Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-11-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Nov 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
909 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 1,048▼ 530 vs year ago 1,439 · −36.8%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Several load lots of yearlings offered today. Many smaller packages of calves weaned and off cows. Demand good. Next feeder sale is December 1.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $242.19/cwt on 436 head.
Average price
$242.19
436 head · 734 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$542
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$40.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2441282.001,2448thin
Medium and Large 1739241.451,785428
One grade step is worth $40.55/cwt here — about −$542 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 sale436 hd
242.19
—
IA average11 barns · 8,804 hd
241.05
+1.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—390239.00/cwt239.00–239.009323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618227.26/cwt226.00–230.001,40413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419255.20/cwt254.00–258.001,06925
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566235.10/cwt230.00–240.001,33145
HeifersMedium and Large 1—392249.96/cwt247.00–251.0098055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740221.27/cwt221.25–222.001,637138
SteersMedium and Large 1—371311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,1548
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—621246.24/cwt243.00–251.001,52923
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—408311.99/cwt304.00–315.001,27327
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—315327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,0325
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—548253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3869
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—565267.70/cwt259.00–269.001,51331
SteersMedium and Large 1—470280.80/cwt280.00–285.001,32024
SteersMedium and Large 1—961209.75/cwt209.75–209.752,01655
SteersMedium and Large 1—927210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,95160
SteersMedium and Large 1—610255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,55611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—441282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2448
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—712218.20/cwt217.00–220.001,55410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—287626.10/head575.00–650.0062612
SteersMedium and Large 1—735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6913
SteersMedium and Large 1—760232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,76311
SteersMedium and Large 1—527277.74/cwt261.00–281.001,46418
SteersMedium and Large 1—842227.75/cwt227.75–227.751,918125
SteersMedium and Large 1—661243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,6108
HeifersMedium and Large 1—918185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6983
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310245.38/cwt241.00–250.007616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—403236.00/cwt236.00–236.009513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—490252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2351
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—509245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,24711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—618217.55/cwt210.00–223.001,34412

How this sale compares

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.