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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 3

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2135

← Jul 12Jan 3Jan 17 →

Receipts

1,171 head

▲ 451 vs last sale 720▲ 1,171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder CattleFri Oct 30, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend. Many load lots of yearling cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

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 $185.62/cwt on 760 head.

Average price

$185.62

760 head · 822 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$17.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.97

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	827	186.46	1,542	724
Medium and Large 1-2	713	168.67	1,202	36

One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $340 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 sale760 hd

185.62

—

IA average7 barns · 8,850 hd

189.59

−3.97

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

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	833	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	990	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,172	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	719	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,215	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,298	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,203	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	187.79/cwt	173.50–189.75	1,547	444
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	185.24/cwt	184.75–185.75	1,588	247
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	784	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	788	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	826	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	965	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	948	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	698	177.29/cwt	148.00–178.75	1,237	165
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,062	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,338	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,266	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	486	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	904	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,052	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	695	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,161	37
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	873	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,240	6

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 Special - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jan 3, 2023

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

Receipts 1,171Last week 720Year ago 0

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend. Many load lots of yearling cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	781	154.00	154.00
16	—	627	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	719	169.00	169.00
10	—	532	186.00	186.00
3	—	425	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
444	—	824	173.50–189.75	187.79
247	—	857	184.75–185.75	185.24
7	—	746	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	639	151.00	151.00
5	—	484	162.00	162.00
3	—	522	151.00	151.00
13	—	562	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	698	148.00–178.75	177.29
68	—	787	170.00	170.00
7	—	867	146.00	146.00
3	—	743	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	630	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	695	167.00	167.00
16	—	486	186.00	186.00
6	—	873	142.00	142.00

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.