Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots of both calves and yearlings, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good both online and in the arena. The next sale is June 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.32/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −134.99 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$336.32

102 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$58.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs IA average

+27.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	339.77	1,797	96
Medium and Large 1-2	593	281.00	1,666	6thin

One grade step is worth $58.77/cwt here — about $130 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

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 sale102 hd

336.32

—

IA average7 barns · 586 hd

325.14

+11.17

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+27.16

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−134.99

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
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	221.17/cwt	221.00–223.00	2,285	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,997	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	300.42/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,607	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	245.15/cwt	245.00–245.50	1,868	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	262.31/cwt	258.50–278.00	1,750	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	326.08/cwt	315.00–336.00	1,546	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	2,282	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	250.87/cwt	241.00–251.75	1,839	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	349.49/cwt	338.00–353.50	1,810	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,694	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,805	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,596	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	238.98/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,220	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,461	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,579	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	251.59/cwt	248.00–253.25	2,076	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	221.72/cwt	219.00–228.50	1,973	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	301.46/cwt	291.00–305.50	1,935	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,652	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	242.95/cwt	241.00–245.50	2,099	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	305.99/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,815	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	268.32/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,932	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,761	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,830	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	253.95/cwt	253.00–254.50	1,981	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	274.35/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,863	30

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 Jun 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,393Last week 1,940Year ago 1,665

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,033	221.00–223.00	221.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	376	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	498	362.50	362.50
70	500–550	518	338.00–353.50	349.49
15	550–600	593	300.00–310.00	305.99
118	600–650	642	291.00–305.50	301.46
30	650–700	679	272.00–280.00	274.35
31	700–750	720	255.00–279.00	268.32
46	750–800	780	253.00–254.50	253.95
34	800–850	825	248.00–253.25	251.59
16	850–900	864	241.00–245.50	242.95
63	900–950	929	235.00–240.00	238.98
58	950–1000	989	230.75	230.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	475	336.00	336.00
11	500–550	510	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	593	281.00	281.00
13	600–650	638	276.00	276.00
7	700–750	732	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	300	1,150.00	1,150.00
67	450–500	474	315.00–336.00	326.08
19	500–550	535	296.00–304.00	300.42
79	600–650	607	279.00	279.00
46	650–700	667	258.50–278.00	262.31
151	700–750	733	241.00–251.75	250.87
27	750–800	762	245.00–245.50	245.15
136	850–900	890	219.00–228.50	221.72
17	950–1000	960	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	355.00	355.00
9	450–500	492	297.00	297.00

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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