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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 8

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Dec 1Dec 8Dec 15 →

Receipts

1,839 head

▼ 801 vs last sale 2,640▼ 543 vs year ago 2,382 · −22.8%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was a Precondition sale. Lighter offering today, included many loads 725-880 lb heifers, and many smaller packages of mostly calves. Demand was moderate to good today.

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 $205.58/cwt on 1,020 head.

Average price

$205.58

1,020 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$634

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

$68.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.73

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	459	228.41	1,049	28
Medium and Large 1	720	205.07	1,477	989
Large 1	1,052	160.00	1,683	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.41/cwt here — about −$634 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 sale1,020 hd

205.58

—

IA average11 barns · 6,660 hd

213.31

−7.73

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

Every lot

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	264	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	311	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	352	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	277.16/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,042	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	428	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,117	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	303.11/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,406	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	254.47/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,260	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	246.40/cwt	238.00–252.00	1,232	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	265.85/cwt	261.00–285.00	1,396	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,515	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	252.28/cwt	240.00–264.50	1,567	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,455	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	245.21/cwt	244.50–249.00	1,621	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,508	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	219.78/cwt	209.00–223.00	1,598	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,486	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	207.53/cwt	204.00–223.00	1,623	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	221.79/cwt	208.00–224.50	1,803	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	203.94/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,772	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	904	188.25/cwt	188.25–188.25	1,702	35
Steers	—	Large 1	1,053	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,790	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	292	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	302	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	910	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	378	258.36/cwt	253.00–262.00	977	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	392	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	913	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	454	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,117	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	494	227.00/cwt	212.00–238.00	1,121	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	236.06/cwt	224.50–243.00	1,246	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	210.16/cwt	206.00–213.50	1,143	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	228.46/cwt	218.00–236.50	1,289	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	612	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,426	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	207.53/cwt	203.75–216.00	1,301	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	200.44/cwt	200.00–201.50	1,381	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	201.49/cwt	185.00–203.50	1,491	472
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	794	190.49/cwt	189.50–190.75	1,512	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	185.36/cwt	182.25–192.50	1,501	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	189.62/cwt	186.00–189.85	1,669	145
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,052	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,683	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	237.31/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,120	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	511	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,119	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,456	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	658	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,461	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	216.32/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,423	15

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 Dec 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,839Last week 2,640Year ago 2,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	472	225.00–242.00	237.31
15	—	658	215.00–217.00	216.32
7	—	633	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	219.00	219.00
3	—	658	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,052	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	233.00	233.00
7	—	494	212.00–238.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	253.00–262.00	258.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	544	206.00–213.50	210.16
7	—	364	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	689	200.00–201.50	200.44
56	—	564	218.00–236.50	228.46
66	—	794	189.50–190.75	190.49
3	—	302	900.00	900.00
35	—	627	203.75–216.00	207.53
100	—	528	224.50–243.00	236.06
7	—	454	246.00	246.00
3	—	292	825.00	825.00
23	—	810	182.25–192.50	185.36
472	—	740	185.00–203.50	201.49
145	—	880	186.00–189.85	189.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	612	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	464	297.00–307.00	303.11
14	—	869	200.00–207.00	203.94
32	—	782	204.00–223.00	207.53
42	—	813	208.00–224.50	221.79
6	—	311	975.00	975.00
42	—	661	244.50–249.00	245.21
3	—	352	960.00	960.00
6	—	264	925.00	925.00
35	—	904	188.25	188.25
55	—	727	209.00–223.00	219.78
56	—	525	261.00–285.00	265.85
101	—	621	240.00–264.50	252.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	376	275.00–280.00	277.16
4	—	673	224.00	224.00
3	—	743	200.00	200.00
3	—	622	234.00	234.00
10	—	500	238.00–252.00	246.40
11	—	495	253.00–255.00	254.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	593	255.50	255.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,053	170.00	170.00

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.