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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 15

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← May 1May 15May 29 →

Receipts

2,120 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 2,147▲ 2,120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, a higher undertone was noted on all cattle. A larger offering was met with good demand.

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 $145.29/cwt on 1,171 head.

Average price

$145.29

1,171 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$9.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.63

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	719	146.65	1,055	860
Medium and Large 1-2	684	142.74	976	247
Medium 1-2	623	136.92	854	64

One grade step is worth $9.73/cwt here — about $201 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 sale1,171 hd

145.29

—

IA average6 barns · 4,958 hd

149.92

−4.63

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

Every lot

67 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	250	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	488	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	193.63/cwt	192.00–195.00	622	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	193.42/cwt	189.00–198.00	729	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	180.96/cwt	176.00–184.00	691	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	187.49/cwt	185.00–188.50	778	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	180.68/cwt	179.00–181.00	840	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	172.00/cwt	170.00–173.00	814	9
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	480	149.92/cwt	149.00–153.00	720	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	168.34/cwt	166.00–170.00	862	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	159.00/cwt	157.00–161.00	833	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	162.02/cwt	160.00–164.00	915	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	155.35/cwt	152.00–159.00	889	12
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	581	145.81/cwt	140.00–147.00	847	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	157.30/cwt	151.50–158.50	964	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	147.99/cwt	145.50–149.00	941	109
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	640	135.41/cwt	130.00–138.50	867	9
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	673	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	855	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	137.52/cwt	131.00–138.50	927	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	146.27/cwt	143.50–149.00	1,002	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	137.25/cwt	136.00–138.00	969	12
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	720	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	875	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	144.60/cwt	143.00–148.50	1,056	85
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	770	121.66/cwt	121.00–122.00	937	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	135.03/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,052	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	139.97/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,093	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	137.48/cwt	131.00–142.50	1,123	186
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	825	114.51/cwt	113.00–116.00	945	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	124.27/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,028	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	124.20/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,083	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	126.45/cwt	121.00–136.75	1,109	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,179	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,101	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	110.78/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,068	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,037	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,182	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,197	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	276	164.91/cwt	163.00–167.00	455	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	311	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	519	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	153.35/cwt	150.00–155.00	554	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	162.73/cwt	158.00–168.00	610	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	154.05/cwt	153.00–163.00	645	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	142.30/cwt	137.00–145.00	622	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	450	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	567	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	157.46/cwt	154.00–158.50	712	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	141.68/cwt	138.00–145.00	690	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	132.95/cwt	130.50–138.00	705	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	145.45/cwt	142.00–146.25	777	26
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	539	124.52/cwt	121.00–129.00	671	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	143.84/cwt	141.00–147.00	827	21
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	576	126.70/cwt	126.00–129.00	730	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	134.82/cwt	131.50–139.00	783	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	135.48/cwt	131.00–136.75	818	32
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	628	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	760	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	126.58/cwt	122.00–129.00	805	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	673	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	979	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	131.33/cwt	130.00–132.75	892	69
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	685	121.44/cwt	118.00–122.00	832	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	897	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	129.51/cwt	127.50–131.75	932	234
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	126.42/cwt	123.00–127.50	911	10
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	726	114.50/cwt	112.00–118.00	831	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	761	139.05/cwt	138.75–143.00	1,058	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	124.31/cwt	123.75–125.50	970	162
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	840	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,000	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	119.64/cwt	117.25–121.00	1,043	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	112.82/cwt	112.00–113.00	991	16
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	878	109.81/cwt	106.00–112.00	964	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	894	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,118	10

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

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Receipts 2,120Last week 2,147Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago, a higher undertone was noted on all cattle. A larger offering was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	825	113.00–116.00	114.51
20	—	581	140.00–147.00	145.81
13	—	480	149.00–153.00	149.92
9	—	640	130.00–138.50	135.41
6	—	770	121.00–122.00	121.66
6	—	720	121.00–122.00	121.50
6	—	673	125.00–129.00	126.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	565	160.00–164.00	162.02
85	—	730	143.00–148.50	144.60
10	—	1,037	114.00	114.00
55	—	877	121.00–136.75	126.45
9	—	1,050	114.00	114.00
39	—	415	185.00–188.50	187.49
186	—	817	131.00–142.50	137.48
6	—	907	130.00	130.00
38	—	512	166.00–170.00	168.34
179	—	781	131.00–143.00	139.97
5	—	964	109.00–112.00	110.78
18	—	465	179.00–181.00	180.68
101	—	613	151.50–158.50	157.30
4	—	377	189.00–198.00	193.42
12	—	321	192.00–195.00	193.63
100	—	685	143.50–149.00	146.27
2	—	250	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	157.00–161.00	159.00
19	—	779	130.00–136.00	135.03
5	—	382	176.00–184.00	180.96
17	—	910	121.00	121.00
12	—	706	136.00–138.00	137.25
12	—	572	152.00–159.00	155.35
109	—	636	145.50–149.00	147.99
11	—	827	121.00–129.00	124.27
26	—	674	131.00–138.50	137.52
9	—	473	170.00–173.00	172.00
20	—	872	121.00–128.00	124.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	878	106.00–112.00	109.81
11	—	840	119.00	119.00
14	—	726	112.00–118.00	114.50
3	—	450	126.00	126.00
28	—	685	118.00–122.00	121.44
6	—	628	120.00–122.00	120.98
9	—	539	121.00–129.00	124.52
11	—	576	126.00–129.00	126.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	878	112.00–113.00	112.82
17	—	530	130.50–138.00	132.95
28	—	487	138.00–145.00	141.68
8	—	437	137.00–145.00	142.30
32	—	693	129.50	129.50
10	—	721	123.00–127.50	126.42
40	—	581	131.50–139.00	134.82
11	—	361	150.00–155.00	153.35
12	—	636	122.00–129.00	126.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
234	—	720	127.50–131.75	129.51
21	—	575	141.00–147.00	143.84
22	—	452	154.00–158.50	157.46
26	—	534	142.00–146.25	145.45
32	—	604	131.00–136.75	135.48
4	—	276	163.00–167.00	164.91
17	—	872	117.25–121.00	119.64
38	—	419	153.00–163.00	154.05
4	—	375	158.00–168.00	162.73
162	—	780	123.75–125.50	124.31
69	—	679	130.00–132.75	131.33
7	—	311	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	761	138.75–143.00	139.05
8	—	673	145.50	145.50
10	—	894	125.00	125.00

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.