Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-11-08

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Nov 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
754 head
92 vs last sale 846 294 vs year ago 1,048 · 28.1%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as last week was not a Precondition Sale. Most of the auction consisted of smaller strings of calves, along with a load lot of yearling steers. Demand was good both in the arena and online, with many buyers looking for light calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.97/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 164.33 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$306.97
103 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.95
vs IA average
+5.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529308.601,63398
Medium and Large 1-2501275.001,3785thin
One grade step is worth $33.60/cwt here — about $255 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale103 hd
306.97
IA average5 barns · 819 hd
299.02
+7.95
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
+5.12
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
−164.33
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

26 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
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,008195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,9664
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,14310
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627256.30/cwt252.00–257.001,60722
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700667248.07/cwt247.00–252.001,65522
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425302.36/cwt298.00–305.001,28532
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518275.90/cwt260.00–285.001,42943
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625277.10/cwt265.00–281.001,73268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,7216
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600576283.08/cwt277.00–290.001,63116
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–4003591,234.42/head1,175.00–1,275.001,23412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550501275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3785
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–3503261,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1253
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300256975.00/head975.00–975.009755
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850814252.36/cwt235.00–255.002,05455
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580263.18/cwt254.00–276.001,52679
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436335.12/cwt315.00–344.001,46110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3387
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500452322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4555
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,2503
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400384374.59/cwt359.00–380.001,43832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,0914
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477306.82/cwt296.00–312.001,46447
SteersMedium and Large 1350–4003611,202.90/head1,150.00–1,235.001,2038
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700679268.58/cwt260.00–286.001,82451
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520313.58/cwt301.00–322.001,63182
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717252.79/cwt250.00–255.001,81318

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.