Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Two load lots of yearling steers and many smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the larger groups.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −191.30 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$280.00

6 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.96

vs IA average

+9.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	280.00	1,445	6thin

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 sale6 hd

280.00

—

IA average2 barns · 28 hd

282.96

−2.96

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+9.50

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−191.30

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

32 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	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,674	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	245.10/cwt	245.10–245.10	2,098	11
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,948	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	192.70/cwt	191.00–195.00	1,989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	241.96/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,670	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	250.21/cwt	247.00–254.00	1,454	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,367	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	273.97/cwt	267.00–286.00	1,663	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	243.47/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,926	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,141	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	258.12/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,722	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,551	14
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,148	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,346	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	715	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,806	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	244.39/cwt	242.00–248.25	2,019	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,122	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,297	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	231.68/cwt	215.00–234.25	2,162	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	300.22/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,432	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	239.19/cwt	231.50–241.25	1,878	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	217.25/cwt	217.25–217.25	1,805	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	233.56/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,686	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,994	4
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	274.66/cwt	274.00–275.00	1,379	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	226.33/cwt	217.50–234.00	1,965	40

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 877Last week 3,232Year ago 862

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Two load lots of yearling steers and many smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the larger groups.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	493	273.00	273.00
50	650–700	693	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	342.50	342.50
11	400–450	402	340.00	340.00
27	450–500	477	290.00–312.00	300.22
6	500–550	516	280.00	280.00
73	600–650	607	267.00–286.00	273.97
18	650–700	667	250.00–265.00	258.12
11	700–750	711	254.00	254.00
51	750–800	791	243.00–244.00	243.47
34	800–850	826	242.00–248.25	244.39
11	850–900	856	245.10	245.10
125	900–950	933	215.00–234.25	231.68
3	950–1000	998	206.00	206.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,014	219.50	219.50
3	1100–1150	1,148	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	715	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,032	191.00–195.00	192.70
4	1050–1100	1,056	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	278.00	278.00
24	500–550	502	274.00–275.00	274.66
69	550–600	581	247.00–254.00	250.21
14	600–650	618	251.00	251.00
16	650–700	690	232.00–248.00	241.96
89	700–750	722	230.00–240.00	233.56
14	750–800	785	231.50–241.25	239.19
6	800–850	818	234.00	234.00
40	850–900	868	217.50–234.00	226.33
7	900–950	935	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	263.00	263.00
13	800–850	831	217.25	217.25
4	950–1000	968	206.00	206.00

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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