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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 30

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

746 head

▼ 476 vs last sale 1,222▼ 695 vs year ago 1,441 · −48.2%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Precondition. CME feeder futures taking a downturn today. Lower trend noted. Smaller crowd and lighter offering, as farmers are able to get back into the fields for harvest. Half load of light steers and mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, both online and in the arena.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.33/cwt on 156 head, down $32.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −41.87 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$426.33

▼ 32.36 vs prior sale

156 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.75

vs IA average

−8.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	426.33	2,313	156

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale156 hd

426.33

—

IA average4 barns · 522 hd

437.08

−10.75

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

−8.82

This barn, trailing median18 sales

468.20

−41.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $468.20 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

21 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	1,789	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	1,981	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	461.71/cwt	447.00–468.00	2,128	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	507	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,104	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	436.02/cwt	416.00–451.00	2,259	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	418.26/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,376	78
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	378.21/cwt	376.00–383.50	2,368	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	645	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,396	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	363.58/cwt	350.00–380.50	2,421	55
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	339.75/cwt	337.00–347.00	2,511	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,551	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,758	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,847	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	414.46/cwt	400.00–423.00	1,969	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	503	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,856	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	384.15/cwt	376.00–387.50	2,044	80
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	357.22/cwt	345.00–381.00	2,086	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	337.83/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,071	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	324.31/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,153	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	319.02/cwt	306.00–321.00	2,294	23

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 Oct 30, 2026

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

Receipts 746Last week 1,222Year ago 1,441

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	399	463.00	463.00
4	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
69	450–500	475	400.00–423.00	414.46
80	500–550	532	376.00–387.50	384.15
57	550–600	584	345.00–381.00	357.22
51	600–650	613	330.00–341.00	337.83
23	650–700	664	320.00–326.00	324.31
23	700–750	719	306.00–321.00	319.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	507	415.00	415.00
28	600–650	645	371.50	371.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	514.00	514.00
3	400–450	425	466.00	466.00
34	450–500	461	447.00–468.00	461.71
72	500–550	518	416.00–451.00	436.02
78	550–600	568	410.00–421.00	418.26
26	600–650	626	376.00–383.50	378.21
55	650–700	666	350.00–380.50	363.58
22	700–750	739	337.00–347.00	339.75
5	750–800	757	337.00	337.00
23	800–850	822	335.50	335.50

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.