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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 23

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Feb 16Feb 23Mar 1 →

Receipts

2,030 head

▼ 428 vs last sale 2,458▲ 432 vs year ago 1,598 · +27.0%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today as the last sale was not Precondition. Several load lots of cattle over 800 lbs in the offering today. Most of the sale consisted of large groups of both light and heavy cattle. Demand was good throughout the sale.

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 $278.06/cwt on 1,003 head.

Average price

$278.06

1,003 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$306

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

$27.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.62

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	559	304.39	1,701	33
Medium and Large 1	724	277.17	2,007	970

One grade step is worth $27.22/cwt here — about −$306 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 sale1,003 hd

278.06

—

IA average9 barns · 8,645 hd

272.45

+5.62

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

Every lot

32 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	385	370.51/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,426	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,373	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	360.78/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,577	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	342.86/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,598	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	331.67/cwt	322.00–347.50	1,764	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,659	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	321.90/cwt	315.50–331.00	1,848	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	295.99/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,758	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	284.55/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,818	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	289.64/cwt	273.00–299.50	1,938	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	271.61/cwt	261.50–278.00	1,964	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	255.91/cwt	247.25–263.50	1,983	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	244.93/cwt	230.00–247.75	2,067	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	240.05/cwt	234.50–247.75	2,081	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	872	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	2,099	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	962	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,268	84
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,166	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	344.46/cwt	336.00–352.50	1,278	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	316.70/cwt	311.00–328.00	1,340	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	305.68/cwt	284.00–313.00	1,440	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	292.19/cwt	278.00–303.00	1,505	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,337	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	274.06/cwt	270.00–276.75	1,579	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	267.32/cwt	255.00–276.25	1,644	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	242.68/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,526	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	248.28/cwt	237.00–262.00	1,678	146
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	237.74/cwt	235.00–241.50	1,716	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	224.96/cwt	223.50–231.00	1,764	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,578	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	223.38/cwt	222.50–225.50	1,818	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	221.64/cwt	218.00–222.60	1,888	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	894	212.25/cwt	212.25–212.25	1,898	82

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 2,030Last week 2,458Year ago 1,598

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	335	348.00	348.00
17	—	371	336.00–352.50	344.46
27	—	423	311.00–328.00	316.70
35	—	515	278.00–303.00	292.19
47	—	471	284.00–313.00	305.68
49	—	814	222.50–225.50	223.38
146	—	676	237.00–262.00	248.28
82	—	852	218.00–222.60	221.64
88	—	615	255.00–276.25	267.32
60	—	784	223.50–231.00	224.96
100	—	576	270.00–276.75	274.06
85	—	722	235.00–241.50	237.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	793	199.00	199.00
14	—	629	240.00–248.00	242.68
4	—	557	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	894	212.25	212.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	345.00	345.00
10	—	537	309.00	309.00
20	—	594	293.00–299.00	295.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	867	234.50–247.75	240.05
37	—	532	322.00–347.50	331.67
172	—	723	261.50–278.00	271.61
9	—	437	347.50–367.50	360.78
34	—	385	350.00–382.50	370.51
99	—	574	315.50–331.00	321.90
132	—	775	247.25–263.50	255.91
25	—	639	283.00–288.00	284.55
31	—	466	330.00–352.50	342.86
50	—	844	230.00–247.75	244.93
146	—	669	273.00–299.50	289.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	872	240.75	240.75
84	—	962	235.75	235.75

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.