Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was not Precondition. Most of the auction consisted of half loads and smaller strings. Full crowd in the arena for the last feeder cattle sale of the year! Good demand both online and in the seats. The next Precondition feeder cattle sale will be January 3, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.09/cwt on 264 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −149.21 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$322.09

264 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.64

vs IA average

−4.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	323.53	1,806	239
Medium and Large 1-2	520	308.32	1,603	25

One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

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 sale264 hd

322.09

—

IA average3 barns · 790 hd

328.74

−6.64

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−4.54

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−149.21

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

31 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	335.39/cwt	331.00–337.00	1,425	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	319.64/cwt	312.00–335.00	1,509	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	238.11/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,833	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	260.21/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,861	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	309.63/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,607	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	264.40/cwt	255.00–266.50	1,806	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	318.02/cwt	304.00–333.00	1,854	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	269.18/cwt	255.50–279.75	2,078	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	326.54/cwt	316.00–340.00	1,584	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	373.21/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,590	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	274.11/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,875	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	259.10/cwt	249.00–265.75	2,117	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	240.69/cwt	239.00–241.50	2,142	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	272.37/cwt	271.50–276.00	1,746	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	371.17/cwt	349.00–385.00	1,700	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	328.48/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,761	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	298.35/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,862	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	280.15/cwt	261.00–287.00	2,023	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	291.10/cwt	277.00–301.00	1,796	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	295.67/cwt	281.00–309.00	2,005	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	286.68/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	690	270.19/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,864	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	297.91/cwt	283.00–303.00	1,695	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	637	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,975	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	709	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,900	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,245	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	218.44/cwt	212.50–226.00	1,924	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,176	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	269.08/cwt	251.00–272.50	1,668	41

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 Dec 20, 2024

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

Receipts 2,651Last week 1,127Year ago 2,300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	341.00	341.00
3	350–400	361	345.00	345.00
11	400–450	425	331.00–337.00	335.39
38	450–500	472	312.00–335.00	319.64
76	500–550	519	301.00–321.00	309.63
265	550–600	569	283.00–303.00	297.91
159	600–650	617	277.00–301.00	291.10
131	650–700	683	255.00–266.50	264.40
58	700–750	715	248.00–263.00	260.21
45	750–800	770	230.00–245.00	238.11
9	850–900	881	212.50–226.00	218.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	528	285.00–290.00	286.68
41	600–650	620	251.00–272.50	269.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	637	310.00	310.00
98	650–700	690	269.00–271.00	270.19
15	700–750	709	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	426	370.00–380.00	373.21
18	450–500	458	349.00–385.00	371.17
126	500–550	536	315.00–347.00	328.48
113	550–600	583	304.00–333.00	318.02
166	600–650	624	285.00–311.00	298.35
244	650–700	678	281.00–309.00	295.67
291	700–750	722	261.00–287.00	280.15
150	750–800	772	255.50–279.75	269.18
61	800–850	817	249.00–265.75	259.10
22	850–900	890	239.00–241.50	240.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	485	316.00–340.00	326.54
22	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	593	296.00	296.00
15	600–650	641	271.50–276.00	272.37
47	650–700	684	265.00–277.50	274.11

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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