Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was not Precondition. Several large strings of both calves and yearlings, along with plenty of smaller packages of mostly calves in the offering today. Good demand both online and in the arena. The next feeder sale is December 6, Western Iowa Precondition Sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.05/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −158.25 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$313.05

132 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.66

vs IA average

+3.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	313.05	1,667	132

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 sale132 hd

313.05

—

IA average9 barns · 1,901 hd

307.39

+5.66

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+3.79

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−158.25

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

36 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	300–350	330	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,438	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	267.43/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,540	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	1,064.84/head	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	301.69/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,717	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,458	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,518	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	278.42/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,718	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	316.69/cwt	295.00–327.00	1,650	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	348.10/cwt	335.00–356.00	1,626	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	247.45/cwt	240.00–250.00	2,140	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	388.97/cwt	382.50–402.00	1,466	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	374.00/cwt	357.50–387.50	1,560	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	255.07/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,592	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,210	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	247	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	266.44/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,889	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	261.33/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,735	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	293.24/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,405	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	264.68/cwt	263.00–266.00	1,424	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	252.55/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,950	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	254.01/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,661	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	230.21/cwt	228.75–244.50	2,003	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	288.82/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,499	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	256.98/cwt	253.50–262.00	1,550	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,805	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	238.44/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,686	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	329.76/cwt	312.00–342.50	1,270	30

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 Nov 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,140Last week 829Year ago 909

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
10	250–300	291	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,064.84
3	300–350	330	1,150.00	1,150.00
30	350–400	385	312.00–342.50	329.76
6	400–450	439	327.50	327.50
74	450–500	479	280.00–308.00	293.24
88	500–550	519	270.00–294.00	288.82
10	550–600	576	265.00–270.00	267.43
105	600–650	603	253.50–262.00	256.98
48	650–700	664	251.00–267.00	261.33
25	700–750	707	230.00–250.00	238.44
11	750–800	752	240.00	240.00
53	850–900	870	228.75–244.50	230.21
3	900–950	940	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	538	263.00–266.00	264.68
5	600–650	620	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	247	1,025.00	1,025.00
3	250–300	295	1,300.00	1,300.00
6	300–350	317	460.00	460.00
17	350–400	377	382.50–402.00	388.97
17	400–450	417	357.50–387.50	374.00
8	450–500	467	335.00–356.00	348.10
100	500–550	521	295.00–327.00	316.69
32	550–600	569	290.00–311.00	301.69
97	600–650	617	268.00–280.00	278.42
65	650–700	654	252.00–269.00	254.01
69	700–750	709	250.00–273.00	266.44
36	750–800	772	249.00–257.00	252.55
3	800–850	815	240.00	240.00
14	850–900	865	240.00–250.00	247.45
16	900–950	919	240.50	240.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	482	315.00	315.00
8	600–650	624	250.00–264.00	255.07
3	650–700	673	240.00	240.00
3	700–750	746	239.00	239.00
12	750–800	750	230.00	230.00

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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