Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many lot loads of yearlings today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.04/cwt on 806 head.

Average price

$183.04

806 head · 814 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.07

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	814	183.04	1,489	806

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

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale806 hd

183.04

—

IA average14 barns · 14,970 hd

190.11

−7.07

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

16 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	—	464	221.95/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,030	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	203.14/cwt	203.00–203.50	1,099	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	183.11/cwt	181.75–184.50	1,575	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	178.57/cwt	163.00–180.25	1,487	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	174.56/cwt	167.00–180.50	1,180	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,363	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,182	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	169.96/cwt	163.00–174.75	1,315	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	174.38/cwt	160.00–174.75	1,242	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,307	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	167.22/cwt	157.00–169.00	1,095	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	193.98/cwt	187.00–199.00	999	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	890	5

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 Special - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jan 17, 2023

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

Receipts 1,128Last week 1,171Year ago 0

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many lot loads of yearlings today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	464	205.00–226.00	221.95
14	—	541	203.00–203.50	203.14
434	—	860	181.75–184.50	183.11
234	—	833	163.00–180.25	178.57
42	—	676	167.00–180.50	174.56
6	—	725	188.00	188.00
31	—	564	209.50	209.50
29	—	774	163.00–174.75	169.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	171.00	171.00
4	—	321	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	712	160.00–174.75	174.38
32	—	807	162.00	162.00
27	—	655	157.00–169.00	167.22
26	—	515	187.00–199.00	193.98
5	—	452	197.00	197.00

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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