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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-15

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 15

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Dec 8Dec 15Dec 29 →

Receipts

2,300 head

▲ 461 vs last sale 1,839▲ 302 vs year ago 1,998 · +15.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was not Precondition. Many load lots of calves offered today, along with plenty of smaller packages, mostly of calves. Demand was good throughout the sale.

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 $246.48/cwt on 1,116 head.

Average price

$246.48

1,116 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$184

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$86.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.65

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	247.04	1,668	1,066
Medium and Large 1-2	611	239.23	1,461	47
Large 1	1,150	161.00	1,852	3thin

One grade step is worth $86.04/cwt here — about −$184 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 sale1,116 hd

246.48

—

IA average9 barns · 6,952 hd

236.83

+9.65

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	955	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	284.12/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,094	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	283.84/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,195	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	284.27/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,364	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	255.81/cwt	239.00–265.00	1,238	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	284.98/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,479	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	255.05/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,331	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	250.58/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,433	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	269.97/cwt	254.50–280.00	1,555	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	259.93/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,632	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	246.48/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,587	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,436	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	252.95/cwt	238.50–260.00	1,695	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	234.92/cwt	221.00–240.50	1,682	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,529	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	223.85/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,728	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,667	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,662	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	214.20/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,786	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	208.75/cwt	193.00–211.50	1,806	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	193.42/cwt	190.00–195.50	1,774	13
Steers	—	Large 1	1,150	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,852	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	265.57/cwt	261.00–267.50	895	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	245.73/cwt	240.00–250.00	907	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	248.67/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,047	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,094	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	253.40/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,194	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	242.72/cwt	233.00–252.00	1,294	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	241.51/cwt	237.00–249.00	1,372	179
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	224.01/cwt	221.00–226.50	1,310	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	232.20/cwt	221.00–235.75	1,454	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	229.22/cwt	219.00–243.50	1,543	211
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,407	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	208.25/cwt	199.50–211.00	1,493	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	198.11/cwt	191.00–204.00	1,510	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	183.64/cwt	181.50–187.00	1,502	14

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 Dec 15, 2023

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

Receipts 2,300Last week 1,839Year ago 1,998

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	337	261.00–267.50	265.57
14	—	818	181.50–187.00	183.64
7	—	369	240.00–250.00	245.73
15	—	421	245.00–256.00	248.67
57	—	762	191.00–204.00	198.11
84	—	717	199.50–211.00	208.25
65	—	471	248.00–269.00	253.40
111	—	533	233.00–252.00	242.72
142	—	626	221.00–235.75	232.20
179	—	568	237.00–249.00	241.51
211	—	673	219.00–243.50	229.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	240.00	240.00
34	—	585	221.00–226.50	224.01
3	—	683	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	210.00	210.00
4	—	831	200.00	200.00
6	—	522	251.00–259.00	255.05
7	—	572	250.00–251.00	250.58
8	—	644	245.00–249.00	246.48
12	—	484	239.00–265.00	255.81
3	—	668	215.00	215.00
3	—	790	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	917	190.00–195.50	193.42
42	—	480	270.00–296.00	284.27
45	—	834	213.00–215.00	214.20
3	—	327	292.00	292.00
140	—	576	254.50–280.00	269.97
151	—	670	238.50–260.00	252.95
154	—	628	252.00–276.00	259.93
172	—	772	215.00–235.00	223.85
10	—	385	282.00–285.00	284.12
11	—	421	281.00–285.00	283.84
209	—	716	221.00–240.50	234.92
56	—	865	193.00–211.50	208.75
60	—	519	270.00–293.00	284.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	161.00	161.00

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.