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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-09

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 9

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Feb 2Feb 9Feb 16 →

Receipts

2,723 head

▼ 647 vs last sale 3,370▼ 772 vs year ago 3,495 · −22.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last week: steers 700-800 lbs were 5.00-8.00 higher. Light steers 500-600 lbs sharply higher. Light heifers 600-650 lbs 3.00-7.00 lower. Heifers 700 lbs 4.00 higher. Several load lots of 700-800 lb steers and heifers in the offering, along with many long strings. Demand good today, especially on light steers and load lots.

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 $267.98/cwt on 1,464 head.

Average price

$267.98

1,464 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$636

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

$74.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.59

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	549	287.22	1,576	71
Medium and Large 1	709	269.00	1,908	1,343
Large 1	1,038	213.10	2,212	50

One grade step is worth $74.12/cwt here — about −$636 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 sale1,464 hd

267.98

—

IA average8 barns · 7,978 hd

265.39

+2.59

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,296	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	341.95/cwt	336.00–356.00	1,436	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	315.50/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,467	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	330.38/cwt	321.00–352.00	1,596	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	287.17/cwt	269.00–297.00	1,482	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	318.81/cwt	300.00–331.50	1,651	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	312.08/cwt	298.50–322.00	1,785	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	277.18/cwt	267.00–286.00	1,594	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	288.98/cwt	273.50–299.50	1,809	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	270.38/cwt	270.00–270.50	1,741	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	262.90/cwt	245.00–268.50	1,780	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	263.58/cwt	251.50–270.25	1,916	182
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	251.71/cwt	244.00–263.00	1,938	427
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	245.35/cwt	234.00–249.75	2,046	127
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	238.60/cwt	231.00–243.75	2,066	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,057	14
Steers	—	Large 1	1,038	213.10/cwt	213.10–213.10	2,212	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,202	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	297.24/cwt	275.00–303.00	1,266	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,076	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	259.91/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,266	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	266.31/cwt	259.00–278.00	1,398	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	240.84/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,279	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	263.67/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,492	188
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	243.28/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,438	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	230.91/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,434	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	253.26/cwt	237.00–261.50	1,593	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,478	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	243.58/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,669	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	238.24/cwt	226.00–246.25	1,732	359
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,617	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,706	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	841	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,850	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	210.31/cwt	203.00–215.00	1,821	100

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 Feb 9, 2024

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

Receipts 2,723Last week 3,370Year ago 3,495

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	394	305.00	305.00
17	—	487	258.00–263.00	259.91
20	—	772	221.00	221.00
21	—	841	220.00	220.00
60	—	426	275.00–303.00	297.24
93	—	685	225.00–246.00	243.58
100	—	866	203.00–215.00	210.31
188	—	566	250.00–279.00	263.67
359	—	727	226.00–246.25	238.24
98	—	629	237.00–261.50	253.26
69	—	525	259.00–278.00	266.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	230.00–232.00	230.91
29	—	591	241.00–245.00	243.28
10	—	745	217.00	217.00
14	—	531	239.00–245.00	240.84
6	—	443	243.00	243.00
3	—	678	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	465	311.00–318.00	315.50
26	—	575	267.00–286.00	277.18
13	—	644	270.00–270.50	270.38
15	—	516	269.00–297.00	287.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	572	298.50–322.00	312.08
83	—	866	231.00–243.75	238.60
14	—	935	220.00	220.00
24	—	420	336.00–356.00	341.95
97	—	677	245.00–268.50	262.90
113	—	518	300.00–331.50	318.81
182	—	727	251.50–270.25	263.58
22	—	483	321.00–352.00	330.38
127	—	834	234.00–249.75	245.35
3	—	366	354.00	354.00
200	—	626	273.50–299.50	288.98
427	—	770	244.00–263.00	251.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,038	213.10	213.10

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.