Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last week: steers 600-700 lbs 14.00 to sharply higher. Limited number of steers 750 lbs and over last week, no comparison. Heifers 450-600 lbs 10.00 to sharply higher, 650 lbs 3.00 higher. Light number of heifers 700 lbs and over last week, no comparison. Most of the sale consisted of half loads, along with a couple load lots of yearling steers and heifers. Good demand on this quality offering today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.70/cwt on 402 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −149.60 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$321.70

402 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$21.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs IA average

−3.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	322.02	1,831	396
Medium and Large 1-2	561	300.51	1,686	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.51/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale402 hd

321.70

—

IA average8 barns · 2,195 hd

323.58

−1.88

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−3.67

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−149.60

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

38 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	550–600	572	287.65/cwt	272.00–302.00	1,645	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	322.80/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,356	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	299.19/cwt	291.00–318.00	1,589	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	252.13/cwt	247.50–258.00	1,851	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	319.95/cwt	305.00–337.00	1,523	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	277.77/cwt	266.75–296.00	1,731	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	257.59/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,999	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	305.10/cwt	287.00–316.00	1,910	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	280.77/cwt	274.00–301.00	2,047	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	289.82/cwt	274.50–302.00	1,942	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	300.51/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	269.46/cwt	267.50–271.00	1,951	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,330	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	321.66/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,695	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	419.80/cwt	406.00–435.00	1,352	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	380.14/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,441	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	280.93/cwt	274.00–295.00	2,129	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	251.81/cwt	246.00–260.00	2,108	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	322.08/cwt	308.50–332.00	1,852	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	342.99/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,509	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	844	253.17/cwt	252.00–255.00	2,137	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	869	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,133	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	254.56/cwt	236.00–255.75	2,238	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	264.09/cwt	249.00–271.00	1,775	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	252.76/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,941	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	333.61/cwt	322.50–343.00	1,551	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	244.20/cwt	236.00–245.50	2,283	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	603	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,815	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	357.18/cwt	357.00–357.50	1,204	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	291.50/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,396	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	260.25/cwt	256.00–263.50	1,658	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	2,021	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	344.11/cwt	337.50–353.00	1,284	21

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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Receipts 3,570Last week 1,140Year ago 1,839

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	357.00–357.50	357.18
21	350–400	373	337.50–353.00	344.11
27	400–450	420	320.00–330.00	322.80
77	450–500	476	305.00–337.00	319.95
173	500–550	531	291.00–318.00	299.19
244	550–600	572	272.00–302.00	287.65
296	600–650	623	266.75–296.00	277.77
153	650–700	672	249.00–271.00	264.09
212	700–750	734	247.50–258.00	252.13
156	750–800	768	237.00–255.00	252.76
5	800–850	811	240.00	240.00
42	850–900	861	234.75	234.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	603	301.00	301.00
62	800–850	844	252.00–255.00	253.17
16	850–900	869	245.50	245.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	427	307.50	307.50
28	450–500	479	286.00–301.00	291.50
57	600–650	637	256.00–263.50	260.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	385.00	385.00
15	400–450	440	340.00–345.00	342.99
6	550–600	561	300.00–301.00	300.51
95	700–750	724	267.50–271.00	269.46
33	750–800	776	257.00–262.00	257.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	417.50	417.50
8	300–350	322	406.00–435.00	419.80
8	350–400	379	370.00–397.50	380.14
4	400–450	443	385.00	385.00
33	450–500	465	322.50–343.00	333.61
54	500–550	527	310.00–337.50	321.66
342	550–600	575	308.50–332.00	322.08
153	600–650	626	287.00–316.00	305.10
261	650–700	670	274.50–302.00	289.82
209	700–750	729	274.00–301.00	280.77
172	750–800	758	274.00–295.00	280.93
71	800–850	837	246.00–260.00	251.81
79	850–900	879	236.00–255.75	254.56
36	900–950	935	236.00–245.50	244.20
48	950–1000	969	240.50	240.50

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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