
Large 1	1,060	217.32	2,305	97

One grade step is worth $20.09/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale546 hd

233.78

—

IA average3 barns · 724 hd

222.30

+11.48

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

34 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	—	223	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,480	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,048	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,287	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	250.73/cwt	241.00–251.75	1,913	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	582	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,356	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,063	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,496	15
Steers	Large 1	—	1,316	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	2,375	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	252.53/cwt	251.50–256.00	1,859	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,515	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	230.38/cwt	227.25–231.00	2,265	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	225.23/cwt	224.50–227.50	2,045	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	2,091	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,155	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	2,065	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,035	211.86/cwt	204.00–219.50	2,193	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,460	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,033	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,247	20
Steers	Large 1	—	1,054	219.29/cwt	200.50–223.00	2,311	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,829	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	217.60/cwt	214.00–222.00	2,132	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	245.22/cwt	234.00–255.00	1,780	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,448	13

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 Aug 25, 2023

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

Receipts 862Last week 5,430Year ago 2,367

No comparison today. Several large groups and load lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	—	223	960.00	960.00
6	—	324	1,025.00	1,025.00
15	—	589	254.00	254.00
3	—	480	253.00	253.00
5	—	912	229.25	229.25
9	—	378	900.00	900.00
7	—	549	266.00	266.00
7	—	759	241.00	241.00
9	—	980	214.00–222.00	217.60
148	—	726	234.00–255.00	245.22
5	—	442	250.00	250.00
7	—	680	240.00	240.00
13	—	601	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	178.75	178.75
8	—	1,035	204.00–219.50	211.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	841	215.00	215.00
4	—	496	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	—	369	1,010.00	1,010.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	546	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	808	253.50	253.50
3	—	518	297.00	297.00
43	—	763	241.00–251.75	250.73
100	—	865	238.50	238.50
20	—	736	251.50–256.00	252.53
14	—	551	275.00	275.00
112	—	983	227.25–231.00	230.38
121	—	908	224.50–227.50	225.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	229.00	229.00
3	—	693	221.00	221.00
3	—	505	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,316	180.50	180.50
20	—	1,033	217.50	217.50
73	—	1,054	200.50–223.00	219.29

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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