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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 29

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

1,623 head

▼ 1,485 vs last sale 3,108▼ 331 vs year ago 1,954 · −16.9%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No trend today, as last week was a Precondition sale. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

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 $146.18/cwt on 792 head.

Average price

$146.18

792 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

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

$35.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.92

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	654	153.03	1,001	626
Medium and Large 1-2	627	136.78	858	26
Medium and Large 2	906	117.31	1,063	140

One grade step is worth $35.71/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale792 hd

146.18

—

IA average8 barns · 5,261 hd

142.26

+3.92

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	694	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	453	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	770	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	874	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	756	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	162.19/cwt	155.50–167.50	861	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	162.58/cwt	153.50–167.75	917	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	855	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	133.64/cwt	130.00–139.00	821	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	157.27/cwt	143.50–158.35	970	308
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	143.95/cwt	141.00–145.50	982	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	958	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	139.14/cwt	135.75–140.25	1,030	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,146	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	134.78/cwt	130.50–135.50	1,123	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	854	115.63/cwt	105.00–119.75	987	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	128.99/cwt	122.75–129.50	1,126	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	938	118.34/cwt	118.00–118.35	1,110	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,164	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	162.94/cwt	157.00–167.00	631	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	602	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	162.14/cwt	148.00–166.00	749	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	705	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	152.78/cwt	145.00–155.50	807	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	149.91/cwt	144.00–151.00	848	284
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	631	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	864	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	134.35/cwt	132.00–135.00	848	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	127.13/cwt	120.00–130.50	848	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	126.08/cwt	125.25–126.25	965	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,025	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	124.62/cwt	121.50–125.75	1,068	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	863	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	997	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	978	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	1,103	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	999	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,169	12

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 Jan 29, 2021

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

Receipts 1,623Last week 3,108Year ago 1,954

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No trend today, as last week was a Precondition sale. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	827	124.00	124.00
13	—	667	120.00–130.50	127.13
15	—	978	112.75	112.75
20	—	387	157.00–167.00	162.94
24	—	631	132.00–135.00	134.35
30	—	765	125.25–126.25	126.08
39	—	528	145.00–155.50	152.78
76	—	857	121.50–125.75	124.62
80	—	462	148.00–166.00	162.14
284	—	566	144.00–151.00	149.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	999	117.00	117.00
11	—	631	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	863	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	488	144.50	144.50
3	—	433	139.00	139.00
5	—	565	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	873	122.75–129.50	128.99
308	—	617	143.50–158.35	157.27
38	—	564	153.50–167.75	162.58
12	—	740	135.75–140.25	139.14
45	—	494	177.00	177.00
34	—	833	130.50–135.50	134.78
23	—	958	121.50	121.50
11	—	785	146.00	146.00
26	—	682	141.00–145.50	143.95
42	—	531	155.50–167.50	162.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	611	140.00	140.00
10	—	453	170.00	170.00
6	—	377	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	938	118.00–118.35	118.34
53	—	854	105.00–119.75	115.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	504	150.00	150.00
9	—	737	130.00	130.00
10	—	614	130.00–139.00	133.64

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.