Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Preconditioned. Most of the sale offered strings of light cattle with a few load lots of both calves and yearling cattle. Demand was good throughout the sale, even with the market dropping this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.33/cwt on 198 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −144.98 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$326.33

198 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$15.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs IA average

+15.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	326.56	1,813	195
Medium and Large 1-2	515	311.00	1,602	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.56/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $441.63, median $471.30 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 sale198 hd

326.33

—

IA average4 barns · 1,190 hd

325.86

+0.47

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+15.57

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−144.98

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

39 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	350–400	376	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,166	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	293.41/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,558	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	229.11/cwt	211.00–231.00	1,973	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	241.56/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,727	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	271.53/cwt	258.00–279.50	1,664	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	345.91/cwt	332.00–360.00	1,698	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	339.07/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,807	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	1,065.51/head	975.00–1,150.00	1,066	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	526	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,657	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	276.72/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,586	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	237.25/cwt	237.25–237.25	2,218	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	314.34/cwt	307.00–322.50	1,292	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	308.58/cwt	298.00–326.00	1,811	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	303.25/cwt	293.50–310.00	1,456	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	248.50/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,700	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,779	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	166	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	244.47/cwt	230.00–248.50	1,914	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	243.16/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,559	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	307.83/cwt	305.00–319.00	1,314	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	351.66/cwt	345.00–353.00	1,364	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	360.18/cwt	348.00–386.00	1,524	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	1,388.18/head	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,388	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,309	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	274.20/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,747	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	249.34/cwt	245.50–251.00	1,700	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	307.65/cwt	291.00–319.00	1,917	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	249	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	276.17/cwt	271.00–282.50	1,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	277.27/cwt	276.50–280.00	1,456	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	280.20/cwt	262.00–282.50	1,897	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	213.45/cwt	211.00–234.00	1,671	57

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	166	625.00	625.00
5	200–250	249	825.00	825.00
4	250–300	291	925.00	925.00
12	300–350	314	1,200.00	1,200.00
18	350–400	376	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	364	975.00–1,150.00	1,065.51
24	400–450	411	307.00–322.50	314.34
70	450–500	480	293.50–310.00	303.25
111	500–550	531	283.00–310.00	293.41
46	550–600	573	267.00–295.00	276.72
37	600–650	613	258.00–279.50	271.53
108	650–700	684	241.00–251.00	248.50
30	700–750	715	240.00–246.00	241.56
57	750–800	783	211.00–234.00	213.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	526	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	271.00–282.50	276.17
22	450–500	492	266.00	266.00
17	500–550	525	276.50–280.00	277.27
3	550–600	580	262.50	262.50
25	600–650	641	240.00–250.00	243.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	1,025.00	1,025.00
12	300–350	330	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,388.18
5	350–400	384	415.00	415.00
67	400–450	423	348.00–386.00	360.18
25	450–500	491	332.00–360.00	345.91
115	500–550	533	330.00–346.00	339.07
80	550–600	587	298.00–326.00	308.58
20	600–650	623	291.00–319.00	307.65
86	650–700	677	262.00–282.50	280.20
28	700–750	726	245.00	245.00
97	750–800	783	230.00–248.50	244.47
3	800–850	803	233.00	233.00
33	850–900	861	211.00–231.00	229.11
110	900–950	935	237.25	237.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	388	345.00–353.00	351.66
33	400–450	427	305.00–319.00	307.83
3	500–550	515	311.00	311.00
13	600–650	637	265.00–279.00	274.20
16	650–700	682	245.50–251.00	249.34

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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