Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. Snowstorm delayed the sale from Friday to Saturday. Compared to last week 800 pound steers were 3.00 lower, lighter steers were mostly 5.00 to sharply lower. Heifers were mostly 3.00-8.00 lower. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.42/cwt on 687 head.

Average price

$142.42

687 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$171

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

$4.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.89

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	146.36	798	33
Medium and Large 1	681	142.22	969	654

One grade step is worth $4.14/cwt here — about −$171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale687 hd

142.42

—

IA average14 barns · 14,628 hd

139.52

+2.89

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

28 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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 1-2	—	432	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	150.84/cwt	147.00–155.00	710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	134.60/cwt	134.00–135.00	895	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	122.09/cwt	117.50–123.85	880	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	127.57/cwt	120.00–132.50	795	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	132.70/cwt	129.75–133.75	1,040	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	135.77/cwt	131.50–138.00	796	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	145.47/cwt	139.00–150.50	704	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	144.93/cwt	140.25–147.00	925	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	154.05/cwt	150.50–157.75	860	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	158.39/cwt	156.25–162.50	835	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	143.67/cwt	137.00–149.25	955	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	164.06/cwt	159.75–174.00	784	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	128.45/cwt	127.00–129.25	1,075	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	125.98/cwt	123.50–127.75	834	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	134.18/cwt	130.00–135.50	978	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	139.33/cwt	135.00–143.00	715	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	931	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	113.79/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,091	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	398	3

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	160.50	160.50
6	—	471	147.00–155.00	150.84
4	—	345	174.00	174.00
13	—	665	134.00–135.00	134.60
7	—	549	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	784	129.75–133.75	132.70
6	—	910	120.50	120.50
66	—	638	140.25–147.00	144.93
51	—	558	150.50–157.75	154.05
41	—	527	156.25–162.50	158.39
211	—	665	137.00–149.25	143.67
31	—	478	159.75–174.00	164.06
8	—	357	183.50	183.50
105	—	837	127.00–129.25	128.45
69	—	729	130.00–135.50	134.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	721	117.50–123.85	122.09
124	—	623	120.00–132.50	127.57
121	—	586	131.50–138.00	135.77
80	—	484	139.00–150.50	145.47
63	—	662	123.50–127.75	125.98
38	—	513	135.00–143.00	139.33
14	—	789	117.00–119.00	118.00
10	—	959	111.00–115.00	113.79
4	—	425	147.00	147.00
3	—	942	111.00	111.00
3	—	260	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	581	121.00	121.00
4	—	476	131.00	131.00

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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