Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; limited numbers on light steers last sale, 850 pound steers were 3.00 higher. Light heifers 400-500 pounds were steady to 4.5 higher. Limited numbers of yearling heifers today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $283.23/cwt on 905 head.

Average price

$283.23

905 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$377

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$67.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.21

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	287.43	1,856	734
Medium and Large 1-2	610	269.86	1,646	155
Large 1	1,015	220.00	2,233	16thin

One grade step is worth $67.43/cwt here — about −$377 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 sale905 hd

283.23

—

IA average8 barns · 6,179 hd

265.02

+18.21

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	309.22/cwt	297.00–326.00	1,614	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	241.31/cwt	238.00–245.50	1,752	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	249.44/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,437	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	248	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	1,131.25/head	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,131	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	267.45/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,765	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	693	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,816	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	293.77/cwt	289.00–320.00	1,704	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	250.37/cwt	248.00–252.50	2,131	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	354.39/cwt	353.00–355.00	1,361	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	283.02/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,735	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	336.31/cwt	327.00–350.00	1,634	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,984	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	261.19/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,656	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	281.58/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,659	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	293.60/cwt	283.00–312.50	1,409	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	257.83/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,970	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	1,318.78/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,319	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	247.38/cwt	247.00–248.25	2,004	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	278.11/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,424	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	217.15/cwt	215.50–218.50	2,000	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	334.31/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,417	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	249.24/cwt	241.00–257.25	1,690	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	319.30/cwt	299.00–324.00	1,245	40
Steers	Large 1	—	1,015	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,233	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	269.28/cwt	260.00–274.50	1,521	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	281.13/cwt	273.00–302.50	1,451	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	229.56/cwt	228.00–230.25	1,990	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	235.36/cwt	234.00–236.50	1,913	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	309.85/cwt	296.00–324.00	1,317	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	290.85/cwt	284.00–313.00	1,384	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	267.13/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,675	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	1,114.71/head	975.00–1,175.00	1,115	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	1,001.30/head	975.00–1,050.00	1,001	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,682	4

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 Sep 22, 2023

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

Receipts 1,877Last week 2,563Year ago 2,220

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	522	297.00–326.00	309.22
29	—	660	265.00–270.00	267.45
3	—	720	270.00	270.00
103	—	580	289.00–320.00	293.77
225	—	851	248.00–252.50	250.37
16	—	384	353.00–355.00	354.39
37	—	613	275.00–285.00	283.02
3	—	347	345.00	345.00
69	—	486	327.00–350.00	336.31
48	—	764	257.00–261.00	257.83
20	—	386	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,318.78
3	—	297	1,000.00	1,000.00
53	—	424	322.00–350.00	334.31
5	—	450	1,325.00	1,325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	693	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	904	219.50	219.50
32	—	634	261.00–262.00	261.19
43	—	589	276.00–284.00	281.58
18	—	480	283.00–312.50	293.60
10	—	810	247.00–248.25	247.38
36	—	512	275.00–290.00	278.11
3	—	668	246.00	246.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,015	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	726	238.00–245.50	241.31
6	—	248	875.00	875.00
8	—	378	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,131.25
41	—	921	215.50–218.50	217.15
64	—	678	241.00–257.25	249.24
40	—	390	299.00–324.00	319.30
87	—	565	260.00–274.50	269.28
116	—	516	273.00–302.50	281.13
23	—	867	228.00–230.25	229.56
29	—	813	234.00–236.50	235.36
55	—	425	296.00–324.00	309.85
93	—	476	284.00–313.00	290.85
25	—	627	255.00–275.00	267.13
10	—	430	975.00–1,175.00	1,114.71
14	—	319	975.00–1,050.00	1,001.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	632	245.00	245.00
4	—	525	250.00	250.00
11	—	576	248.00–250.00	249.44
4	—	446	290.00	290.00
4	—	761	221.00	221.00

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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