Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Mostly heavier steers today. Previous sale consisted of mainly light steers. Too light a test on heifers. No comparison today. Two load lots of yearling steers, along with a nice offering of smaller packages in the offering today. Light crowd in the arena. Moderate to good demand online and in the seats. Next sale Western Iowa Precondition October 25th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.09/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −178.46 against this barn's trailing median of $470.55.

Average price

$292.09

42 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.81

vs IA average

−7.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	292.09	1,588	42

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $424.84, median $470.55 across 22 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 sale42 hd

292.09

—

IA average4 barns · 201 hd

287.29

+4.81

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−7.24

This barn, trailing median22 sales

470.55

−178.46

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,829	3
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,136	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,977	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,302	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	288.84/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,384	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	230.82/cwt	216.00–232.75	1,978	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	249.25/cwt	232.00–252.50	2,144	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,793	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	258.96/cwt	256.00–260.50	2,002	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	341.57/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,575	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	302.58/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,592	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	276.67/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,577	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,118	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	999	227.25/cwt	227.25–227.25	2,270	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,803	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,951	18
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,127	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,938	5
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,243	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	279.36/cwt	273.00–280.50	1,791	32

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 Oct 18, 2024

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

Receipts 520Last week 1,732Year ago 1,669

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	871	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,136	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	298.00	298.00
10	450–500	479	274.00–295.00	288.84
6	500–550	518	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	607	247.00	247.00
11	700–750	701	242.00	242.00
17	750–800	753	239.50	239.50
18	800–850	830	235.00	235.00
49	850–900	857	216.00–232.75	230.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	628	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	461	337.50–345.00	341.57
25	500–550	526	300.00–306.00	302.58
17	550–600	570	270.00–283.00	276.67
32	600–650	641	273.00–280.50	279.36
5	650–700	652	275.00	275.00
3	700–750	710	260.00	260.00
68	750–800	773	256.00–260.50	258.96
25	800–850	834	254.00	254.00
78	850–900	860	232.00–252.50	249.25
64	950–1000	999	227.25	227.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1050–1100	1,053	213.00	213.00
5	1100–1150	1,127	172.00	172.00

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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