Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-05-06

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 6
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
2,576 head
▲ 647 vs last sale 1,929▲ 2,576 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many load lots today. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, 500 pound steers were 1.00-3.00 lower. Steers 700-800 pounds 3.5-6.00 lower, 850 pounds 6.00 higher. Light heifers were mixed, 700-800 pound heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Good demand. Trade active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.21/cwt on 1,279 head.
Average price
$170.21
1,279 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$256
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$33.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.23
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1736172.651,2701,054
Medium and Large 1-2730159.351,163219
Large 11,098139.001,5266thin
One grade step is worth $33.65/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale1,279 hd
170.21
—
IA average6 barns · 3,085 hd
166.98
+3.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323216.96/cwt200.00–230.007017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333181.00/cwt181.00–181.006033
Steers—Medium and Large 1367210.88/cwt207.00–218.0077431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432180.00/cwt180.00–180.0077810
Steers—Medium and Large 1447226.82/cwt225.00–227.501,01433
Steers—Medium and Large 1467210.56/cwt202.00–220.0098352
Steers—Medium and Large 1522200.74/cwt198.00–211.001,04858
Steers—Medium and Large 1571193.81/cwt187.50–199.751,10773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598161.00/cwt161.00–161.009637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613155.43/cwt150.00–174.0095341
Steers—Medium and Large 1623187.26/cwt183.50–191.001,1678
Steers—Medium and Large 1662185.56/cwt174.75–192.001,22841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683169.64/cwt164.00–171.501,15986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0623
Steers—Medium and Large 1727158.30/cwt153.00–169.251,151132
Steers—Medium and Large 1772161.14/cwt150.00–164.751,24477
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1696
Steers—Medium and Large 1826162.45/cwt154.25–167.001,342291
Steers—Medium and Large 1859161.71/cwt155.00–166.701,389196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2945145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,37063
Steers—Medium and Large 1989151.10/cwt151.10–151.101,49455
Steers—Large 11,098139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,5266
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2267171.00/cwt171.00–171.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2312170.00/cwt170.00–170.005306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336187.20/cwt185.00–191.0062924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378182.36/cwt180.00–184.006897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2396170.00/cwt170.00–170.0067315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425166.00/cwt166.00–166.007063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438186.00/cwt186.00–186.0081515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned455167.00/cwt167.00–167.007606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477179.16/cwt178.00–180.0085532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526172.34/cwt165.00–177.7590772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574162.84/cwt155.00–170.0093591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588148.63/cwt144.00–152.5087411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618132.49/cwt131.50–140.0081943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635152.65/cwt143.00–156.00969124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661153.47/cwt143.00–157.751,01436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695131.12/cwt131.00–135.0091197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729148.21/cwt143.00–148.751,080116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772146.05/cwt143.75–148.251,128115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement834145.02/cwt144.75–145.251,20930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1845141.62/cwt141.00–142.001,1978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869141.13/cwt138.00–147.501,226253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1945130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1989128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2668
Heifers—Large 11,023111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1363
Heifers—Large 11,160117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3578
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315230.00/cwt230.00–230.007254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415183.00/cwt183.00–183.007593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned490145.00/cwt145.00–145.007113

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.