Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was not Precondition. Upward trend noted. Included in the offering was a load lot of heifer calves and several strings of yearlings. Large crowd today. Good demand throughout the sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.35/cwt on 252 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −145.67 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$283.35

252 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.48

vs IA average

+13.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	283.35	1,619	252

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale252 hd

283.35

—

IA average4 barns · 654 hd

288.83

−5.48

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+13.16

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−145.67

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

31 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,165	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	696	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	812	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,803	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	235.02/cwt	233.25–235.50	1,885	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	337.73/cwt	333.00–342.50	1,439	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	233.92/cwt	228.00–236.50	1,736	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	331.06/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,718	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,018	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	241.94/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,984	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	258.89/cwt	250.00–265.50	1,771	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	293.89/cwt	283.00–305.00	1,563	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	328.67/cwt	324.00–340.00	1,620	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	273.23/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,699	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	317.70/cwt	301.00–330.00	1,824	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	279.76/cwt	270.00–284.50	1,637	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	349.71/cwt	333.00–360.00	1,546	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	234.66/cwt	230.50–240.75	1,840	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	260.17/cwt	249.50–273.50	1,985	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	301.47/cwt	292.00–318.00	1,866	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	239.13/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,734	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	662	269.25/cwt	269.25–269.25	1,782	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	280.52/cwt	275.00–285.50	1,989	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	294.65/cwt	277.00–304.25	1,974	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	215.03/cwt	212.50–215.50	2,129	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	324.05/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,513	64
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,493	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,044	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	810	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,936	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	249.32/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,541	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,713	5

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 Apr 26, 2024

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

Receipts 2,064Last week 1,180Year ago 2,679

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,000	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	442	333.00–360.00	349.71
31	450–500	493	324.00–340.00	328.67
43	500–550	519	320.00–344.00	331.06
160	550–600	574	301.00–330.00	317.70
124	600–650	619	292.00–318.00	301.47
79	650–700	670	277.00–304.25	294.65
35	700–750	709	275.00–285.50	280.52
74	750–800	763	249.50–273.50	260.17
55	800–850	820	235.00–245.00	241.94
9	850–900	866	236.00	236.00
6	900–950	913	221.00	221.00
32	950–1000	990	212.50–215.50	215.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	659	260.00	260.00
21	700–750	725	227.00–250.00	239.13
5	750–800	786	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	696	240.00	240.00
28	800–850	812	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	426	333.00–342.50	337.73
64	450–500	467	307.00–340.00	324.05
64	500–550	532	283.00–305.00	293.89
188	550–600	585	270.00–284.50	279.76
108	600–650	622	259.00–279.00	273.23
107	650–700	684	250.00–265.50	258.89
39	700–750	742	228.00–236.50	233.92
179	750–800	784	230.50–240.75	234.66
33	800–850	802	233.25–235.50	235.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	662	269.25	269.25
23	800–850	810	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	618	247.50–250.00	249.32
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	553	270.00	270.00

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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