Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. Many load lots of mostly yearlings, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −125.30 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$346.00

3 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+31.60

vs IA average

+46.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	346.00	1,851	3thin

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

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 sale3 hd

346.00

—

IA average4 barns · 154 hd

314.40

+31.60

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

+46.74

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−125.30

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

23 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	950–1000	958	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,041	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,770	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	289.23/cwt	281.00–292.00	1,701	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,652	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	297.84/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,999	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	269.51/cwt	262.75–271.75	2,099	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	245.17/cwt	239.50–249.75	2,349	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	259.32/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,973	15
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	2,414	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,412	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	275.48/cwt	272.00–280.50	1,964	25
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	270.49/cwt	267.00–274.00	2,175	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	312.14/cwt	303.00–318.00	1,920	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	234.93/cwt	228.50–238.25	2,027	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	247.88/cwt	247.00–249.75	1,827	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	270.10/cwt	260.00–271.50	2,336	140
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	235.11/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,921	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	250.64/cwt	246.50–266.00	1,717	37

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 779Last week 1,393Year ago 2,575

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	538	329.00	329.00
12	550–600	588	281.00–292.00	289.23
13	600–650	613	269.50	269.50
37	650–700	685	246.50–266.00	250.64
102	700–750	737	247.00–249.75	247.88
15	750–800	761	257.00–264.00	259.32
16	800–850	817	232.00–242.00	235.11
67	850–900	863	228.50–238.25	234.93
6	900–950	903	226.00	226.00
3	950–1000	958	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	381.00	381.00
3	500–550	535	346.00	346.00
16	600–650	615	303.00–318.00	312.14
8	650–700	671	296.00–301.00	297.84
25	700–750	713	272.00–280.50	275.48
52	750–800	779	262.75–271.75	269.51
8	800–850	804	267.00–274.00	270.49
140	850–900	865	260.00–271.50	270.10
6	900–950	935	258.00	258.00
138	950–1000	958	239.50–249.75	245.17
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,000	247.00	247.00
8	1050–1100	1,060	227.75	227.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	626	293.50	293.50

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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