Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-11-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Nov 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
846 head
234 vs last sale 1,080 202 vs year ago 1,048 · 19.3%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as last week was a Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Several load lots of heifer calves and yearling steers, along with many smaller groups in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the load lots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.54/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 165.48 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$263.54
58 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,463
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.53
vs IA average
+3.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553264.931,46555
Medium and Large 1-2595238.001,4163thin
One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about $49 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

21 sales
479449420391median 429.0212/1901/3003/0604/1708/07
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
263.54
IA average5 barns · 783 hd
267.06
−3.53
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
+3.08
This barn, trailing median21 sales
429.02
−165.48
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
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600553267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4775
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1284
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700674250.25/cwt250.25–250.251,68718
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450432283.39/cwt282.00–292.001,22420
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830233.07/cwt228.50–237.501,93423
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575258.37/cwt254.50–265.001,48626
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626277.80/cwt264.00–280.001,73946
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900852251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,13963
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477315.58/cwt310.00–322.001,50577
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700673230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5489
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735252.35/cwt252.35–252.351,855147
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350331375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,24113
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950928247.25/cwt247.25–247.252,29433
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,61846
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750719261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,87715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628239.81/cwt239.00–240.161,50617
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533270.81/cwt264.00–273.001,44329
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390334.83/cwt327.00–336.001,30621
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511286.79/cwt270.00–291.001,46516
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700684259.28/cwt246.00–262.001,77318
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630249.21/cwt243.50–270.001,57031
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466271.17/cwt264.00–276.001,26451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450446254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,1333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850818230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8814
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770253.56/cwt247.00–258.001,95220

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.