Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-04-08

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Apr 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
2,931 head
▲ 857 vs last sale 2,074▲ 521 vs year ago 2,410 · +21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Compared to the last Preconditioned sale three weeks ago 650-700 pound steers were 4.5 to 5.5 higher, 850 pound steers 1.5 lower. Light 600 pound heifers 3.4 lower, 700 pound heifers 4.75 lower. Good demand. Trade active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.99/cwt on 1,501 head.
Average price
$153.99
1,501 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,052
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.47
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684154.041,0541,480
Medium and Large 1-2594150.2889221
One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $162 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 sale1,501 hd
153.99
—
IA average8 barns · 4,311 hd
156.45
−2.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1393218.00/cwt218.00–218.008573
Steers—Medium and Large 1433216.52/cwt210.00–228.0093846
Steers—Medium and Large 1456215.92/cwt212.00–223.0098523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473192.46/cwt188.50–195.0091020
Steers—Medium and Large 1533208.16/cwt192.00–209.501,10937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543173.00/cwt173.00–173.009394
Steers—Medium and Large 1578191.96/cwt185.00–203.501,110146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0816
Steers—Medium and Large 1640186.22/cwt180.00–193.751,19227
Steers—Medium and Large 1673182.32/cwt177.00–186.001,22766
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1327
Steers—Medium and Large 1718170.35/cwt160.00–176.251,22365
Steers—Medium and Large 1781160.80/cwt155.25–166.001,256232
Steers—Medium and Large 1821160.13/cwt152.00–163.751,315372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826146.25/cwt145.00–147.001,20811
Steers—Medium and Large 1873152.52/cwt143.00–154.001,331147
Steers—Medium and Large 1933138.57/cwt134.00–141.501,29320
Steers—Medium and Large 1983144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,4209
Steers—Large 11,023139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,4274
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265181.00/cwt181.00–181.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340188.55/cwt186.00–192.006417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371196.00/cwt196.00–196.007276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434176.96/cwt174.00–177.2576834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463177.00/cwt177.00–177.008209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529177.09/cwt171.00–180.75937119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568166.87/cwt164.00–175.00948114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592149.12/cwt148.00–151.008838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627160.55/cwt155.00–166.251,007169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674149.13/cwt146.75–157.001,005269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694142.00/cwt142.00–142.0098510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725148.26/cwt145.25–155.001,075256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement741158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,17122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement756165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,24716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761143.77/cwt142.50–151.001,094329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement810154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,24745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820143.45/cwt142.25–149.001,17646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement855156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,33411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement965139.75/cwt139.75–139.751,34924

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.