Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Load lot of heifer calves, along with many smaller groups in the offering today. Smaller crowd but good demand in the arena and online.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.43/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −161.59 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$267.43

71 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.77

vs IA average

+2.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	267.43	1,431	71

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

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 sale71 hd

267.43

—

IA average5 barns · 706 hd

266.66

+0.77

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

+2.33

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−161.59

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

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,897	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	229.99/cwt	227.00–234.00	1,642	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,225	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,571	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,330	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	313.39/cwt	307.00–323.00	1,482	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,163	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	737	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,843	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,253	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	263.75/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,527	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	320.87/cwt	318.00–326.00	1,389	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,618	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	284.99/cwt	274.00–299.00	1,627	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	228.91/cwt	228.50–229.25	2,099	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	246.21/cwt	240.00–248.00	2,019	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	313.98/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,604	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	255.91/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,451	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	255.46/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,719	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	238.03/cwt	235.00–240.75	1,600	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	294.66/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,276	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	272.72/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,424	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,178	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	238.00/cwt	221.00–239.75	1,852	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	246.62/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,561	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	241.10/cwt	241.10–241.10	1,748	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,994	12

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	714	227.00–234.00	229.99
12	850–900	870	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	249.00	249.00
7	650–700	695	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	354	1,060.00	1,060.00
31	400–450	433	290.00–300.00	294.66
28	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
49	500–550	522	261.00–281.00	272.72
19	550–600	567	254.00–260.00	255.91
46	600–650	633	246.00–248.00	246.62
27	650–700	672	235.00–240.75	238.03
58	700–750	725	241.10	241.10
33	750–800	778	221.00–239.75	238.00
12	800–850	824	242.00	242.00
6	850–900	854	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	438	269.00	269.00
3	450–500	486	265.00	265.00
6	600–650	602	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	433	318.00–326.00	320.87
34	450–500	473	307.00–323.00	313.39
33	500–550	511	301.00–319.00	313.98
65	550–600	571	274.00–299.00	284.99
16	600–650	606	267.00	267.00
46	650–700	673	245.00–260.00	255.46
18	800–850	820	240.00–248.00	246.21
11	900–950	917	228.50–229.25	228.91
3	950–1000	983	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	543	285.00	285.00
27	550–600	579	257.00–270.00	263.75
3	750–800	773	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	737	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	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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