Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons stated today to the previously reported auction. Great offering today of reputation light weight steers and heifers. Also, load lots of high quality yearling cattle were available. Demand was good for today's moderate offering. Trade active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.28/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −156.74 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$272.28

38 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.53

vs IA average

+31.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	272.28	1,508	38

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 sale38 hd

272.28

—

IA average4 barns · 241 hd

272.81

−0.53

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

+31.59

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−156.74

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

34 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	700–750	716	258.92/cwt	254.75–262.00	1,854	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,489	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,358	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	522	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,490	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	493	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,489	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,292	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,860	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	273.48/cwt	264.00–283.00	1,482	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,738	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	305.68/cwt	297.50–312.00	1,590	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,390	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	528	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,632	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	671	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,350	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,554	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	336.61/cwt	334.00–341.00	1,461	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,673	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	238.45/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,714	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	465	305.55/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,421	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,141	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,535	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	237.65/cwt	229.00–240.50	1,830	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	253.24/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,547	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,172	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	274.46/cwt	274.00–275.00	1,339	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	306.25/cwt	306.25–306.25	1,706	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,006	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,301	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,597	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,277	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	257.59/cwt	255.00–261.50	1,517	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	345.30/cwt	340.00–354.00	1,233	56

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	434	334.00–341.00	336.61
11	450–500	450	341.00	341.00
35	500–550	520	297.50–312.00	305.68
4	600–650	613	277.00	277.00
20	650–700	683	245.00	245.00
54	700–750	716	254.75–262.00	258.92
14	850–900	872	230.00	230.00
9	950–1000	996	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	542	264.00–283.00	273.48
11	700–750	701	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	395	352.00	352.00
19	400–450	422	320.00	320.00
59	450–500	491	316.50	316.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	528	309.00	309.00
23	550–600	557	306.25	306.25
6	650–700	671	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	464	321.00	321.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	366	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	493	302.00	302.00
20	500–550	522	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	432	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	357	340.00–354.00	345.30
6	400–450	404	322.00	322.00
11	450–500	488	274.00–275.00	274.46
18	550–600	589	255.00–261.50	257.59
41	600–650	611	240.00–257.00	253.24
10	650–700	674	237.00	237.00
45	700–750	719	238.00–240.00	238.45
172	750–800	770	229.00–240.50	237.65
4	800–850	847	229.00	229.00
10	900–950	944	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	450–500	465	300.00–309.00	305.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	396	322.50	322.50
10	400–450	434	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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