Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was not Precondition. Upward trend noted. Big crowd today. Lots of consignors! Mostly short loads and big groups in the offering today. Good demand throughout the sale, especially on light cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $264.88/cwt on 1,782 head.

Average price

$264.88

1,782 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$25

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$92.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.09

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	266.72	1,868	1,605
Medium and Large 1-2	650	255.55	1,661	161
Large 1	1,086	174.31	1,893	16thin

One grade step is worth $92.41/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale1,782 hd

264.88

—

IA average9 barns · 10,760 hd

259.79

+5.09

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

45 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 1Fancy	—	503	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,439	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,408	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,015	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	224.86/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,749	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	247.93/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,656	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	247.31/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,316	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	299.08/cwt	281.00–310.00	1,684	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	261.20/cwt	259.00–267.00	1,664	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	250.12/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,683	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	338.67/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,273	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	232.47/cwt	232.00–232.50	2,122	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	295.02/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,289	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	300.89/cwt	287.00–310.00	1,435	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	246.81/cwt	235.50–253.00	1,930	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	256.68/cwt	246.00–270.25	1,858	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	272.59/cwt	259.00–286.00	1,843	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	287.92/cwt	269.00–299.50	1,771	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	240.45/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,753	22
Steers	Large 1Source/Aged	—	1,157	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	916	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	234.28/cwt	228.00–236.50	1,687	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	261.99/cwt	247.00–272.50	1,653	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	265.91/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,513	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	237.96/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,487	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	277.16/cwt	259.00–283.00	1,472	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	265.77/cwt	253.00–277.00	1,265	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	238.22/cwt	229.00–241.00	1,987	192
Steers	Large 1	—	1,031	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,856	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,083	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	246.57/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,208	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	228.20/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,591	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	294.34/cwt	283.00–307.00	1,569	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	224.84/cwt	223.00–225.00	2,163	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	231.19/cwt	225.00–238.50	2,011	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	244.42/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,432	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	217.70/cwt	213.00–225.00	1,759	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	258.42/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,116	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	321.43/cwt	312.00–326.00	1,405	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	228.99/cwt	227.00–231.00	1,779	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	272.64/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,598	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	302.75/cwt	302.75–302.75	1,826	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,102	23

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 Feb 2, 2024

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

Receipts 3,370Last week 1,626Year ago 3,698

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	503	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	778	220.00–229.00	224.86
247	—	668	235.00–256.00	247.93
130	—	720	228.00–236.50	234.28
213	—	631	247.00–272.50	261.99
137	—	569	255.00–278.00	265.91
85	—	531	259.00–283.00	277.16
77	—	476	253.00–277.00	265.77
10	—	384	282.00	282.00
30	—	808	213.00–225.00	217.70
20	—	432	250.00–272.00	258.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	532	240.00–250.00	247.31
5	—	343	267.00	267.00
28	—	625	231.00–242.00	237.96
28	—	490	242.00–250.00	246.57
25	—	697	226.00–231.00	228.20
76	—	586	240.00–250.00	244.42
23	—	448	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	563	281.00–310.00	299.08
9	—	376	330.00–346.00	338.67
95	—	913	232.00–232.50	232.47
56	—	477	287.00–310.00	300.89
183	—	782	235.50–253.00	246.81
191	—	724	246.00–270.25	256.68
329	—	676	259.00–286.00	272.59
203	—	615	269.00–299.50	287.92
192	—	834	229.00–241.00	238.22
124	—	533	283.00–307.00	294.34
38	—	962	223.00–225.00	224.84
38	—	870	225.00–238.50	231.19
12	—	437	312.00–326.00	321.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	637	259.00–267.00	261.20
61	—	673	242.00–257.00	250.12
3	—	540	276.00	276.00
6	—	371	301.00	301.00
9	—	437	289.00–300.00	295.02
22	—	729	235.00–244.00	240.45
17	—	777	227.00–231.00	228.99
16	—	586	271.00–275.00	272.64
Steers — Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,157	167.00	167.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,031	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	603	302.75	302.75

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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