Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last week: steers 500-700 lbs mostly 11.00-13.00 higher, 750 lbs 2.00 higher, 800 lbs 11.00 higher. Heifers 600-700 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher. Heavier heifers limited in numbers. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings. along with a couple load lots of steers. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.71/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −133.59 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$337.71

167 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$29.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.55

vs IA average

−4.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	348.82	1,881	104
Medium and Large 1-2	554	319.37	1,770	63

One grade step is worth $29.45/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale167 hd

337.71

—

IA average11 barns · 2,182 hd

334.16

+3.55

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−4.37

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−133.59

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

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	327.69/cwt	311.00–341.00	2,035	107
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,207	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	371.37/cwt	367.00–381.00	1,389	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	338.05/cwt	329.00–349.00	1,619	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	295.73/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,695	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	258.98/cwt	249.00–263.50	1,971	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	269.51/cwt	261.00–284.00	1,792	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	244.61/cwt	244.00–245.00	2,383	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	364.65/cwt	356.00–382.50	1,532	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,828	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,321	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	250.08/cwt	247.00–253.25	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	279.53/cwt	265.00–284.75	2,161	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	280.71/cwt	260.00–287.00	2,330	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	357.14/cwt	350.00–369.00	1,700	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	310.67/cwt	296.50–323.00	1,637	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	291.62/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,808	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,839	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	335.49/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,892	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	307.07/cwt	291.00–318.50	2,088	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,569	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	266.91/cwt	260.00–271.75	1,964	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	262.14/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,591	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	381.98/cwt	376.00–385.00	1,398	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	353.73/cwt	342.00–377.00	1,875	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	299.93/cwt	282.50–309.50	2,192	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	244.91/cwt	240.00–248.50	2,118	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	329.31/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,462	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	328.47/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,708	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	329.27/cwt	311.00–340.00	1,419	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,033	4

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	385.00	385.00
9	350–400	366	376.00–385.00	381.98
10	400–450	420	356.00–382.50	364.65
13	450–500	476	350.00–369.00	357.14
76	500–550	530	342.00–377.00	353.73
28	550–600	564	320.00–349.00	335.49
107	600–650	621	311.00–341.00	327.69
117	650–700	680	291.00–318.50	307.07
99	700–750	731	282.50–309.50	299.93
136	750–800	773	265.00–284.75	279.53
223	800–850	830	260.00–287.00	280.71
4	850–900	897	255.00	255.00
6	900–950	923	247.00–253.25	250.08
18	950–1000	974	244.00–245.00	244.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	431	311.00–340.00	329.27
35	500–550	520	321.00–339.00	328.47
28	550–600	597	308.00	308.00
13	650–700	653	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	726	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1200–1250	1,207	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	374	367.00–381.00	371.37
48	400–450	444	320.00–345.00	329.31
17	450–500	479	329.00–349.00	338.05
71	500–550	527	296.50–323.00	310.67
26	550–600	573	286.00–300.00	295.73
133	600–650	620	275.00–300.00	291.62
39	650–700	665	261.00–284.00	269.51
174	700–750	736	260.00–271.75	266.91
36	750–800	761	249.00–263.50	258.98
45	850–900	865	240.00–248.50	244.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	479	300.00	300.00
26	500–550	543	289.00	289.00
13	600–650	607	260.00–269.00	262.14

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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