Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special 74th Anniversary Calf/Yearling BBQ Sale! No trend today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots of both calves and yearlings, along with smaller groups in the offering today. CME markets dropping 4.00 today, causing demand to be sluggish at times. The next feeder sale is August 23rd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $281.85/cwt on 237 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −147.17 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$281.85

237 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$13.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.68

vs IA average

+23.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	283.50	1,537	208
Medium and Large 1-2	545	270.00	1,472	29

One grade step is worth $13.50/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale237 hd

281.85

—

IA average2 barns · 303 hd

283.53

−1.68

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

+23.39

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−147.17

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

35 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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	196.75/cwt	196.75–196.75	2,105	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	309.81/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,506	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	340.26/cwt	338.00–342.50	1,405	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,986	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	357.66/cwt	355.00–363.00	1,341	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	241.44/cwt	239.00–244.25	2,233	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	311.59/cwt	306.00–319.00	1,782	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	258.57/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,844	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	243.19/cwt	238.50–249.00	1,902	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	227.18/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,954	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	291.10/cwt	287.50–295.50	1,819	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	342.40/cwt	326.00–360.00	1,613	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	278.40/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,762	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	359.05/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,558	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	233.33/cwt	232.00–234.50	1,906	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	288.67/cwt	281.00–310.00	1,527	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	256.64/cwt	243.00–268.25	2,153	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	245.17/cwt	240.50–248.50	2,108	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	331.77/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,672	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	285.32/cwt	281.00–287.50	1,937	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	260.11/cwt	248.00–268.00	1,725	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	308.01/cwt	294.00–322.00	1,488	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	253.98/cwt	250.00–265.50	1,945	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	255.32/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,854	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	268.80/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,946	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	410.11/cwt	407.00–415.00	1,526	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,232	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	225.32/cwt	220.00–230.00	2,172	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	274.53/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,551	76

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 Aug 2, 2024

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

Receipts 3,232Last week 779Year ago 5,430

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,070	196.75	196.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	430.00	430.00
38	350–400	375	355.00–363.00	357.66
23	400–450	413	338.00–342.50	340.26
21	450–500	486	300.00–331.00	309.81
132	500–550	529	281.00–310.00	288.67
76	550–600	565	269.00–280.00	274.53
249	600–650	633	276.00–286.00	278.40
286	650–700	663	248.00–268.00	260.11
169	700–750	713	250.00–262.00	258.57
214	750–800	782	238.50–249.00	243.19
88	800–850	817	232.00–234.50	233.33
76	850–900	860	218.00–230.00	227.18
30	900–950	926	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	448	275.00	275.00
29	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	372	407.00–415.00	410.11
23	400–450	434	352.50–367.50	359.05
39	450–500	471	326.00–360.00	342.40
49	500–550	504	320.00–336.00	331.77
81	550–600	572	306.00–319.00	311.59
110	600–650	625	287.50–295.50	291.10
117	650–700	679	281.00–287.50	285.32
71	700–750	724	262.50–280.00	268.80
133	750–800	766	250.00–265.50	253.98
327	800–850	839	243.00–268.25	256.64
152	850–900	860	240.50–248.50	245.17
109	900–950	925	239.00–244.25	241.44
49	950–1000	964	220.00–230.00	225.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	448	330.00	330.00
21	450–500	483	294.00–322.00	308.01
16	700–750	726	255.00–256.00	255.32
5	800–850	810	240.00	240.00

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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