Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2021-12-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
2,545 head
1,115 vs last sale 1,430 134 vs year ago 2,679 · 5.0%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was their Western Iowa Preconditioned Calf and Yearling sale. Compared to last week steer calves under 650 lbs. ended mixed; 650-800 lbs. 1.00-3.00 higher; over 800 lbs. 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 500-650 lbs. mostly 4.00-11.00 higher. The heavier heifers did not have the volumes both weeks to compare. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.98/cwt on 1,387 head.
Average price
$171.98
1,387 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,139
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665172.201,1461,343
Medium and Large 1-2565165.0793344
One grade step is worth $7.13/cwt here — about $213 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 sale1,387 hd
171.98
IA average9 barns · 8,157 hd
168.98
+3.00
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

33 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy561140.00/cwt140.00–140.007855
HeifersMedium and Large 1342180.00/cwt180.00–180.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 1419179.57/cwt179.00–180.0075212
HeifersMedium and Large 1756145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,10014
HeifersMedium and Large 1838143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,19821
HeifersMedium and Large 1478173.07/cwt168.00–177.00827100
SteersMedium and Large 1-2501169.00/cwt169.00–169.008474
SteersMedium and Large 1679167.65/cwt156.50–172.251,138295
SteersMedium and Large 1728165.25/cwt158.50–170.001,203306
SteersMedium and Large 1572180.47/cwt174.00–184.501,032180
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493187.00/cwt187.00–187.009225
SteersMedium and Large 1922154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,4205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372195.00/cwt195.00–195.007253
SteersMedium and Large 1386217.14/cwt215.00–222.0083813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2643158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2604147.25/cwt146.50–148.008896
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432162.00/cwt162.00–162.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2689140.00/cwt140.00–140.0096514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2404191.00/cwt191.00–191.007726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650149.50/cwt149.50–149.5097222
SteersMedium and Large 1533188.07/cwt181.00–199.501,002119
HeifersMedium and Large 1621158.84/cwt151.00–161.50986173
HeifersMedium and Large 1585158.48/cwt150.00–163.50927181
HeifersMedium and Large 1730150.22/cwt147.00–152.501,097103
SteersMedium and Large 1494210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0376
SteersMedium and Large 1422212.21/cwt203.00–224.0089641
SteersMedium and Large 1767158.70/cwt155.00–160.751,21787
HeifersMedium and Large 1676154.70/cwt149.00–157.001,046199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2453161.00/cwt161.00–161.007294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568147.00/cwt147.00–147.008356
HeifersMedium and Large 1529161.69/cwt155.00–170.50855115
SteersMedium and Large 1817160.85/cwt157.50–162.001,314130
SteersMedium and Large 1630174.59/cwt168.00–179.001,100161

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.