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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 14

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Receipts

2,792 head

▼ 992 vs last sale 3,784▲ 2,792 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Compared to last week lightweight steers were mostly 3.00-4.00 lower, 800-pound steers steady to 2.00 higher. Lightweight heifers mostly 1.00-5.00 lower. 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 $169.28/cwt on 1,512 head.

Average price

$169.28

1,512 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$9.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.56

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	706	169.50	1,197	1,478
Medium and Large 1-2	668	159.76	1,068	34

One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $129 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 sale1,512 hd

169.28

—

IA average12 barns · 15,220 hd

169.85

−0.56

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	356	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	762	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	201.17/cwt	200.50–203.00	865	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	191.03/cwt	184.00–202.50	898	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	192.11/cwt	184.75–200.50	1,020	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	179.47/cwt	171.00–186.75	1,032	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	963	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	174.13/cwt	167.00–180.25	1,087	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	161.00/cwt	153.50–165.00	1,011	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	160.34/cwt	155.00–163.50	1,087	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	172.32/cwt	168.25–177.00	1,170	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	166.93/cwt	160.00–170.25	1,195	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	156.87/cwt	156.00–157.50	1,145	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	159.98/cwt	152.50–162.75	1,227	220
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,190	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	158.51/cwt	151.00–159.75	1,325	201
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	159.87/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,368	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	150.28/cwt	146.00–153.75	1,387	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,028	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,398	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,051	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,419	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,289	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,727	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	171.97/cwt	169.00–180.00	645	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	158.44/cwt	156.00–161.00	680	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	171.08/cwt	167.00–178.00	746	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	177.11/cwt	169.00–181.25	850	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	155.57/cwt	154.50–159.00	750	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	166.74/cwt	162.00–174.75	882	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	158.17/cwt	151.50–165.50	913	143
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	156.59/cwt	150.00–161.00	965	254
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	150.46/cwt	147.50–156.00	1,019	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	137.64/cwt	131.00–144.50	941	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	148.21/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,086	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	146.86/cwt	146.50–148.00	1,141	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	149.18/cwt	148.50–151.25	1,210	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,074	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	948	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,289	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	993	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,192	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,109	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,447	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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 2,792Last week 3,784Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	531	184.75–200.50	192.11
158	—	624	167.00–180.25	174.13
11	—	430	200.50–203.00	201.17
4	—	1,028	136.00	136.00
5	—	356	214.00	214.00
140	—	679	168.25–177.00	172.32
134	—	716	160.00–170.25	166.93
219	—	575	171.00–186.75	179.47
7	—	1,051	135.00	135.00
16	—	1,289	134.00	134.00
65	—	470	184.00–202.50	191.03
159	—	856	150.00–162.00	159.87
220	—	767	152.50–162.75	159.98
31	—	923	146.00–153.75	150.28
201	—	836	151.00–159.75	158.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	628	153.50–165.00	161.00
8	—	678	155.00–163.50	160.34
3	—	793	150.00	150.00
5	—	580	166.00	166.00
7	—	730	156.00–157.50	156.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	948	136.00	136.00
12	—	1,109	130.50	130.50
25	—	375	169.00–180.00	171.97
26	—	436	167.00–178.00	171.08
37	—	777	146.50–148.00	146.86
51	—	811	148.50–151.25	149.18
103	—	529	162.00–174.75	166.74
143	—	577	151.50–165.50	158.17
87	—	480	169.00–181.25	177.11
79	—	733	140.00–150.00	148.21
124	—	677	147.50–156.00	150.46
254	—	616	150.00–161.00	156.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	993	120.00	120.00
10	—	684	131.00–144.50	137.64
3	—	895	120.00	120.00
21	—	482	154.50–159.00	155.57
25	—	429	156.00–161.00	158.44

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.