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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 20

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Oct 6Oct 20Oct 27 →

Receipts

1,669 head

▼ 764 vs last sale 2,433▲ 202 vs year ago 1,467 · +13.8%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many unweaned calves today. Load lots of yearling steers and heifers offered. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light offering in steer calves 400-700 pounds both auctions. 850-pound yearling steers 6.00 lower. Light heifers 500 pounds were 3.00 lower. Limited numbers of yearling heifers from the last sale for comparison. Demand good. Active trade.

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 $238.94/cwt on 761 head.

Average price

$238.94

761 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$11.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.04

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	239.31	1,722	736
Medium and Large 1-2	642	228.00	1,463	25

One grade step is worth $11.31/cwt here — about $259 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 sale761 hd

238.94

—

IA average9 barns · 3,256 hd

229.90

+9.04

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	367	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,110	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,310	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	295.94/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,432	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	293.94/cwt	269.00–300.00	1,523	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	265.28/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,533	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,429	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	255.20/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,621	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	249.86/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,692	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	251.58/cwt	249.50–253.50	1,826	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,860	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	237.82/cwt	236.00–238.50	1,964	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	2,135	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	242.03/cwt	240.00–254.00	2,113	383
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,129	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,146	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	980	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	261.51/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,096	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	255.40/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,205	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	497	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,243	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,270	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	255.78/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,363	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	240.65/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,391	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,361	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	239.95/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,504	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	246.98/cwt	235.00–250.25	1,662	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	673	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,481	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	243.37/cwt	224.50–247.00	1,750	242
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	234.85/cwt	228.50–237.50	1,822	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,811	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	223.90/cwt	219.00–229.50	1,932	213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	492	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,264	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	611	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,442	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	788	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,726	11

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 Oct 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,669Last week 2,433Year ago 1,467

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	611	236.00	236.00
11	—	788	219.00	219.00
13	—	492	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	805	225.00	225.00
5	—	363	270.00	270.00
11	—	472	252.00–260.00	255.40
37	—	776	228.50–237.50	234.85
63	—	533	245.00–260.00	255.78
17	—	419	260.00–264.00	261.51
22	—	627	236.00–243.00	239.95
22	—	578	240.00–245.00	240.65
213	—	863	219.00–229.50	223.90
242	—	719	224.50–247.00	243.37
90	—	673	235.00–250.25	246.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	497	250.00	250.00
6	—	579	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	529	240.00	240.00
16	—	678	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	906	235.00	235.00
9	—	982	218.50	218.50
383	—	873	240.00–254.00	242.03
15	—	833	256.25	256.25
18	—	484	280.00–308.00	295.94
25	—	753	247.00	247.00
69	—	677	240.00–254.00	249.86
15	—	726	249.50–253.50	251.58
26	—	518	269.00–300.00	293.94
56	—	635	245.00–260.00	255.20
38	—	578	263.00–268.00	265.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	306.00	306.00
3	—	608	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	826	236.00–238.50	237.82
3	—	367	302.50	302.50

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.