Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2022-07-12

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 12
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2135
Receipts
720 head
720 vs last sale 0 720 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder CattleFri Aug 7, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Several load lots. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.32/cwt on 399 head.
Average price
$170.32
399 head · 726 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.25
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726171.121,242382
Medium and Large 1-2732152.451,11617thin
One grade step is worth $18.67/cwt here — about $127 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 sale399 hd
170.32
IA average6 barns · 1,395 hd
159.07
+11.25
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

17 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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 1502190.00/cwt190.00–190.009543
HeifersMedium and Large 1485177.00/cwt177.00–177.008583
HeifersMedium and Large 1857148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2683
HeifersMedium and Large 1374192.00/cwt192.00–192.007188
HeifersMedium and Large 1601175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,05212
HeifersMedium and Large 1568176.13/cwt176.00–176.501,00016
SteersMedium and Large 1733176.98/cwt176.00–178.001,29710
SteersMedium and Large 1530200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,06011
SteersMedium and Large 1595202.26/cwt201.00–202.501,20344
SteersMedium and Large 1860180.37/cwt172.00–187.001,551189
HeifersMedium and Large 1543175.88/cwt175.00–176.0095532
HeifersMedium and Large 1673174.25/cwt166.00–174.751,17387
HeifersMedium and Large 1806168.10/cwt154.75–168.701,355221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2732152.45/cwt147.00–157.501,11617
SteersMedium and Large 1685182.99/cwt179.00–188.001,25318
SteersMedium and Large 1471208.00/cwt208.00–208.009804
SteersMedium and Large 1641192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2345

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.