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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jun 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← May 19Jun 2Jun 23 →

Receipts

1,665 head

▲ 551 vs last sale 1,114▲ 607 vs year ago 1,058 · +57.4%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many load lots of yearling cattle today. Steers 800 pounds were substantially higher. Heifers 750 pounds 9.00 higher. Demand good. Active trade. Highlight of the sale was a string of reputation (near 8 loads) 761 lb heifers that sold higher than steers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.94/cwt on 1,035 head.

Average price

$230.94

1,035 head · 729 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$75.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.63

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	728	231.82	1,688	1,007
Medium and Large 1-2	522	227.00	1,185	17thin
Large 1	1,073	156.00	1,674	11thin

One grade step is worth $75.82/cwt here — about $14 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 sale1,035 hd

230.94

—

IA average7 barns · 4,306 hd

230.30

+0.63

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,006	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,236	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	307.27/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,300	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	312.89/cwt	304.00–321.50	1,433	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	503	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	956	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	289.83/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,501	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	255.13/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,444	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,172	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	246.10/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,528	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,611	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	226.42/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,666	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	811	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,630	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,874	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	207.27/cwt	199.50–217.00	1,820	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	881	194.34/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,712	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,684	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,929	130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	269	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	834	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,104	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,121	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	264.02/cwt	253.00–273.00	1,259	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,071	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	503	252.52/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,270	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	245.85/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,411	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	598	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,202	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,299	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	220.88/cwt	220.50–222.00	1,491	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	215.67/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,583	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	761	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,804	501
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	210.58/cwt	202.00–220.00	1,632	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	206.31/cwt	191.00–210.50	1,714	203
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,073	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,674	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	253	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	829	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	400	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,196	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Full	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	3

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 Jun 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,665Last week 1,114Year ago 1,058

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	400	299.00	299.00
3	—	253	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
501	—	761	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,073	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	269	310.00	310.00
23	—	734	215.00–219.00	215.67
50	—	477	253.00–273.00	264.02
70	—	775	202.00–220.00	210.58
203	—	831	191.00–210.50	206.31
14	—	503	245.00–260.00	252.52
23	—	378	292.00	292.00
86	—	574	235.00–249.00	245.85
33	—	675	220.50–222.00	220.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	433	259.00	259.00
4	—	598	201.00	201.00
3	—	498	215.00	215.00
3	—	653	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	621	240.00–255.00	246.10
43	—	878	199.50–217.00	207.27
14	—	423	300.00–310.00	307.27
12	—	327	307.50	307.50
130	—	923	209.00	209.00
17	—	370	334.00	334.00
22	—	518	288.00–291.00	289.83
35	—	736	221.00–231.00	226.42
14	—	458	304.00–321.50	312.89
11	—	566	252.00–260.00	255.13
5	—	655	246.00	246.00
62	—	820	228.50	228.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	881	192.00–195.00	194.34
35	—	811	201.00	201.00
20	—	617	190.00	190.00
3	—	915	184.00	184.00
6	—	503	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.