Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-05-03

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
2,019 head
45 vs last sale 2,064 224 vs year ago 2,243 · 10.0%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison stated today as the previous auction was a Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Many load lots of high quality yearling cattle were available in today's moderate offering. Trade was very active. Demand was very good coming a great crowd of buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $332.46/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 138.84 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$332.46
63 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.52
vs IA average
+23.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553332.461,83963
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
533498463428median 471.3012/1901/3003/0604/1708/07
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 sale63 hd
332.46
IA average4 barns · 834 hd
328.94
+3.52
National average166 barns · 9,614 hd
308.61
+23.85
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
−138.84
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700667241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,60715
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550544343.77/cwt340.00–352.501,87024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668261.22/cwt239.00–274.001,74515
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy900–950930234.50/cwt234.50–234.502,18173
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900899201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,8079
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600592261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,54510
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,31613
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850829248.79/cwt236.25–260.002,062248
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000968223.53/cwt202.50–224.752,164482
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,50315
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850828225.09/cwt215.00–245.001,864180
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750734211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,54911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900890233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,07813
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559325.50/cwt325.50–325.501,82039
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750712259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8449
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Natural950–1000965186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,7957
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Natural500–550533300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5998
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Natural650–700699236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,65011
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700657297.21/cwt284.50–313.501,95352
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779246.62/cwt237.00–256.501,921141
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900887232.54/cwt226.00–237.502,063166
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528287.87/cwt276.00–291.501,52044
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728234.36/cwt225.00–236.501,70658
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650644307.10/cwt305.00–309.001,97819
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650644262.65/cwt260.00–263.501,69180
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800785234.25/cwt234.25–234.251,83985
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950902200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8049

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.