Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-02-18

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 18
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
3,434 head
1,906 vs last sale 1,528 1,146 vs year ago 2,288 · +50.1%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Calf/Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was not Precondition. Many load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.96/cwt on 2,163 head.
Average price
$169.96
2,163 head · 754 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.59
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1755169.971,2832,133
Medium and Large 1-2667169.031,12830
One grade step is worth $0.94/cwt here — about $155 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 sale2,163 hd
169.96
IA average8 barns · 7,578 hd
171.54
−1.59
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

36 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 11,028140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4393
HeifersMedium and Large 11,125134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5084
HeifersMedium and Large 1396192.18/cwt187.00–195.0076114
HeifersMedium and Large 1438186.82/cwt185.00–190.0081816
HeifersMedium and Large 1483187.64/cwt185.50–191.0090647
HeifersMedium and Large 1812146.47/cwt137.00–151.001,18963
SteersMedium and Large 1390222.50/cwt222.50–222.508685
SteersMedium and Large 1926148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3707
SteersMedium and Large 1521209.00/cwt202.50–215.501,0898
SteersMedium and Large 1976149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,45748
SteersMedium and Large 1322238.00/cwt238.00–238.007663
SteersMedium and Large 1411228.00/cwt228.00–228.009374
SteersMedium and Large 1490210.88/cwt203.00–217.001,03352
SteersMedium and Large 1572197.74/cwt188.50–210.501,131120
SteersMedium and Large 1631186.96/cwt182.50–200.001,180178
SteersMedium and Large 1821157.19/cwt153.50–160.001,291219
SteersMedium and Large 1670178.63/cwt170.00–188.751,197250
SteersMedium and Large 1726171.96/cwt164.50–179.751,248263
SteersMedium and Large 1768167.32/cwt159.50–169.501,285433
SteersMedium and Large 1867156.91/cwt152.00–160.751,360543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2847147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2015
HeifersMedium and Large 1618164.92/cwt158.00–168.501,019170
HeifersMedium and Large 1675157.43/cwt149.00–162.001,063172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement748168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,25720
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement826167.21/cwt163.00–168.251,38181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584176.49/cwt171.00–180.501,0317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639176.62/cwt176.00–177.001,1298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415181.00/cwt181.00–181.007513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465171.00/cwt171.00–171.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 1536185.36/cwt182.50–188.0099481
HeifersMedium and Large 1580173.80/cwt169.50–187.501,008109
HeifersMedium and Large 1773154.85/cwt146.50–158.001,197161
HeifersMedium and Large 1728152.46/cwt148.85–157.001,110163

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.