Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to last week; CME feeder cattle futures dipped 5.00 yesterday. Today's sale echoing the result of the lower market. Many half loads and smaller packages, along with a couple load lots of steer calves in the offering. The crowd was lighter today, but bidding was still active. Good demand for replacement heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $347.52/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −123.78 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$347.52

174 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$31.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.28

vs IA average

+5.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	348.97	1,925	166
Medium and Large 1-2	575	317.50	1,825	8thin

One grade step is worth $31.47/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale174 hd

347.52

—

IA average7 barns · 1,290 hd

352.80

−5.28

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+5.14

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−123.78

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

36 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	300–350	328	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,092	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	369.03/cwt	359.00–377.50	1,406	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	340.11/cwt	333.00–357.50	1,636	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	263.75/cwt	257.00–265.25	2,218	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	411.39/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	301.27/cwt	286.00–308.00	2,043	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	272.70/cwt	255.00–280.00	2,135	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	243.54/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,275	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	409.22/cwt	393.00–424.00	1,535	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	251.28/cwt	249.00–252.00	2,181	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	293.12/cwt	276.00–298.00	2,087	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	614	309.41/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,900	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	365.20/cwt	362.00–371.00	1,903	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	339.29/cwt	323.00–352.50	1,934	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	391.00/cwt	369.00–399.50	1,795	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	314.71/cwt	298.50–325.50	1,986	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	266.69/cwt	264.50–271.00	1,677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	265.50/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,904	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	317.98/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,539	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	298.82/cwt	289.00–310.50	1,748	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	254.75/cwt	249.00–268.00	2,013	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	740	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	2,263	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	289.04/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,809	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	366.70/cwt	349.00–376.00	1,588	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	274.22/cwt	260.00–280.50	1,837	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	313.40/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,648	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,452	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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	1,225.00	1,225.00
3	300–350	328	420.00	420.00
4	300–350	300	1,225.00	1,225.00
10	350–400	381	359.00–377.50	369.03
64	400–450	433	349.00–376.00	366.70
47	450–500	481	333.00–357.50	340.11
78	500–550	526	300.00–317.00	313.40
91	550–600	585	289.00–310.50	298.82
136	600–650	626	280.00–304.00	289.04
73	650–700	670	260.00–280.50	274.22
61	700–750	717	255.00–272.00	265.50
92	750–800	790	249.00–268.00	254.75
9	800–850	840	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	614	309.00–310.00	309.41
33	700–750	740	305.75	305.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	427	340.00	340.00
22	450–500	484	311.00–320.00	317.98
3	550–600	580	281.00	281.00
9	600–650	629	264.50–271.00	266.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	1,400.00	1,400.00
12	350–400	375	393.00–424.00	409.22
10	400–450	410	402.50–417.50	411.39
43	450–500	459	369.00–399.50	391.00
62	500–550	521	362.00–371.00	365.20
104	550–600	570	323.00–352.50	339.29
145	600–650	631	298.50–325.50	314.71
146	650–700	678	286.00–308.00	301.27
46	700–750	712	276.00–298.00	293.12
229	750–800	783	255.00–280.00	272.70
56	800–850	841	257.00–265.25	263.75
45	850–900	868	249.00–252.00	251.28
11	900–950	934	241.00–245.00	243.54
3	950–1000	950	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	367.50	367.50
3	500–550	548	317.50	317.50
5	550–600	591	317.50	317.50

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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