Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend, as the last feeder auction was three weeks ago. The sale consisted of four loads, four half loads and many smaller strings. CME feeder cattle futures 6.00 lower today, slowing demand. Load lots and larger packages still popular among the buyers. The next feeder auction is June 5.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.34/cwt on 58 head, down $29.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 21 comparable sales and sits −14.68 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$414.34

▼ 29.50 vs prior sale

58 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.15

vs IA average

−3.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	414.34	2,333	58

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.60, low $405.13, median $429.02 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 sale58 hd

414.34

—

IA average7 barns · 1,399 hd

449.49

−35.15

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−3.92

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−14.68

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

25 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	600–650	624	391.38/cwt	381.00–400.50	2,442	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	463.12/cwt	445.00–468.25	2,593	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	477.25/cwt	474.50–480.00	2,582	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,761	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,986	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	426.75/cwt	415.50–443.00	2,676	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	422.91/cwt	400.00–442.50	2,220	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	348.39/cwt	319.50–350.75	2,662	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	409.83/cwt	391.00–420.00	2,389	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	358.58/cwt	358.00–359.25	2,399	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,784	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	373.16/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	349.22/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,892	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	667.50/cwt	667.50–667.50	2,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	322.79/cwt	321.25–326.50	3,189	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	338.87/cwt	326.00–346.00	2,762	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	337.21/cwt	334.00–341.00	2,425	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	478.52/cwt	460.00–497.50	2,125	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	450.31/cwt	444.00–455.00	2,161	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,997	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,377	4

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	444	460.00–497.50	478.52
7	450–500	480	444.00–455.00	450.31
20	500–550	525	400.00–442.50	422.91
38	550–600	583	391.00–420.00	409.83
93	600–650	624	381.00–400.50	391.38
15	650–700	669	358.00–359.25	358.58
13	700–750	719	334.00–341.00	337.21
234	750–800	764	319.50–350.75	348.39
14	800–850	815	326.00–346.00	338.87
63	850–900	867	318.50	318.50
4	900–950	925	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	916	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	306	667.50	667.50
5	450–500	450	527.50	527.50
18	500–550	541	474.50–480.00	477.25
36	550–600	560	445.00–468.25	463.12
35	600–650	627	415.50–443.00	426.75
40	650–700	674	413.00	413.00
11	700–750	727	365.00–380.00	373.16
15	800–850	828	346.00–350.00	349.22
48	950–1000	988	321.25–326.50	322.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	590	416.00	416.00
11	750–800	787	340.00	340.00
19	900–950	936	319.00	319.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	653	364.00	364.00

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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