Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-03-26

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 26
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,283 head
657 vs last sale 1,940 1,283 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling sale. No comparison today, as last week was a Precondition sale. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good for the light offerings. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.38/cwt on 725 head.
Average price
$144.38
725 head · 806 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$34.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1804144.701,163715
Medium and Large 1-2671140.009394thin
Large 11,138109.751,2496thin
One grade step is worth $34.95/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale725 hd
144.38
IA average8 barns · 3,654 hd
142.76
+1.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

24 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
HeifersLarge 11,043106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,1136
SteersLarge 11,083110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1913
SteersLarge 11,193109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,3063
BullsMedium and Large 1497161.00/cwt161.00–161.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 1693137.50/cwt137.50–137.509537
HeifersMedium and Large 1407169.00/cwt169.00–169.0068810
SteersMedium and Large 1657156.88/cwt155.00–157.501,03129
SteersMedium and Large 1828137.55/cwt134.50–143.751,13930
SteersMedium and Large 1990123.10/cwt123.10–123.101,21948
SteersMedium and Large 1634166.20/cwt158.50–168.001,05481
SteersMedium and Large 1878135.55/cwt134.25–139.751,190436
SteersMedium and Large 1913135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2334
SteersMedium and Large 1471181.15/cwt175.00–185.0085311
SteersMedium and Large 1708156.62/cwt148.00–158.501,10917
HeifersMedium and Large 1554147.39/cwt141.00–150.0081721
HeifersMedium and Large 1837124.10/cwt123.25–126.501,03926
HeifersMedium and Large 1531153.59/cwt147.75–159.0081632
HeifersMedium and Large 1864121.52/cwt119.25–123.001,050149
HeifersMedium and Large 1639141.34/cwt137.00–143.5090312
HeifersMedium and Large 1759131.12/cwt130.00–134.5099512
SteersMedium and Large 1428198.43/cwt196.00–199.0084921
HeifersMedium and Large 1740139.55/cwt126.00–141.001,033235
SteersMedium and Large 1509182.93/cwt170.00–186.0093138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671140.00/cwt140.00–140.009394

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.