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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 12

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

1,320 head

▼ 1,236 vs last sale 2,556▲ 1,320 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today as the last sale was Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the light 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 $136.31/cwt on 816 head.

Average price

$136.31

816 head · 806 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$10.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.03

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	809	136.81	1,106	777
Medium and Large 1-2	757	126.33	956	39

One grade step is worth $10.47/cwt here — about $150 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 sale816 hd

136.31

—

IA average9 barns · 5,446 hd

137.34

−1.03

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

Every lot

40 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	253	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,012	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	194.23/cwt	190.00–198.00	655	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	183.75/cwt	173.00–188.00	777	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	169.54/cwt	164.00–177.00	900	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	818	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	968	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	149.24/cwt	140.00–151.00	948	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	861	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	141.66/cwt	137.00–146.00	962	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	131.38/cwt	130.00–132.00	929	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	874	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	960	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	794	140.81/cwt	132.00–141.75	1,118	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,039	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	130.99/cwt	125.00–132.50	1,149	515
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	879	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,011	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,132	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,153	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	554	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	574	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	578	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	155.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	662	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	633	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	148.06/cwt	143.00–151.00	714	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	146.49/cwt	146.00–148.00	791	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	555	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	716	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	138.22/cwt	131.00–141.50	795	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	140.24/cwt	136.50–143.00	902	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	819	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	872	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	133.17/cwt	130.25–136.00	983	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	987	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	948	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	957	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,066	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	889	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	1,016	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	114.37/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,046	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	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 Mar 12, 2021

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Receipts 1,320Last week 2,556Year ago 0

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today as the last sale was Precondition. Many load lots today. Demand good for the light offerings. Trading active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	727	120.00	120.00
55	—	889	114.25	114.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	793	124.50	124.50
5	—	346	160.00	160.00
5	—	350	164.00	164.00
8	—	482	143.00–151.00	148.06
26	—	643	136.50–143.00	140.24
27	—	575	131.00–141.50	138.22
29	—	540	146.00–148.00	146.49
13	—	915	113.00–115.00	114.37
37	—	427	150.00–160.00	155.09
49	—	881	121.00	121.00
53	—	738	130.25–136.00	133.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	646	130.00	130.00
3	—	555	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	113.00	113.00
4	—	803	118.00	118.00
4	—	459	138.00	138.00
12	—	870	110.00	110.00
3	—	388	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	707	130.00–132.00	131.38
9	—	594	163.00	163.00
40	—	794	132.00–141.75	140.81
26	—	531	164.00–177.00	169.54
19	—	635	140.00–151.00	149.24
11	—	337	190.00–198.00	194.23
26	—	423	173.00–188.00	183.75
36	—	971	118.75	118.75
515	—	877	125.00–132.50	130.99
3	—	253	400.00	400.00
3	—	913	124.00	124.00
48	—	679	137.00–146.00	141.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	550	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	120.00	120.00
5	—	542	151.00	151.00
3	—	638	135.00	135.00
16	—	768	125.00	125.00
3	—	838	124.00	124.00
9	—	879	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	700	118.00	118.00

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.