Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-01-05

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
3,357 head
▲ 1,807 vs last sale 1,550▼ 357 vs year ago 3,714 · −9.6%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last Friday; light steers 600-700 lbs 4.00-5.00 higher, steers 800 lbs 6.00-9.00 higher. Light heifers, 500-700 lbs were mostly 4.00-6.00 higher, 750 lb heifers sharply higher. Plenty of packages of both light calves and heavier cattle 800-900 lbs in the offering today. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.00/cwt on 1,639 head.
Average price
$249.00
1,639 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$215
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.94
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2630251.281,58366
Medium and Large 1722248.901,7981,573
One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale1,639 hd
249.00
—
IA average12 barns · 11,585 hd
248.06
+0.94
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

35 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 1—928186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,7269
HeifersMedium and Large 1—811196.12/cwt191.00–205.001,59114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—882194.82/cwt192.00–200.001,71836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421252.90/cwt240.00–260.001,06537
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476252.72/cwt240.00–256.501,20362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528249.44/cwt239.00–254.001,31797
SteersMedium and Large 1—519287.73/cwt278.00–306.001,49344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—744229.43/cwt229.00–230.001,70723
SteersMedium and Large 1—439303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,3306
SteersMedium and Large 1—580280.66/cwt267.50–289.001,628130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—773215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—548270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4806
SteersMedium and Large 1—348309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,0754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—590256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5107
SteersMedium and Large 1—620265.38/cwt255.00–272.001,645166
SteersMedium and Large 1—396308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,2204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—491282.29/cwt276.00–295.001,38620
SteersMedium and Large 1—926211.57/cwt198.00–214.001,95935
SteersMedium and Large 1—472313.21/cwt303.00–317.501,47852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—671235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5775
SteersMedium and Large 1—669256.45/cwt240.50–265.251,716239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—488231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1276
SteersMedium and Large 1—836232.68/cwt216.00–236.001,945179
HeifersMedium and Large 1—759228.58/cwt219.25–235.001,735280
SteersMedium and Large 1—975206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,00951
SteersMedium and Large 1—874222.77/cwt217.50–224.251,947112
SteersMedium and Large 1—727244.07/cwt232.75–257.501,774264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677223.55/cwt215.00–234.001,513128
SteersMedium and Large 1—778235.24/cwt220.00–242.751,830287
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725223.86/cwt211.00–228.001,623135
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574238.65/cwt226.00–249.001,370198
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627233.34/cwt220.00–243.001,463383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—328237.00/cwt237.00–237.007774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—587217.71/cwt217.00–220.001,27812

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.