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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 27

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Oct 20Oct 27Nov 17 →

Receipts

1,048 head

▼ 621 vs last sale 1,669▲ 26 vs year ago 1,022 · +2.5%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good crowd for the first Western Iowa Precondition Sale of the season! Light offering today, with many groups of calves 700 pounds and lighter. No comparison, as the last auction was not Precondition. Good demand on the larger groups of cattle, moderate demand on calves in smaller quantities. 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 $286.51/cwt on 503 head.

Average price

$286.51

503 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$27.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+45.74

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	293.03	1,636	382
Medium and Large 1-2	556	265.92	1,479	121

One grade step is worth $27.11/cwt here — about $157 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 sale503 hd

286.51

—

IA average6 barns · 2,658 hd

240.76

+45.74

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,227	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,124	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	326.58/cwt	324.00–331.00	1,264	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	289.39/cwt	276.00–300.00	1,195	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	337.14/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,463	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	274.89/cwt	271.00–278.00	1,281	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	319.43/cwt	301.00–332.00	1,517	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,416	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	305.56/cwt	290.00–315.50	1,598	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	287.83/cwt	275.00–299.50	1,655	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	263.63/cwt	251.00–270.50	1,534	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	275.20/cwt	259.00–281.50	1,698	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	247.19/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,577	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	245.53/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,702	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	240.76/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,753	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,595	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	286.66/cwt	278.00–292.00	909	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	876	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	291.90/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,147	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,049	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	277.74/cwt	263.00–284.00	1,186	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	271.19/cwt	266.00–290.00	1,291	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,245	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	238.36/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,213	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	259.03/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,381	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	246.58/cwt	241.00–263.00	1,406	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	235.98/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,347	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	237.85/cwt	236.50–240.50	1,444	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,527	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	220.77/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,616	8

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 27, 2023

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

Receipts 1,048Last week 1,669Year ago 1,022

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	661	231.00	231.00
8	—	317	278.00–292.00	286.66
8	—	732	220.00–222.00	220.77
12	—	607	236.50–240.50	237.85
26	—	427	263.00–284.00	277.74
33	—	476	266.00–290.00	271.19
63	—	393	270.00–294.00	291.90
120	—	533	247.00–270.00	259.03
60	—	570	241.00–263.00	246.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	509	235.00–240.00	238.36
9	—	571	235.00–238.00	235.98
3	—	342	256.00	256.00
3	—	413	254.00	254.00
3	—	498	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	617	259.00–281.50	275.20
89	—	523	290.00–315.50	305.56
8	—	334	367.50	367.50
8	—	387	324.00–331.00	326.58
13	—	728	240.00–241.00	240.76
33	—	434	323.00–340.00	337.14
48	—	693	240.00–263.00	245.53
49	—	475	301.00–332.00	319.43
49	—	575	275.00–299.50	287.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	413	276.00–300.00	289.39
17	—	638	238.00–250.00	247.19
69	—	582	251.00–270.50	263.63
3	—	742	215.00	215.00
4	—	376	299.00	299.00
7	—	466	271.00–278.00	274.89
7	—	504	281.00	281.00

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.