Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-03-05

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 5

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

2,556 head

▲ 1,063 vs last sale 1,493▲ 206 vs year ago 2,350 · +8.8%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale. No comparison today, as last week was not Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trade 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 $146.90/cwt on 1,442 head.

Average price

$146.90

1,442 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$5.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

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	147.22	1,058	1,363
Medium and Large 1-2	656	141.35	928	79

One grade step is worth $5.87/cwt here — about $131 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 sale1,442 hd

146.90

—

IA average11 barns · 10,059 hd

143.63

+3.27

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	661	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	737	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	789	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	753	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	170.40/cwt	167.00–182.50	828	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	174.78/cwt	167.00–179.00	911	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	154.68/cwt	152.00–156.00	826	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	161.13/cwt	160.00–163.50	941	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	143.84/cwt	143.00–144.00	870	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	155.35/cwt	146.00–160.00	965	277
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	149.98/cwt	145.00–154.50	1,005	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	135.46/cwt	133.00–138.00	909	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	148.17/cwt	142.00–154.50	1,071	267
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	965	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	143.65/cwt	138.75–147.50	1,099	218
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	135.45/cwt	126.50–136.60	1,119	226
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	131.31/cwt	127.75–136.25	1,142	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,093	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,199	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	142.75/cwt	137.00–148.50	542	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	552	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	406	155.43/cwt	155.00–156.00	631	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	150.89/cwt	144.00–157.00	702	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	142.25/cwt	142.00–142.50	694	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	145.69/cwt	143.00–150.00	774	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	736	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	142.22/cwt	137.50–148.00	819	235
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	137.26/cwt	134.00–139.00	837	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	734	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	135.37/cwt	126.50–139.00	916	288
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	130.58/cwt	128.75–134.00	948	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	126.15/cwt	123.00–127.50	957	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	786	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,079	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,090	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	685	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	525	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	746	3

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 Mar 5, 2021

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

Receipts 2,556Last week 1,493Year ago 2,350

Western Iowa Precondition sale. No comparison today, as last week was not Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	163.00	163.00
3	—	525	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	406	155.00–156.00	155.43
31	—	879	124.00	124.00
33	—	610	134.00–139.00	137.26
37	—	465	144.00–157.00	150.89
59	—	759	123.00–127.50	126.15
112	—	726	128.75–134.00	130.58
235	—	576	137.50–148.00	142.22
288	—	677	126.50–139.00	135.37
58	—	531	143.00–150.00	145.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	786	137.25	137.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	137.00–148.50	142.75
6	—	488	142.00–142.50	142.25
8	—	403	137.00	137.00
3	—	537	137.00	137.00
3	—	622	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	486	167.00–182.50	170.40
90	—	870	127.75–136.25	131.31
130	—	670	145.00–154.50	149.98
4	—	394	187.00	187.00
4	—	431	183.00	183.00
5	—	327	202.00	202.00
226	—	826	126.50–136.60	135.45
267	—	723	142.00–154.50	148.17
277	—	621	146.00–160.00	155.35
9	—	584	160.00–163.50	161.13
33	—	521	167.00–179.00	174.78
42	—	961	124.75	124.75
218	—	765	138.75–147.50	143.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	734	131.50	131.50
14	—	885	123.50	123.50
19	—	605	143.00–144.00	143.84
23	—	534	152.00–156.00	154.68
3	—	458	164.50	164.50
6	—	671	133.00–138.00	135.46

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.