Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last week: 550-700 steers were mostly 6.00-10.00 lower, 750-850 lbs 4.00-6.00 higher. Heifers 600-700 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower with instances 11.00 lower. Light sale this week. Load lot of yearling steers in the offering today, along with plenty of smaller packages. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $284.02/cwt on 644 head.

Average price

$284.02

644 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$207

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$91.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.25

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	285.71	1,959	620
Medium and Large 1-2	672	259.53	1,744	17thin
Large 1	1,117	193.88	2,166	7thin

One grade step is worth $91.83/cwt here — about −$207 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 sale644 hd

284.02

—

IA average6 barns · 3,448 hd

267.77

+16.25

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

29 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 1	—	328	351.02/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,080	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	337.62/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,253	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	289.74/cwt	288.50–302.50	1,573	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	234.96/cwt	229.75–237.50	1,713	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	275.96/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,852	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	365.20/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	247.95/cwt	245.00–249.00	2,053	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	349.90/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,701	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	384.87/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	245.88/cwt	240.50–247.25	2,124	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	261.48/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,870	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,100	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,117	193.88/cwt	191.00–196.00	2,166	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	253.23/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,737	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,197	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,396	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	315.42/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,823	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	357.80/cwt	337.00–367.50	1,832	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	274.74/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,583	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	260.22/cwt	254.50–269.50	1,985	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	239.18/cwt	236.00–249.50	1,614	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	321.17/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,522	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	260.99/cwt	250.00–267.25	1,597	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	298.44/cwt	281.00–309.00	1,841	94

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 Mar 1, 2024

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

Receipts 1,202Last week 2,030Year ago 1,474

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	345.00–357.50	351.02
7	—	294	367.50	367.50
7	—	889	210.00	210.00
13	—	371	332.50–355.00	337.62
32	—	543	288.50–302.50	289.74
87	—	729	229.75–237.50	234.96
45	—	576	270.00–283.00	274.74
94	—	675	236.00–249.50	239.18
51	—	474	315.00–340.00	321.17
108	—	612	250.00–267.25	260.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	266.00	266.00
9	—	484	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	671	270.00–285.00	275.96
12	—	422	357.50–375.00	365.20
38	—	828	245.00–249.00	247.95
50	—	486	330.00–357.50	349.90
9	—	342	375.00–397.50	384.87
59	—	864	240.50–247.25	245.88
59	—	715	255.00–264.00	261.48
3	—	265	415.00	415.00
60	—	923	238.00	238.00
8	—	358	390.00	390.00
70	—	578	313.00–324.00	315.42
15	—	512	337.00–367.50	357.80
74	—	763	254.50–269.50	260.22
94	—	617	281.00–309.00	298.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	280.00	280.00
13	—	686	242.00–260.00	253.23
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,117	191.00–196.00	193.88

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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