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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 20

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Receipts

1,457 head

▼ 1,785 vs last sale 3,242▼ 1,029 vs year ago 2,486 · −41.4%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Snowstorm late Wednesday, impacting travel in Iowa. Compared to last week light steers 550-700 pounds were .80-2.7 lower with the exception of 600-pound steers 3.4 higher. Light heifers 500-650 pounds were 3.5-7.6 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

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 $187.78/cwt on 869 head.

Average price

$187.78

869 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$3.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.97

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	187.83	1,321	858
Medium and Large 1-2	608	184.36	1,120	11thin

One grade step is worth $3.46/cwt here — about $200 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 sale869 hd

187.78

—

IA average13 barns · 11,635 hd

186.81

+0.97

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	211.94/cwt	206.00–215.00	916	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	221.86/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,018	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	927	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	208.55/cwt	197.00–214.00	1,062	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	201.69/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,160	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	205.34/cwt	196.00–209.50	1,251	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,194	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,186	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	195.50/cwt	185.00–197.00	1,333	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	182.81/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,336	221
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,312	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	166.99/cwt	160.00–170.25	1,358	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	168.16/cwt	165.50–168.50	1,444	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	940	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,438	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	750	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	185.82/cwt	182.00–191.00	808	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	454	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	790	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	186.76/cwt	180.00–190.00	900	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	186.42/cwt	184.00–187.00	979	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	185.50/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,037	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	181.01/cwt	177.00–184.00	1,142	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	175.21/cwt	172.50–180.00	1,167	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	162.15/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,098	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	163.52/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,199	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,170	26

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,457Last week 3,242Year ago 2,486

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	200.00	200.00
22	—	435	182.00–191.00	185.82
22	—	482	180.00–190.00	186.76
24	—	733	156.00–165.00	163.52
26	—	750	156.00	156.00
51	—	559	178.00–188.00	185.50
136	—	666	172.50–180.00	175.21
67	—	525	184.00–187.00	186.42
147	—	631	177.00–184.00	181.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	677	161.00–163.00	162.15
6	—	454	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	575	190.00–206.00	201.69
162	—	859	165.50–168.50	168.16
25	—	781	168.00	168.00
221	—	731	180.00–185.00	182.81
96	—	609	196.00–209.50	205.34
13	—	432	206.00–215.00	211.94
23	—	459	219.00–225.00	221.86
151	—	682	185.00–197.00	195.50
3	—	940	153.00	153.00
45	—	813	160.00–170.25	166.99
36	—	509	197.00–214.00	208.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	659	180.00	180.00
3	—	642	186.00	186.00
3	—	488	190.00	190.00

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.