Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No recent feeder auction for comparison. Many load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $233.92/cwt on 411 head.

Average price

$233.92

411 head · 871 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$65

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$43.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.24

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	869	234.75	2,040	399
Medium and Large 1-2	740	221.50	1,639	6thin
Large 1	1,102	191.00	2,105	6thin

One grade step is worth $43.75/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale411 hd

233.92

—

IA average3 barns · 868 hd

205.68

+28.24

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

24 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 1Fancy	—	809	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,998	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	226.77/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,463	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	228.00/cwt	226.50–231.00	1,617	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	255.43/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,239	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	220.41/cwt	217.50–223.00	1,845	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	217.87/cwt	210.00–221.50	2,126	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,580	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,102	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,105	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	861	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,140	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	247.57/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,641	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	267.70/cwt	261.00–284.00	1,427	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,984	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	243.28/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,788	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	295.31/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,450	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	238.89/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,386	29
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,030	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,906	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	761	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,842	203
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,492	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,522	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	398	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,218	4

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 Jul 11, 2023

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

Receipts 834Last week 1,128Year ago 720

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No recent feeder auction for comparison. Many load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	809	247.00	247.00
62	—	861	248.50	248.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	936	217.50	217.50
190	—	976	210.00–221.50	217.87
13	—	663	240.00–250.00	247.57
13	—	533	261.00–284.00	267.70
19	—	859	231.00	231.00
19	—	735	242.00–245.00	243.28
13	—	491	294.00–300.00	295.31
6	—	575	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	226.00	226.00
3	—	728	217.00	217.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,102	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	645	216.00–231.00	226.77
12	—	709	226.50–231.00	228.00
5	—	693	229.00	229.00
9	—	485	250.00–258.00	255.43
15	—	837	217.50–223.00	220.41
29	—	580	230.00–246.00	238.89
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,030	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	761	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	707	211.00	211.00
6	—	848	179.50	179.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	398	306.00	306.00

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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