Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-01-31

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 31
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
3,063 head
486 vs last sale 2,577 307 vs year ago 3,370 · 9.1%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was not Precondition. CME feeder cattle futures up 3.00 today. Prices continue to rise, especially on yearling cattle. Many load lots of both calves and yearlings, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering. Many buyers in the arena today. The market was very active throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.31/cwt on 305 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 112.99 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$358.31
305 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.49
vs IA average
+9.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558358.311,999305
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
533498463428median 471.3012/1901/3003/0604/1708/07
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 sale305 hd
358.31
IA average5 barns · 1,222 hd
348.83
+9.49
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
+9.65
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
−112.99
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

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416368.30/cwt358.00–383.001,53213
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366387.98/cwt380.00–397.501,42014
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750703277.51/cwt261.00–280.001,95123
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479338.80/cwt247.00–358.001,62356
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900867263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,28573
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576308.22/cwt296.00–321.001,77578
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6115
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750711305.34/cwt290.00–312.002,171349
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400389413.47/cwt408.00–418.001,6089
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677309.12/cwt293.00–320.252,093170
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900856279.15/cwt255.50–282.752,390199
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500467377.92/cwt364.00–392.001,76566
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770279.17/cwt272.50–288.002,15095
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627327.32/cwt312.50–341.502,052115
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000960267.29/cwt260.50–269.002,566100
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766262.97/cwt250.00–272.502,014296
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,9904
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750718292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,09733
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800752273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,05724
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523370.27/cwt359.50–381.001,937122
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581350.34/cwt333.00–360.502,035183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750748250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8704
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850820280.93/cwt269.00–289.002,304237
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850804259.89/cwt250.00–268.252,090139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,77624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850805240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9324
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665285.02/cwt270.00–288.751,895192
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650626297.65/cwt289.00–304.001,863158
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524325.07/cwt311.50–336.001,70389

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.