Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was a Precondition sale. Lighter offering today, included many loads 725-880 lb heifers, and many smaller packages of mostly calves. Demand was moderate to good today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.58/cwt on 1,020 head.

Average price

$205.58

1,020 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$634

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

$68.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.73

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	459	228.41	1,049	28
Medium and Large 1	720	205.07	1,477	989
Large 1	1,052	160.00	1,683	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.41/cwt here — about −$634 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 sale1,020 hd

205.58

—

IA average11 barns · 6,660 hd

213.31

−7.73

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

44 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 1Unweaned	—	472	237.31/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,120	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	216.32/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,423	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,456	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,119	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,052	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	303.11/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,406	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	277.16/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,042	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	203.94/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,772	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	207.53/cwt	204.00–223.00	1,623	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	428	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,455	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	221.79/cwt	208.00–224.50	1,803	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	246.40/cwt	238.00–252.00	1,232	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	593	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,515	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	245.21/cwt	244.50–249.00	1,621	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	392	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	258.36/cwt	253.00–262.00	977	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	210.16/cwt	206.00–213.50	1,143	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	200.44/cwt	200.00–201.50	1,381	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	228.46/cwt	218.00–236.50	1,289	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	190.49/cwt	189.50–190.75	1,512	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	302	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	207.53/cwt	203.75–216.00	1,301	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	236.06/cwt	224.50–243.00	1,246	100
Steers	Large 1	—	1,053	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	494	227.00/cwt	212.00–238.00	1,121	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,117	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	185.36/cwt	182.25–192.50	1,501	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	612	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,426	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	188.25/cwt	188.25–188.25	1,702	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	201.49/cwt	185.00–203.50	1,491	472
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	189.62/cwt	186.00–189.85	1,669	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	254.47/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,260	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	219.78/cwt	209.00–223.00	1,598	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	265.85/cwt	261.00–285.00	1,396	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	252.28/cwt	240.00–264.50	1,567	101

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 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,839Last week 2,640Year ago 2,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	472	225.00–242.00	237.31
15	—	658	215.00–217.00	216.32
7	—	633	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	219.00	219.00
3	—	658	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,052	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	233.00	233.00
7	—	494	212.00–238.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	253.00–262.00	258.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	544	206.00–213.50	210.16
7	—	364	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	689	200.00–201.50	200.44
56	—	564	218.00–236.50	228.46
66	—	794	189.50–190.75	190.49
3	—	302	900.00	900.00
35	—	627	203.75–216.00	207.53
100	—	528	224.50–243.00	236.06
7	—	454	246.00	246.00
3	—	292	825.00	825.00
23	—	810	182.25–192.50	185.36
472	—	740	185.00–203.50	201.49
145	—	880	186.00–189.85	189.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	612	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	464	297.00–307.00	303.11
14	—	869	200.00–207.00	203.94
32	—	782	204.00–223.00	207.53
42	—	813	208.00–224.50	221.79
6	—	311	975.00	975.00
42	—	661	244.50–249.00	245.21
3	—	352	960.00	960.00
6	—	264	925.00	925.00
35	—	904	188.25	188.25
55	—	727	209.00–223.00	219.78
56	—	525	261.00–285.00	265.85
101	—	621	240.00–264.50	252.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	376	275.00–280.00	277.16
4	—	673	224.00	224.00
3	—	743	200.00	200.00
3	—	622	234.00	234.00
10	—	500	238.00–252.00	246.40
11	—	495	253.00–255.00	254.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	593	255.50	255.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,053	170.00	170.00

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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