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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-17

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Nov 17

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Oct 27Nov 17Dec 1 →

Receipts

909 head

▼ 139 vs last sale 1,048▼ 530 vs year ago 1,439 · −36.8%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Several load lots of yearlings offered today. Many smaller packages of calves weaned and off cows. Demand good. Next feeder sale is December 1.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $242.19/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$242.19

436 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$542

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$40.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	441	282.00	1,244	8thin
Medium and Large 1	739	241.45	1,785	428

One grade step is worth $40.55/cwt here — about −$542 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 sale436 hd

242.19

—

IA average11 barns · 8,804 hd

241.05

+1.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	315	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,032	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,154	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	311.99/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,273	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	441	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,244	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	280.80/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,320	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	277.74/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,464	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,386	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	267.70/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,513	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	246.24/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,529	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,610	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	218.20/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,554	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,763	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	842	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	1,918	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,951	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	2,016	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	287	626.10/head	575.00–650.00	626	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	245.38/cwt	241.00–250.00	761	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	249.96/cwt	247.00–251.00	980	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	951	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	255.20/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,069	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,235	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,247	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	235.10/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,331	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	227.26/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,404	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	217.55/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,344	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	221.27/cwt	221.25–222.00	1,637	138
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,698	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	390	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	932	3

This sale against other markets

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Nov 17, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 909Last week 1,048Year ago 1,439

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	618	226.00–230.00	227.26
25	—	419	254.00–258.00	255.20
45	—	566	230.00–240.00	235.10
55	—	392	247.00–251.00	249.96
138	—	740	221.25–222.00	221.27
3	—	918	185.00	185.00
6	—	310	241.00–250.00	245.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
12	—	287	575.00–650.00	626.10
1	—	490	252.00	252.00
11	—	509	245.00	245.00
12	—	618	210.00–223.00	217.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	371	311.00	311.00
24	—	470	280.00–285.00	280.80
55	—	961	209.75	209.75
60	—	927	210.50	210.50
11	—	610	255.00	255.00
3	—	735	230.00	230.00
11	—	760	232.00	232.00
18	—	527	261.00–281.00	277.74
125	—	842	227.75	227.75
8	—	661	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	621	243.00–251.00	246.24
27	—	408	304.00–315.00	311.99
5	—	315	327.50	327.50
9	—	548	253.00	253.00
31	—	565	259.00–269.00	267.70
10	—	712	217.00–220.00	218.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	441	282.00	282.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.