Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-06-03

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jun 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,058 head
▼ 626 vs last sale 1,684▲ 1,058 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light steers 550 pounds were 6.7 higher, steers 850-950 pounds 6.00-9.7 higher. Lightweight 500-550 pound heifers 2.6-3.8 higher. Several load lots today. Demand good. 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 $168.18/cwt on 554 head.
Average price
$168.18
554 head · 823 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,383
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$574
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$32.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.64
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516182.5094216thin
Medium and Large 1771173.811,340402
Large 11,012149.841,516136
One grade step is worth $32.66/cwt here — about −$574 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 sale554 hd
168.18
—
IA average7 barns · 4,863 hd
177.82
−9.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1293225.00/cwt225.00–225.006594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2354212.50/cwt212.50–212.507526
Steers—Medium and Large 1453214.31/cwt198.00–218.5097130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475165.00/cwt165.00–165.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1539198.23/cwt192.00–200.001,06813
Steers—Medium and Large 1555205.65/cwt201.00–209.001,14167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2597170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0153
Steers—Medium and Large 1618191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,1835
Steers—Medium and Large 1652184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,2003
Steers—Medium and Large 1712174.73/cwt174.00–176.001,24433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1684
Steers—Medium and Large 1775156.01/cwt155.50–156.501,20916
Steers—Medium and Large 1814157.47/cwt150.00–158.501,28225
Steers—Medium and Large 1884162.56/cwt162.25–162.801,437119
Steers—Medium and Large 1970150.96/cwt144.00–155.001,46487
Steers—Large 11,012149.84/cwt146.25–150.751,516136
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374168.66/cwt164.00–174.506317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376185.00/cwt185.00–185.006966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421184.98/cwt181.50–188.0077925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424167.66/cwt161.00–172.507117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473167.00/cwt167.00–167.007903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530176.21/cwt170.00–177.2593451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545152.00/cwt152.00–152.008283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565169.80/cwt163.00–171.2595947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628165.85/cwt164.00–170.001,04222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670158.54/cwt151.00–164.001,06235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688142.91/cwt141.00–149.0098312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,0468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement773149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,15613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1839139.46/cwt135.50–140.001,17033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement862140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,20722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1442201.68/cwt191.00–215.008919
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636152.00/cwt152.00–152.0096710

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.