Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was a Precondition Sale. CME feeder cattle futures up 3.00 today. Many load lots of both light and heavy cattle in the offering. Most of the sale consisted of large packages. Good demand, especially on light calves and load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $280.96/cwt on 1,283 head.

Average price

$280.96

1,283 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	282.30	1,936	1,229
Medium and Large 1-2	671	250.30	1,680	54

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $256 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 sale1,283 hd

280.96

—

IA average8 barns · 8,248 hd

266.53

+14.42

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

48 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 1Natural	—	680	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	596	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	1,778	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	274.41/cwt	273.00–276.00	1,408	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	198.25/cwt	191.00–211.00	1,745	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,969	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	374.13/cwt	356.00–382.00	1,141	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	509	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,476	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,398	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	257.77/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,632	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	379.06/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,421	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	281.27/cwt	266.00–292.50	1,741	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,686	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	222.47/cwt	219.00–227.00	2,067	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	303.90/cwt	296.00–309.00	1,599	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	257.11/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,879	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	276.84/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,916	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	247.00/cwt	234.00–248.60	2,070	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,848	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	303.77/cwt	281.00–312.50	1,485	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	287.36/cwt	265.50–291.75	1,612	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	341.10/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,330	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	231.76/cwt	222.00–233.50	1,759	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	271.28/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,286	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	282.27/cwt	262.00–299.00	912	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	242.09/cwt	235.50–254.50	1,627	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,601	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	283.95/cwt	281.50–290.00	1,244	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	527	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,281	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	234.90/cwt	232.50–237.00	1,656	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	262.04/cwt	251.00–265.50	1,596	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	814	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,909	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	193.20/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,520	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,074	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	342.23/cwt	341.00–344.00	1,407	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	321.62/cwt	291.00–330.50	1,881	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	332.88/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,638	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	244.92/cwt	239.75–249.00	1,908	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	3

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 2,458Last week 2,723Year ago 3,015

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	243.00	243.00
7	—	596	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	908	197.00	197.00
5	—	826	215.25	215.25
19	—	513	273.00–276.00	274.41
32	—	880	191.00–211.00	198.25
116	—	489	281.00–312.50	303.77
150	—	561	265.50–291.75	287.36
43	—	390	325.00–346.00	341.10
261	—	759	222.00–233.50	231.76
90	—	672	235.50–254.50	242.09
35	—	438	281.50–290.00	283.95
65	—	705	232.50–237.00	234.90
55	—	609	251.00–265.50	262.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	226.00	226.00
18	—	474	270.00–273.00	271.28
8	—	640	235.00	235.00
7	—	323	262.00–299.00	282.27
13	—	696	230.00	230.00
4	—	353	311.00	311.00
11	—	787	185.00–200.00	193.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	584	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	527	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	814	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	879	224.00	224.00
10	—	305	356.00–382.00	374.13
35	—	375	355.00–390.00	379.06
50	—	619	266.00–292.50	281.27
34	—	929	219.00–227.00	222.47
14	—	526	296.00–309.00	303.90
51	—	731	248.00–264.00	257.11
233	—	692	260.00–281.00	276.84
289	—	838	234.00–248.60	247.00
24	—	990	209.50	209.50
10	—	411	341.00–344.00	342.23
232	—	585	291.00–330.50	321.62
123	—	492	305.00–340.00	332.88
99	—	779	239.75–249.00	244.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	250.00	250.00
5	—	509	290.00	290.00
5	—	558	271.00	271.00
7	—	460	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	633	255.00–260.00	257.77
3	—	580	255.00	255.00
3	—	698	245.00	245.00
8	—	710	237.50	237.50
12	—	783	236.00	236.00
3	—	505	280.00	280.00

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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