Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Precondition. Many unweaned calves today. Most of the sale consisted of feeder calves 700 lbs and under. Several load lots, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering. Good demand, with plenty of buyers looking for light cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.35/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −170.95 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$300.35

76 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$22.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.01

vs IA average

−24.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	303.58	1,664	65
Medium and Large 1-2	558	281.27	1,570	11thin

One grade step is worth $22.30/cwt here — about $94 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale76 hd

300.35

—

IA average8 barns · 1,512 hd

326.36

−26.01

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−24.00

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−170.95

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

41 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 1Unweaned	700–750	718	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	343.69/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,354	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,205	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,800	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	641	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,852	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,053	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,720	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	356.76/cwt	338.00–369.00	1,659	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	250.81/cwt	250.75–251.00	2,159	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,534	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	1,277.68/head	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,278	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,467	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	311.69/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,627	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	266.00/cwt	260.00–278.75	1,955	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	301.95/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,872	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	278.18/cwt	275.50–288.00	1,903	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	285.06/cwt	273.00–298.00	1,639	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	223.55/cwt	210.00–228.00	2,200	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	321.70/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	294.68/cwt	286.00–316.00	1,700	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	256.07/cwt	254.25–257.00	1,869	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	191	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	333.26/cwt	316.50–344.50	1,430	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	1,877	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	255.41/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,568	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	302.34/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,475	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,712	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,847	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	299.06/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,591	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	659	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,786	23

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 Dec 13, 2024

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

Receipts 1,127Last week 3,570Year ago 2,300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	406	348.00	348.00
4	550–600	596	271.00	271.00
4	700–750	718	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	294	410.00	410.00
3	250–300	268	1,250.00	1,250.00
6	350–400	394	337.50–350.00	343.69
22	400–450	429	316.50–344.50	333.26
21	450–500	488	295.00–322.00	302.34
51	500–550	532	290.00–307.00	299.06
64	550–600	575	273.00–298.00	285.06
9	600–650	637	273.00	273.00
8	650–700	656	263.00	263.00
199	700–750	730	254.25–257.00	256.07
14	750–800	753	249.25	249.25
28	900–950	901	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	288.00	288.00
27	600–650	614	240.00–262.00	255.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	543	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	659	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	489	320.00–324.00	321.70
4	500–550	548	280.00	280.00
7	550–600	564	282.00	282.00
21	600–650	621	277.00	277.00
4	650–700	698	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	641	289.00	289.00
9	650–700	669	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	191	1,250.00	1,250.00
10	250–300	258	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,277.68
4	300–350	326	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	388	415.00	415.00
12	400–450	410	417.50	417.50
31	450–500	465	338.00–369.00	356.76
34	500–550	522	300.00–322.00	311.69
31	550–600	577	286.00–316.00	294.68
54	600–650	620	290.00–312.00	301.95
93	650–700	684	275.50–288.00	278.18
103	700–750	735	260.00–278.75	266.00
11	800–850	810	253.50	253.50
31	850–900	861	250.75–251.00	250.81
16	950–1000	984	210.00–228.00	223.55

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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