Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to last week; steers 500-550 lbs 4.00-8.00 higher, 600-750 lbs mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Light offering of heavier steers this week. Heifers 400-550 lbs sharply higher, 600-700 lbs 1.00-3.00 to sharply higher on load lots. Limited number of heavier heifers both weeks. Many load lots of calves, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the load lots, with buyers waiting to bid large advertised consignments.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.69/cwt on 473 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −118.33 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$310.69

473 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.44

vs IA average

+6.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	310.69	1,744	473

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 sale473 hd

310.69

—

IA average8 barns · 2,074 hd

308.25

+2.44

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

+6.66

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−118.33

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

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	700–750	742	269.89/cwt	259.00–272.00	2,003	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	350.43/cwt	340.00–361.00	1,353	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	312.47/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,547	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	307.25/cwt	291.00–316.00	1,770	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	256.42/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,974	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	661	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,877	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	254.96/cwt	250.00–260.00	2,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	368.17/cwt	354.00–381.50	1,797	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	294.75/cwt	286.00–304.00	2,152	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	328.99/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,793	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	270.12/cwt	258.00–276.50	2,207	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	407.08/cwt	405.00–409.00	1,551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	275.24/cwt	269.00–284.00	2,139	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	370.92/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,606	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	320.47/cwt	304.50–330.50	1,666	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	304.33/cwt	288.00–312.00	2,036	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	355.68/cwt	339.00–368.00	1,526	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	361.43/cwt	337.50–372.00	1,890	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	318.92/cwt	305.00–332.00	1,987	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	339.50/cwt	327.00–360.00	2,010	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	254.77/cwt	254.00–256.00	2,214	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	338.89/cwt	321.00–351.00	1,596	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	289.27/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,802	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	281.95/cwt	266.00–284.00	1,914	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	638	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,920	37

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 Jan 17, 2025

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

Receipts 2,317Last week 1,744Year ago 1,764

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	386	340.00–361.00	350.43
46	400–450	429	339.00–368.00	355.68
56	450–500	471	321.00–351.00	338.89
123	500–550	520	304.50–330.50	320.47
350	550–600	576	291.00–316.00	307.25
104	600–650	623	275.00–294.00	289.27
201	650–700	679	266.00–284.00	281.95
87	700–750	742	259.00–272.00	269.89
52	750–800	770	249.00–266.00	256.42
3	900–950	903	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	495	310.00–314.00	312.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	638	301.00	301.00
6	650–700	661	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	545	320.00–332.00	328.99
7	550–600	565	325.00	325.00
7	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
6	650–700	677	281.00	281.00
3	700–750	721	275.00	275.00
8	850–900	869	254.00–256.00	254.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	405.00–409.00	407.08
34	400–450	433	345.00–380.00	370.92
54	450–500	488	354.00–381.50	368.17
64	500–550	523	337.50–372.00	361.43
246	550–600	592	327.00–360.00	339.50
88	600–650	623	305.00–332.00	318.92
63	650–700	669	288.00–312.00	304.33
321	700–750	730	286.00–304.00	294.75
54	750–800	777	269.00–284.00	275.24
51	800–850	817	258.00–276.50	270.12
8	900–950	940	250.00–260.00	254.96
3	950–1000	970	246.00	246.00

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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