Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf/Yearling & Replacement Heifer Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Preconditioned cattle. Upward trend noted on light cattle, despite CME feeder cattle futures showing 4.00 lower today. Many load lots of both steers and heifers over 700 lbs, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering. Demand good with a lot of interest in the beef cross cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.07/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −133.95 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$295.07

95 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$33.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.05

vs IA average

+17.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	298.22	1,658	86
Medium and Large 1-2	580	265.00	1,537	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.22/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.60, low $405.13, median $429.02 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale95 hd

295.07

—

IA average6 barns · 1,264 hd

291.02

+4.05

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

+17.85

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−133.95

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

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,221	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,718	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	338.98/cwt	319.00–352.00	1,946	26
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,635	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	388.26/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,658	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	1,811	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,093	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,914	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	294.64/cwt	289.00–301.00	1,665	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	244.48/cwt	238.25–248.00	2,154	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	262.82/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,740	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,184	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	253.08/cwt	252.00–255.50	2,070	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	239.70/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,853	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	245.81/cwt	239.00–247.50	1,802	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	219.80/cwt	219.75–221.00	1,956	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	263.90/cwt	253.00–272.00	1,916	17
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	1,704	43
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	1,630	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	312.73/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,626	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	307.28/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,469	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	206.78/cwt	205.50–209.00	1,931	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,807	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,728	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,501	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,349	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	333.21/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,773	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	366.52/cwt	352.50–370.50	1,913	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,310	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	335.44/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	810	234.16/cwt	233.25–235.00	1,897	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	355.54/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,490	19
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,318	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	230.83/cwt	223.50–232.25	1,914	139
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	264.29/cwt	263.50–265.00	1,617	23
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,562	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	309.69/cwt	309.50–310.50	2,072	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	763	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,885	52

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,839Last week 1,918Year ago 1,791

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	390.00	390.00
15	400–450	427	370.00–400.00	388.26
50	500–550	522	352.50–370.50	366.52
26	550–600	574	319.00–352.00	338.98
61	650–700	669	309.50–310.50	309.69
17	700–750	726	253.00–272.00	263.90
7	750–800	787	266.00	266.00
50	800–850	818	252.00–255.50	253.08
257	850–900	881	238.25–248.00	244.48
76	900–950	910	240.00	240.00
32	950–1000	960	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	366	360.00	360.00
8	400–450	432	347.50	347.50
7	450–500	460	335.00–336.00	335.44
12	500–550	532	327.50–335.00	333.21
3	550–600	593	305.00	305.00
10	600–650	621	291.00	291.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	260.00	260.00
22	650–700	667	259.00	259.00
11	700–750	710	242.00	242.00
44	750–800	783	231.25	231.25
14	800–850	843	227.00	227.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	273.00	273.00
29	600–650	641	254.25	254.25
11	650–700	676	231.00	231.00
43	750–800	758	224.75	224.75
13	800–850	832	196.50	196.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	560	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	419	350.00–357.50	355.54
17	450–500	478	300.00–332.50	307.28
17	500–550	520	300.00–320.00	312.73
69	550–600	565	289.00–301.00	294.64
23	600–650	612	263.50–265.00	264.29
37	650–700	662	245.00–268.00	262.82
110	700–750	733	239.00–247.50	245.81
278	750–800	773	232.00–248.00	239.70
139	800–850	829	223.50–232.25	230.83
76	850–900	890	219.75–221.00	219.80
8	900–950	934	205.50–209.00	206.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	427	316.00	316.00
9	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
3	650–700	683	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	750–800	763	247.00	247.00
29	800–850	810	233.25–235.00	234.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	403	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	522	294.00	294.00

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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