Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Precondition. Many load lots today, including a featured consignment of 1,000 head. Good demand both in the stands and online. CME live feeder futures up again today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.93/cwt on 440 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −113.09 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$315.93

440 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$38.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.58

vs IA average

+11.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	316.80	1,793	430
Medium and Large 1-2	554	278.50	1,543	10thin

One grade step is worth $38.30/cwt here — about $251 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

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 sale440 hd

315.93

—

IA average9 barns · 1,994 hd

307.34

+8.58

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

+11.51

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−113.09

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

43 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	500–550	516	316.07/cwt	308.00–330.00	1,631	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	2,360	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,974	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	287.45/cwt	271.00–295.50	1,797	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	651	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	2,036	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,630	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	316.94/cwt	291.00–320.25	1,826	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,135	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	341.04/cwt	332.50–352.00	1,586	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	343.43/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,848	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,618	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	264.38/cwt	258.00–270.00	2,097	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	325	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,297	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	327.73/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,825	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	732	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	279.79/cwt	279.00–281.00	1,833	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	363.63/cwt	349.00–366.00	1,600	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	323.75/cwt	299.00–327.50	2,182	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	292.64/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,920	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,129	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	403.91/cwt	381.00–408.00	1,805	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	313.27/cwt	283.00–320.00	1,811	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	278.44/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,854	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	360.29/cwt	334.00–361.75	2,079	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,950	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,520	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	301.25/cwt	293.00–304.50	2,130	29
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,108	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	268.20/cwt	268.10–268.25	2,462	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	728	230.12/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,675	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	265.71/cwt	250.00–273.50	2,367	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	378.61/cwt	374.00–384.00	1,795	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	268.73/cwt	254.00–270.50	1,991	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	263.35/cwt	253.00–264.00	2,196	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	261.97/cwt	258.00–270.75	1,991	156

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 2,577Last week 2,317Year ago 1,626

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	334	380.00	380.00
122	400–450	440	349.00–366.00	363.63
31	450–500	465	332.50–352.00	341.04
71	500–550	516	308.00–330.00	316.07
359	550–600	576	291.00–320.25	316.94
93	600–650	625	271.00–295.50	287.45
15	650–700	655	279.00–281.00	279.79
186	700–750	741	254.00–270.50	268.73
156	750–800	760	258.00–270.75	261.97
102	800–850	834	253.00–264.00	263.35
18	850–900	897	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	562	280.00	280.00
14	650–700	652	250.00	250.00
17	800–850	840	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	651	312.75	312.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	275.00	275.00
10	700–750	728	228.00–235.00	230.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	256.50	256.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	455.00	455.00
5	350–400	356	427.50	427.50
85	400–450	447	381.00–408.00	403.91
20	450–500	474	374.00–384.00	378.61
273	550–600	577	334.00–361.75	360.29
180	650–700	674	299.00–327.50	323.75
29	700–750	707	293.00–304.50	301.25
63	800–850	842	280.25	280.25
123	850–900	891	250.00–273.50	265.71
104	900–950	918	268.10–268.25	268.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	427	379.00	379.00
10	450–500	492	357.50	357.50
32	550–600	557	317.00–330.00	327.73
9	600–650	623	313.00	313.00
30	650–700	656	290.00–294.00	292.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	538	330.00–348.00	343.43
27	550–600	578	283.00–320.00	313.27
16	650–700	666	275.00–281.00	278.44
74	750–800	793	258.00–270.00	264.38
7	800–850	835	255.00	255.00
4	950–1000	993	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	399.00	399.00
4	700–750	710	265.00	265.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,108	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	732	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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