Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many preconditioned cattle included today. Feeder cattle futures continue to improve, extending the upward trend in the market. Steers 600-800 lbs were mostly 8.00-11.00 higher with instances sharply higher. Light heifers 600 lbs were 5.00 higher. Heavier heifers 750 lbs were sharply higher. Numerous load lots of mostly yearling cattle offered today with many packages of lighter steers and heifers. Good demand throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $250.34/cwt on 876 head.

Average price

$250.34

876 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$156

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$58.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	724	253.95	1,838	775
Medium and Large 1-2	630	244.48	1,540	56
Large 1	1,020	195.50	1,994	45

One grade step is worth $58.45/cwt here — about −$156 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 sale876 hd

250.34

—

IA average13 barns · 11,760 hd

250.76

−0.42

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

38 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 1-2	—	287	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	918	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,007	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	815	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	227.71/cwt	227.25–229.50	1,658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	254.45/cwt	252.50–256.50	1,476	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	340.08/cwt	339.00–342.50	1,047	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	280.19/cwt	266.00–290.50	1,435	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	297.08/cwt	290.50–305.00	1,384	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	236.13/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,698	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	218.34/cwt	194.00–223.50	2,044	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	285.46/cwt	269.50–292.50	1,633	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	245.77/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,519	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	726	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,742	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	233.51/cwt	225.00–234.75	2,015	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	251.50/cwt	242.00–259.50	1,811	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	257.68/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,105	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,569	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	314.90/cwt	314.00–317.00	1,354	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	268.02/cwt	260.00–275.50	1,812	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	231.78/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,829	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	273.58/cwt	255.00–277.50	1,715	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	253.62/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,192	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	243.44/cwt	235.00–250.25	1,293	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	237.53/cwt	225.00–239.25	1,964	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	246.88/cwt	235.00–250.25	1,555	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	226.56/cwt	222.50–231.00	1,536	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,253	5
Steers	Large 1	—	1,020	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,994	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	228.01/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,719	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	16

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 Jan 26, 2024

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

Receipts 1,626Last week 1,764Year ago 1,551

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	287	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,007	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	843	208.00	208.00
14	—	287	284.00	284.00
14	—	728	227.25–229.50	227.71
36	—	580	252.50–256.50	254.45
35	—	429	255.00–264.00	257.68
23	—	470	245.00–265.00	253.62
62	—	531	235.00–250.25	243.44
180	—	630	235.00–250.25	246.88
41	—	678	222.50–231.00	226.56
170	—	754	222.00–229.00	228.01
16	—	355	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	740	212.00	212.00
4	—	361	261.00	261.00
4	—	617	216.00	216.00
5	—	552	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	896	210.00	210.00
3	—	406	282.00	282.00
11	—	719	235.00–237.50	236.13
4	—	565	240.00	240.00
6	—	545	255.00	255.00
29	—	618	241.00–250.00	245.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	308	339.00–342.50	340.08
29	—	512	266.00–290.50	280.19
31	—	466	290.50–305.00	297.08
86	—	936	194.00–223.50	218.34
65	—	572	269.50–292.50	285.46
78	—	863	225.00–234.75	233.51
84	—	720	242.00–259.50	251.50
24	—	430	314.00–317.00	314.90
77	—	676	260.00–275.50	268.02
100	—	789	230.00–239.00	231.78
68	—	627	255.00–277.50	273.58
2	—	390	322.50	322.50
105	—	827	225.00–239.25	237.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	726	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,020	195.50	195.50

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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