Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. The auction consisted of five loads, six half loads and many smaller strings. Good demand both online and in the arena.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.83/cwt on 173 head, up $26.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 21 comparable sales and sits +43.53 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$514.83

▲ 26.88 vs prior sale

173 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.30

vs IA average

+24.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	514.83	2,749	173

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $441.63, median $471.30 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale173 hd

514.83

—

IA average5 barns · 901 hd

500.54

+14.30

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+24.00

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

+43.53

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

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	327.40/cwt	321.00–334.00	2,848	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	566.72/cwt	566.00–568.00	2,176	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	382.82/cwt	373.00–386.00	2,722	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	489.77/cwt	485.50–502.50	2,748	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	453.59/cwt	441.00–479.00	2,830	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	379.93/cwt	358.00–388.00	3,123	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	429.50/cwt	429.50–429.50	2,714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,730	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	420.75/cwt	420.00–423.00	2,870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	410.92/cwt	397.00–428.00	3,016	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	547.13/cwt	530.00–576.00	2,632	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	346.53/cwt	340.50–355.00	3,029	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	370.73/cwt	367.00–374.50	2,936	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	525.90/cwt	500.00–543.00	2,745	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	461.29/cwt	428.00–468.25	3,026	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	433.47/cwt	420.00–438.50	2,514	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	836	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,926	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	641.31/cwt	625.00–647.50	2,450	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	343.89/cwt	338.00–348.00	3,164	32
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	3,232	7
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	3,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	360.97/cwt	344.00–368.00	2,801	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	473.48/cwt	464.50–483.50	2,538	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	596.64/cwt	592.50–602.00	2,572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	283.63/cwt	279.00–285.00	2,802	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	334.69/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,798	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	436.29/cwt	411.00–441.00	2,666	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	494.13/cwt	487.00–517.00	2,392	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	850	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,890	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	427.38/cwt	406.00–435.00	2,821	146

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Apr 10, 2026

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

Receipts 1,735Last week 1,419Year ago 1,024

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	384	566.00–568.00	566.72
3	400–450	413	525.00	525.00
144	450–500	484	487.00–517.00	494.13
57	500–550	536	464.50–483.50	473.48
59	550–600	580	420.00–438.50	433.47
126	600–650	611	411.00–441.00	436.29
146	650–700	660	406.00–435.00	427.38
39	700–750	711	373.00–386.00	382.82
49	750–800	776	344.00–368.00	360.97
28	800–850	836	326.00–340.00	334.69
8	850–900	870	321.00–334.00	327.40
3	900–950	948	301.50	301.50
17	950–1000	988	279.00–285.00	283.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	800–850	836	350.00	350.00
13	850–900	850	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	382	625.00–647.50	641.31
9	400–450	431	592.50–602.00	596.64
32	450–500	481	530.00–576.00	547.13
120	500–550	522	500.00–543.00	525.90
53	550–600	561	485.50–502.50	489.77
58	600–650	624	441.00–479.00	453.59
131	650–700	656	428.00–468.25	461.29
186	700–750	734	397.00–428.00	410.92
40	750–800	792	367.00–374.50	370.73
132	800–850	822	358.00–388.00	379.93
15	850–900	874	340.50–355.00	346.53
32	900–950	920	338.00–348.00	343.89
3	950–1000	958	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	632	429.50	429.50
12	650–700	682	420.00–423.00	420.75
9	700–750	734	372.00	372.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,072	301.50	301.50
11	1100–1150	1,110	290.50	290.50

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.

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