Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-01-03

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 3
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2135
Receipts
1,171 head
451 vs last sale 720 1,171 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

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend. Many load lots of yearling cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.62/cwt on 760 head.
Average price
$185.62
760 head · 822 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,525
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.97
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1827186.461,542724
Medium and Large 1-2713168.671,20236
One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $340 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 sale760 hd
185.62
IA average7 barns · 8,850 hd
189.59
−3.97
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

21 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,20320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,17216
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned719169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,21513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned639151.00/cwt151.00–151.009658
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned484162.00/cwt162.00–162.007845
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned522151.00/cwt151.00–151.007883
SteersMedium and Large 1824187.79/cwt173.50–189.751,547444
SteersMedium and Large 1857185.24/cwt184.75–185.751,588247
SteersMedium and Large 1746174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2987
HeifersMedium and Large 1698177.29/cwt148.00–178.751,237165
HeifersMedium and Large 1787170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,33868
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663143.00/cwt143.00–143.009484
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned532186.00/cwt186.00–186.0099010
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned425196.00/cwt196.00–196.008333
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned562147.00/cwt147.00–147.0082613
HeifersMedium and Large 1867146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2667
HeifersMedium and Large 1743143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0623
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned630167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,05215
BullsMedium and Large 1695167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,16137
BullsMedium and Large 1486186.00/cwt186.00–186.0090416
BullsMedium and Large 1873142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2406

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.