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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-25

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Aug 25

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Aug 4Aug 25Sep 8 →

Receipts

862 head

▼ 4,568 vs last sale 5,430▼ 1,505 vs year ago 2,367 · −63.6%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today. Several large groups and load lots of yearling cattle. 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 $233.78/cwt on 546 head.

Average price

$233.78

546 head · 900 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$238

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$20.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.48

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	870	237.42	2,066	440
Medium and Large 1-2	587	233.33	1,369	9thin
Large 1	1,060	217.32	2,305	97

One grade step is worth $20.09/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale546 hd

233.78

—

IA average3 barns · 724 hd

222.30

+11.48

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,538	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	546	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,480	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,515	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,287	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,532	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	252.53/cwt	251.50–256.00	1,859	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	250.73/cwt	241.00–251.75	1,913	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,048	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,063	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	225.23/cwt	224.50–227.50	2,045	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	230.38/cwt	227.25–231.00	2,265	112
Steers	—	Large 1	1,033	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,247	20
Steers	—	Large 1	1,054	219.29/cwt	200.50–223.00	2,311	73
Steers	—	Large 1	1,316	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	2,375	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	223	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	369	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,105	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,214	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,176	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,460	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	582	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,356	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,496	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	601	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,448	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	245.22/cwt	234.00–255.00	1,780	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,829	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,808	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	2,091	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	217.60/cwt	214.00–222.00	2,132	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,035	211.86/cwt	204.00–219.50	2,193	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,155	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	2,065	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 Aug 25, 2023

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

Receipts 862Last week 5,430Year ago 2,367

No comparison today. Several large groups and load lots of yearling cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	—	223	960.00	960.00
6	—	324	1,025.00	1,025.00
15	—	589	254.00	254.00
3	—	480	253.00	253.00
5	—	912	229.25	229.25
9	—	378	900.00	900.00
7	—	549	266.00	266.00
7	—	759	241.00	241.00
9	—	980	214.00–222.00	217.60
148	—	726	234.00–255.00	245.22
5	—	442	250.00	250.00
7	—	680	240.00	240.00
13	—	601	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	178.75	178.75
8	—	1,035	204.00–219.50	211.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	841	215.00	215.00
4	—	496	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	—	369	1,010.00	1,010.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	546	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	808	253.50	253.50
3	—	518	297.00	297.00
43	—	763	241.00–251.75	250.73
100	—	865	238.50	238.50
20	—	736	251.50–256.00	252.53
14	—	551	275.00	275.00
112	—	983	227.25–231.00	230.38
121	—	908	224.50–227.50	225.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	229.00	229.00
3	—	693	221.00	221.00
3	—	505	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,316	180.50	180.50
20	—	1,033	217.50	217.50
73	—	1,054	200.50–223.00	219.29

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.