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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-29

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 29

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Dec 15Dec 29Jan 5 →

Receipts

1,550 head

▼ 750 vs last sale 2,300▼ 701 vs year ago 2,251 · −31.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago, light steers 550-650 lbs were mostly steady. Steers 700-800 lbs were 5.00-8.00 higher. Light heifers 500-600 lbs were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 700 lbs mostly 4.00-7.00 higher. Several load lots of heifer calves and yearling steers in the offering today, along with many smaller groups of mostly calves. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.33/cwt on 718 head.

Average price

$224.33

718 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.12

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	224.33	1,474	718

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale718 hd

224.33

—

IA average2 barns · 1,370 hd

229.45

−5.12

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	306.62/cwt	289.00–320.00	1,180	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	274.08/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,329	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	272.39/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,430	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,360	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	269.38/cwt	259.00–274.50	1,538	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	260.08/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,615	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,483	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	251.28/cwt	242.00–257.75	1,684	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	704	240.36/cwt	232.00–244.75	1,692	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,591	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	227.73/cwt	227.25–228.00	1,763	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	222.16/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,828	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	210.21/cwt	203.50–214.50	1,823	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	2,048	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,787	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,088	180.75/cwt	180.75–180.75	1,967	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	255.33/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,085	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	250.70/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,208	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	245.68/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,312	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	237.89/cwt	227.00–252.50	1,342	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	228.65/cwt	218.00–238.75	1,413	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	218.35/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,448	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	217.37/cwt	204.00–218.00	1,587	266
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	197.31/cwt	195.00–200.75	1,517	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	846	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,684	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	1,642	10

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 1,550Last week 2,300Year ago 2,251

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	846	199.00	199.00
10	—	934	175.75	175.75
17	—	425	245.00–262.50	255.33
40	—	482	240.00–257.50	250.70
51	—	564	227.00–252.50	237.89
266	—	730	204.00–218.00	217.37
136	—	618	218.00–238.75	228.65
52	—	769	195.00–200.75	197.31
67	—	534	242.00–250.00	245.68
75	—	663	215.00–220.00	218.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	966	185.00	185.00
60	—	670	242.00–257.75	251.28
179	—	823	210.00–227.00	222.16
76	—	571	259.00–274.50	269.38
10	—	485	271.00–277.00	274.08
93	—	704	232.00–244.75	240.36
29	—	867	203.50–214.50	210.21
46	—	774	227.25–228.00	227.73
58	—	934	219.25	219.25
33	—	525	270.00–278.00	272.39
81	—	621	254.00–266.00	260.08
7	—	385	289.00–320.00	306.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	251.00	251.00
3	—	740	215.00	215.00
7	—	659	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,088	180.75	180.75

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.