Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-10-20

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,669 head
▼ 764 vs last sale 2,433▲ 202 vs year ago 1,467 · +13.8%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Many unweaned calves today. Load lots of yearling steers and heifers offered. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light offering in steer calves 400-700 pounds both auctions. 850-pound yearling steers 6.00 lower. Light heifers 500 pounds were 3.00 lower. Limited numbers of yearling heifers from the last sale for comparison. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.94/cwt on 761 head.
Average price
$238.94
761 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.04
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1720239.311,722736
Medium and Large 1-2642228.001,46325
One grade step is worth $11.31/cwt here — about $259 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 sale761 hd
238.94
—
IA average9 barns · 3,256 hd
229.90
+9.04
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

34 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 1—611236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4429
BullsMedium and Large 1—788219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,72611
BullsMedium and Large 1—492257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,26413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—805225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363270.00/cwt270.00–270.009805
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472255.40/cwt252.00–260.001,20511
SteersMedium and Large 1—906235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,12938
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—428306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—826237.82/cwt236.00–238.501,96418
SteersMedium and Large 1—982218.50/cwt218.50–218.502,1469
SteersMedium and Large 1—873242.03/cwt240.00–254.002,113383
SteersMedium and Large 1—833256.25/cwt256.25–256.252,13515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—776234.85/cwt228.50–237.501,82237
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—608235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4293
SteersMedium and Large 1—484295.94/cwt280.00–308.001,43218
SteersMedium and Large 1—753247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,86025
SteersMedium and Large 1—677249.86/cwt240.00–254.001,69269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—367302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—497250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2435
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533255.78/cwt245.00–260.001,36363
SteersMedium and Large 1—726251.58/cwt249.50–253.501,82615
SteersMedium and Large 1—518293.94/cwt269.00–300.001,52326
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419261.51/cwt260.00–264.001,09617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627239.95/cwt236.00–243.001,50422
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—579235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—673220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4813
SteersMedium and Large 1—635255.20/cwt245.00–260.001,62156
SteersMedium and Large 1—578265.28/cwt263.00–268.001,53338
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578240.65/cwt240.00–245.001,39122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—529240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2706
HeifersMedium and Large 1—863223.90/cwt219.00–229.501,932213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—678225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,52616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—719243.37/cwt224.50–247.001,750242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673246.98/cwt235.00–250.251,66290

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.