Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2019-08-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Aug 2

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

4,961 head

▲ 4,961 vs last sale 0▲ 4,961 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was a good crowd and trades were active today. There is no comparison, as there wasn't a sale last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.27/cwt on 2,565 head.

Average price

$148.27

2,565 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,127

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$5.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	773	148.99	1,151	2,203
Medium and Large 1-2	680	143.87	979	362

One grade step is worth $5.12/cwt here — about $173 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 sale2,565 hd

148.27

—

IA average5 barns · 3,628 hd

141.96

+6.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	217	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,259	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	282	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,269	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	293	682.29/cwt	680.00–685.00	1,999	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,119	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	763	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	2,562	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	182.56/cwt	182.00–183.00	712	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	162.66/cwt	151.00–170.50	682	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	183.93/cwt	178.00–192.00	795	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	159.98/cwt	151.00–164.50	750	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	170.97/cwt	168.00–185.00	805	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	170.20/cwt	167.00–179.00	863	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	158.82/cwt	155.00–161.50	834	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	162.05/cwt	154.50–166.50	917	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	863	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	164.91/cwt	157.50–171.00	1,017	192
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	146.45/cwt	140.00–154.00	912	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	138.43/cwt	136.00–142.00	923	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	155.19/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,061	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	153.24/cwt	148.00–157.85	1,111	243
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,006	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	151.76/cwt	146.00–157.25	1,169	382
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	139.35/cwt	132.00–140.25	1,108	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	141.15/cwt	136.50–150.00	1,157	279
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	134.06/cwt	129.00–134.50	1,121	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	137.23/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,195	235
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	888	126.46/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,123	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	921	139.89/cwt	133.50–145.00	1,288	311
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	132.54/cwt	127.50–134.75	1,280	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	970	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,232	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	981	120.28/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,180	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,036	123.57/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,280	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,203	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	1,411	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	230	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,242	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	284	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,732	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	604.64/cwt	510.00–650.00	2,026	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	159.05/cwt	152.00–164.00	581	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,304	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	153.67/cwt	144.00–158.00	681	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	623	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	150.34/cwt	140.00–154.00	708	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	653	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	148.86/cwt	144.00–154.50	790	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	557	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	941	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	144.61/cwt	130.00–150.25	837	214
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	151.35/cwt	147.75–156.00	887	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	147.31/cwt	143.00–150.50	931	202
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	135.41/cwt	134.00–142.50	877	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	152.12/cwt	148.50–161.00	1,016	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	141.14/cwt	136.00–145.00	958	201
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	924	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	141.19/cwt	136.00–149.25	1,015	351
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,064	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	135.92/cwt	134.50–138.50	1,048	177
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	131.33/cwt	127.00–132.50	1,083	336
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	129.71/cwt	125.50–130.50	1,122	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	874	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,103	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	121.50/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,101	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	120.15/cwt	117.50–122.00	1,152	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,120	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,176	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,169	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,111	4

This sale against other markets

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 Aug 2, 2019

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Receipts 4,961Last week 0Year ago 0

There was a good crowd and trades were active today. There is no comparison, as there wasn't a sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	282	450.00	450.00
37	—	888	122.00–127.00	126.46
7	—	390	182.00–183.00	182.56
39	—	667	136.00–142.00	138.43
40	—	599	144.00	144.00
17	—	981	119.00–121.00	120.28
42	—	525	155.00–161.50	158.82
25	—	469	151.00–164.50	159.98
72	—	795	132.00–140.25	139.35
34	—	419	151.00–170.50	162.66
3	—	217	580.00	580.00
37	—	836	129.00–134.50	134.06
3	—	740	136.00	136.00
9	—	623	140.00–154.00	146.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
382	—	770	146.00–157.25	151.76
181	—	684	146.00–160.00	155.19
21	—	1,036	123.00–125.00	123.57
192	—	617	157.50–171.00	164.91
30	—	432	178.00–192.00	183.93
11	—	293	680.00–685.00	682.29
235	—	871	134.00–141.00	137.23
47	—	471	168.00–185.00	170.97
22	—	374	685.00	685.00
243	—	725	148.00–157.85	153.24
49	—	507	167.00–179.00	170.20
279	—	820	136.50–150.00	141.15
79	—	966	127.50–134.75	132.54
7	—	365	209.00	209.00
311	—	921	133.50–145.00	139.89
91	—	566	154.50–166.50	162.05
16	—	1,203	117.25	117.25
4	—	321	660.00	660.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	970	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	759	140.25	140.25
24	—	648	134.00–142.50	135.41
201	—	679	136.00–145.00	141.14
214	—	579	130.00–150.25	144.61
4	—	448	139.00	139.00
4	—	473	138.00	138.00
6	—	705	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	335	510.00–650.00	604.64
202	—	632	143.00–150.50	147.31
56	—	668	148.50–161.00	152.12
4	—	1,169	95.00	95.00
336	—	825	127.00–132.50	131.33
69	—	471	140.00–154.00	150.34
11	—	1,120	105.00	105.00
351	—	719	136.00–149.25	141.19
72	—	865	125.50–130.50	129.71
12	—	365	152.00–164.00	159.05
3	—	230	540.00	540.00
77	—	531	144.00–154.50	148.86
15	—	906	120.00–123.00	121.50
4	—	384	600.00	600.00
101	—	586	147.75–156.00	151.35
24	—	959	117.50–122.00	120.15
8	—	284	610.00	610.00
177	—	771	134.50–138.50	135.92
55	—	443	144.00–158.00	153.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	557	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	874	126.25	126.25

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.