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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 18

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25 →

Receipts

3,434 head

▲ 1,906 vs last sale 1,528▲ 1,146 vs year ago 2,288 · +50.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. 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 $169.96/cwt on 2,163 head.

Average price

$169.96

2,163 head · 754 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$0.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.59

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	755	169.97	1,283	2,133
Medium and Large 1-2	667	169.03	1,128	30

One grade step is worth $0.94/cwt here — about $155 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 sale2,163 hd

169.96

—

IA average8 barns · 7,578 hd

171.54

−1.59

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	766	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	868	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	937	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	210.88/cwt	203.00–217.00	1,033	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	209.00/cwt	202.50–215.50	1,089	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,010	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	197.74/cwt	188.50–210.50	1,131	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	176.49/cwt	171.00–180.50	1,031	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	186.96/cwt	182.50–200.00	1,180	178
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	176.62/cwt	176.00–177.00	1,129	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	178.63/cwt	170.00–188.75	1,197	250
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,118	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	171.96/cwt	164.50–179.75	1,248	263
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	167.32/cwt	159.50–169.50	1,285	433
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,201	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	157.19/cwt	153.50–160.00	1,291	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	847	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,249	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	156.91/cwt	152.00–160.75	1,360	543
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,370	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,457	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	192.18/cwt	187.00–195.00	761	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	751	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	186.82/cwt	185.00–190.00	818	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	795	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	187.64/cwt	185.50–191.00	906	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	185.36/cwt	182.50–188.00	994	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	173.80/cwt	169.50–187.50	1,008	109
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	164.92/cwt	158.00–168.50	1,019	170
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	157.43/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,063	172
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	152.46/cwt	148.85–157.00	1,110	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	748	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,257	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	154.85/cwt	146.50–158.00	1,197	161
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	146.47/cwt	137.00–151.00	1,189	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	826	167.21/cwt	163.00–168.25	1,381	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,028	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,439	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,125	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,508	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 Feb 18, 2022

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

Receipts 3,434Last week 1,528Year ago 2,288

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	140.00	140.00
4	—	1,125	134.00	134.00
14	—	396	187.00–195.00	192.18
16	—	438	185.00–190.00	186.82
47	—	483	185.50–191.00	187.64
63	—	812	137.00–151.00	146.47
170	—	618	158.00–168.50	164.92
172	—	675	149.00–162.00	157.43
81	—	536	182.50–188.00	185.36
109	—	580	169.50–187.50	173.80
161	—	773	146.50–158.00	154.85
163	—	728	148.85–157.00	152.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	748	168.00	168.00
81	—	826	163.00–168.25	167.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	181.00	181.00
4	—	465	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	390	222.50	222.50
7	—	926	148.00	148.00
8	—	521	202.50–215.50	209.00
48	—	976	149.25	149.25
3	—	322	238.00	238.00
4	—	411	228.00	228.00
52	—	490	203.00–217.00	210.88
120	—	572	188.50–210.50	197.74
178	—	631	182.50–200.00	186.96
219	—	821	153.50–160.00	157.19
250	—	670	170.00–188.75	178.63
263	—	726	164.50–179.75	171.96
433	—	768	159.50–169.50	167.32
543	—	867	152.00–160.75	156.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	186.00	186.00
3	—	847	147.50	147.50
4	—	686	163.00	163.00
5	—	780	154.00	154.00
7	—	584	171.00–180.50	176.49
8	—	639	176.00–177.00	176.62

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.