Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-01-14

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 14
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
2,792 head
992 vs last sale 3,784 2,792 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. Compared to last week lightweight steers were mostly 3.00-4.00 lower, 800-pound steers steady to 2.00 higher. Lightweight heifers mostly 1.00-5.00 lower. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.28/cwt on 1,512 head.
Average price
$169.28
1,512 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.56
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1706169.501,1971,478
Medium and Large 1-2668159.761,06834
One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $129 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 sale1,512 hd
169.28
IA average12 barns · 15,220 hd
169.85
−0.56
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

37 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
SteersMedium and Large 1531192.11/cwt184.75–200.501,020108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628161.00/cwt153.50–165.001,01111
HeifersMedium and Large 1948136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2896
HeifersMedium and Large 11,109130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,44712
HeifersMedium and Large 1375171.97/cwt169.00–180.0064525
HeifersMedium and Large 1436171.08/cwt167.00–178.0074626
HeifersMedium and Large 1777146.86/cwt146.50–148.001,14137
HeifersMedium and Large 1811149.18/cwt148.50–151.251,21051
SteersMedium and Large 1624174.13/cwt167.00–180.251,087158
SteersMedium and Large 1430201.17/cwt200.50–203.0086511
SteersMedium and Large 11,028136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3984
SteersMedium and Large 1356214.00/cwt214.00–214.007625
SteersMedium and Large 1679172.32/cwt168.25–177.001,170140
SteersMedium and Large 1716166.93/cwt160.00–170.251,195134
SteersMedium and Large 1575179.47/cwt171.00–186.751,032219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678160.34/cwt155.00–163.501,0878
SteersMedium and Large 11,051135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4197
SteersMedium and Large 11,289134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,72716
SteersMedium and Large 1470191.03/cwt184.00–202.5089865
HeifersMedium and Large 1529166.74/cwt162.00–174.75882103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2793150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1903
SteersMedium and Large 1856159.87/cwt150.00–162.001,368159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580166.00/cwt166.00–166.009635
SteersMedium and Large 1767159.98/cwt152.50–162.751,227220
SteersMedium and Large 1923150.28/cwt146.00–153.751,38731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2993120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1926
SteersMedium and Large 1836158.51/cwt151.00–159.751,325201
HeifersMedium and Large 1577158.17/cwt151.50–165.50913143
HeifersMedium and Large 1480177.11/cwt169.00–181.2585087
HeifersMedium and Large 1733148.21/cwt140.00–150.001,08679
HeifersMedium and Large 1677150.46/cwt147.50–156.001,019124
HeifersMedium and Large 1616156.59/cwt150.00–161.00965254
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730156.87/cwt156.00–157.501,1457
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2684137.64/cwt131.00–144.5094110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2895120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482155.57/cwt154.50–159.0075021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429158.44/cwt156.00–161.0068025

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.