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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 5

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Dec 29Jan 5Jan 19 →

Receipts

3,357 head

▲ 1,807 vs last sale 1,550▼ 357 vs year ago 3,714 · −9.6%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last Friday; light steers 600-700 lbs 4.00-5.00 higher, steers 800 lbs 6.00-9.00 higher. Light heifers, 500-700 lbs were mostly 4.00-6.00 higher, 750 lb heifers sharply higher. Plenty of packages of both light calves and heavier cattle 800-900 lbs in the offering today. Demand good.

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 $249.00/cwt on 1,639 head.

Average price

$249.00

1,639 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

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

$2.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

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	630	251.28	1,583	66
Medium and Large 1	722	248.90	1,798	1,573

One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale1,639 hd

249.00

—

IA average12 barns · 11,585 hd

248.06

+0.94

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,075	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,220	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,330	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	313.21/cwt	303.00–317.50	1,478	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	282.29/cwt	276.00–295.00	1,386	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	287.73/cwt	278.00–306.00	1,493	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,480	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	280.66/cwt	267.50–289.00	1,628	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,510	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	265.38/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,645	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	256.45/cwt	240.50–265.25	1,716	239
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,577	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	244.07/cwt	232.75–257.50	1,774	264
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	229.43/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,707	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,662	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	235.24/cwt	220.00–242.75	1,830	287
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	232.68/cwt	216.00–236.00	1,945	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	222.77/cwt	217.50–224.25	1,947	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	211.57/cwt	198.00–214.00	1,959	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,009	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	777	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	252.90/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,065	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	252.72/cwt	240.00–256.50	1,203	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,127	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	249.44/cwt	239.00–254.00	1,317	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	238.65/cwt	226.00–249.00	1,370	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	217.71/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,278	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	233.34/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,463	383
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	223.55/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,513	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	223.86/cwt	211.00–228.00	1,623	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	228.58/cwt	219.25–235.00	1,735	280
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	196.12/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,591	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	194.82/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,718	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,726	9

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 Jan 5, 2024

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

Receipts 3,357Last week 1,550Year ago 3,714

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	928	186.00	186.00
14	—	811	191.00–205.00	196.12
36	—	882	192.00–200.00	194.82
37	—	421	240.00–260.00	252.90
62	—	476	240.00–256.50	252.72
97	—	528	239.00–254.00	249.44
280	—	759	219.25–235.00	228.58
128	—	677	215.00–234.00	223.55
135	—	725	211.00–228.00	223.86
198	—	574	226.00–249.00	238.65
383	—	627	220.00–243.00	233.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	231.00	231.00
4	—	328	237.00	237.00
5	—	615	210.00	210.00
12	—	587	217.00–220.00	217.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	519	278.00–306.00	287.73
6	—	439	303.00	303.00
130	—	580	267.50–289.00	280.66
4	—	348	309.00	309.00
166	—	620	255.00–272.00	265.38
4	—	396	308.00	308.00
35	—	926	198.00–214.00	211.57
52	—	472	303.00–317.50	313.21
239	—	669	240.50–265.25	256.45
179	—	836	216.00–236.00	232.68
51	—	975	206.00	206.00
112	—	874	217.50–224.25	222.77
264	—	727	232.75–257.50	244.07
287	—	778	220.00–242.75	235.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	744	229.00–230.00	229.43
5	—	773	215.00	215.00
6	—	548	270.00	270.00
7	—	590	256.00	256.00
20	—	491	276.00–295.00	282.29
5	—	671	235.00	235.00

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.