Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the auction two weeks ago: Limited number of light calves in previous sale. Nice offering of 850-950 lb yearlings today, but previous sale had 750lb & 900lb yearlings, no comparison is possible. CME feeder cattle futures up 3.00+. Upward trend noted in today's auction. The sale consisted of twelve full loads, four half loads and many smaller strings. Demand good throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.28/cwt on 186 head, up $5.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 19 comparable sales and sits −31.22 against this barn's trailing median of $480.49.

Average price

$449.28

▲ 5.95 vs prior sale

186 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$44.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.73

vs IA average

+43.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	456.87	2,450	154
Medium and Large 1-2	557	412.75	2,298	32

One grade step is worth $44.11/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $480.49 across 19 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 sale186 hd

449.28

—

IA average6 barns · 519 hd

419.55

+29.73

National average172 barns · 11,871 hd

405.75

+43.53

This barn, trailing median19 sales

480.49

−31.22

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

42 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 1-2	500–550	542	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,260	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,197	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	399.73/cwt	391.00–403.00	1,983	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	366.99/cwt	356.00–379.00	2,129	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	400.85/cwt	380.00–419.00	2,096	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	341.29/cwt	341.25–344.00	2,430	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	320.03/cwt	315.00–321.00	2,813	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	431.74/cwt	428.00–434.00	2,314	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	563	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,168	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	319.82/cwt	305.00–324.25	3,061	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	490.63/cwt	457.50–492.00	2,453	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	427.55/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,433	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,009	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	473.06/cwt	465.00–479.50	2,271	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	386.04/cwt	357.00–394.00	2,370	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	349.07/cwt	347.00–350.00	2,761	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	327.70/cwt	321.00–332.00	3,005	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,366	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	335.04/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,399	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	346.71/cwt	330.00–357.25	2,968	457
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	501.35/cwt	492.50–505.00	2,141	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	373.73/cwt	364.00–380.50	2,702	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	377.22/cwt	355.00–383.00	2,467	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	423.54/cwt	409.00–450.00	2,020	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	312.91/cwt	311.00–316.00	2,613	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	284.43/cwt	276.00–287.00	2,571	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	318.74/cwt	315.00–320.25	2,429	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	454.40/cwt	450.00–476.00	1,963	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	1,833.69/head	1,825.00–1,850.00	1,834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	1,863.53/head	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	333.89/cwt	324.00–344.00	2,214	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	335.52/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,581	3
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,855	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	251.50/cwt	251.00–252.00	2,575	6

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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	496	391.00–403.00	399.73
7	500–550	542	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	1,525.00	1,525.00
4	300–350	342	495.00	495.00
59	400–450	432	450.00–476.00	454.40
41	450–500	477	409.00–450.00	423.54
50	500–550	523	380.00–419.00	400.85
43	550–600	580	356.00–379.00	366.99
6	600–650	604	331.00–340.00	335.52
6	650–700	663	324.00–344.00	333.89
6	700–750	739	320.00	320.00
196	750–800	762	315.00–320.25	318.74
26	800–850	835	311.00–316.00	312.91
3	850–900	866	298.00	298.00
13	900–950	904	276.00–287.00	284.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	563	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	427.50	427.50
11	500–550	540	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,024	251.00–252.00	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	491	447.50	447.50
19	500–550	536	428.00–434.00	431.74
13	550–600	587	385.00	385.00
219	700–750	712	341.25–344.00	341.29
24	850–900	879	315.00–321.00	320.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	285	1,925.00	1,925.00
6	300–350	327	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,863.53
4	350–400	381	550.00	550.00
9	350–400	377	1,825.00–1,850.00	1,833.69
13	400–450	427	492.50–505.00	501.35
50	450–500	480	465.00–479.50	473.06
77	500–550	500	457.50–492.00	490.63
65	550–600	569	410.00–445.00	427.55
48	600–650	614	357.00–394.00	386.04
59	650–700	654	355.00–383.00	377.22
62	700–750	723	364.00–380.50	373.73
38	750–800	791	347.00–350.00	349.07
457	850–900	856	330.00–357.25	346.71
33	900–950	917	321.00–332.00	327.70
112	950–1000	957	305.00–324.25	319.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	593	399.00	399.00
7	700–750	716	330.00–339.00	335.04
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,038	275.00	275.00

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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