Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not a Precondition sale. Mostly light calves, 750 lbs and under, with several packages of yearling steers and heifers. Full house today. Good demand, both in the arena and online.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $249.89/cwt on 1,331 head.

Average price

$249.89

1,331 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$16.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.47

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	252.25	1,683	1,140
Medium and Large 1-2	640	235.77	1,508	191

One grade step is worth $16.48/cwt here — about $175 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 sale1,331 hd

249.89

—

IA average9 barns · 7,584 hd

251.35

−1.47

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

41 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	—	560	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	195.03/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,609	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	250.99/cwt	239.00–264.00	1,323	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	217.25/cwt	206.00–226.50	1,471	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	250.89/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,189	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	224.96/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,647	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	246.69/cwt	232.00–260.00	1,305	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,027	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	246.44/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,779	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	224.00/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,727	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	278.83/cwt	269.00–296.00	1,455	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	253.82/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,168	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	237.32/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	289.46/cwt	276.00–298.00	1,207	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	290.94/cwt	273.00–298.00	1,394	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,396	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	217.82/cwt	211.50–220.00	1,788	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	613	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,566	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,840	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	267.29/cwt	253.00–279.00	1,558	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	256.53/cwt	242.00–264.75	1,721	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	235.57/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,802	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	258.23/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,619	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	233.99/cwt	228.00–237.00	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,842	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	239.33/cwt	228.00–250.00	1,388	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	219.91/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,064	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	198.21/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,463	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	231.35/cwt	222.00–235.50	1,423	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	248.15/cwt	240.00–254.00	933	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	873	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,707	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	256.29/cwt	246.00–267.00	1,115	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	210.92/cwt	203.00–224.00	1,519	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	237.49/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,275	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	194.47/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,486	15

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 Dec 1, 2023

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

Receipts 2,640Last week 909Year ago 2,446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	291	265.00	265.00
31	—	825	187.00–197.00	195.03
118	—	527	239.00–264.00	250.99
89	—	677	206.00–226.50	217.25
100	—	474	240.00–265.00	250.89
116	—	580	228.00–250.00	239.33
276	—	615	222.00–235.50	231.35
17	—	376	240.00–254.00	248.15
34	—	435	246.00–267.00	256.29
148	—	720	203.00–224.00	210.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	613	255.50	255.50
25	—	873	195.50	195.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	368	228.00–237.00	233.99
27	—	484	215.00–236.00	219.91
16	—	738	190.00–200.00	198.21
3	—	648	216.00	216.00
3	—	418	241.00	241.00
8	—	537	237.00–238.00	237.49
15	—	764	193.00–195.00	194.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	732	221.00–230.00	224.96
54	—	529	232.00–260.00	246.69
12	—	421	244.00	244.00
72	—	771	215.00–227.00	224.00
8	—	619	240.00	240.00
11	—	460	240.00–262.00	253.82
7	—	667	236.00–239.00	237.32
8	—	556	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	854	206.00	206.00
123	—	722	235.00–255.00	246.44
82	—	522	269.00–296.00	278.83
3	—	295	286.00	286.00
31	—	417	276.00–298.00	289.46
73	—	479	273.00–298.00	290.94
103	—	821	211.50–220.00	217.82
23	—	913	201.50	201.50
135	—	583	253.00–279.00	267.29
146	—	671	242.00–264.75	256.53
172	—	765	230.00–251.00	235.57
217	—	627	250.00–266.00	258.23
28	—	967	190.50	190.50

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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