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Dunlap Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 7

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Jan 31Feb 7Feb 21 →

Receipts

1,869 head

▼ 1,194 vs last sale 3,063▼ 854 vs year ago 2,723 · −31.4%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 18 comparable sales and sits −120.68 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

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.

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 median18 sales

468.20

−120.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $468.20 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	409.22/cwt	393.00–424.00	1,535	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	411.39/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,687	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,514	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	391.00/cwt	369.00–399.50	1,795	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	365.20/cwt	362.00–371.00	1,903	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,740	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	339.29/cwt	323.00–352.50	1,934	104
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,876	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	314.71/cwt	298.50–325.50	1,986	145
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	301.27/cwt	286.00–308.00	2,043	146
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	293.12/cwt	276.00–298.00	2,087	46
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	272.70/cwt	255.00–280.00	2,135	229
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	263.75/cwt	257.00–265.25	2,218	56
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	251.28/cwt	249.00–252.00	2,181	45
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	243.54/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,275	11
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,299	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,378	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	369.03/cwt	359.00–377.50	1,406	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,452	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	366.70/cwt	349.00–376.00	1,588	64
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	340.11/cwt	333.00–357.50	1,636	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	317.98/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,539	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	313.40/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,648	78
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,630	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	298.82/cwt	289.00–310.50	1,748	91
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	614	309.41/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,900	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	289.04/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,809	136
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	266.69/cwt	264.50–271.00	1,677	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	274.22/cwt	260.00–280.50	1,837	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	265.50/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,904	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	740	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	2,263	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	254.75/cwt	249.00–268.00	2,013	92
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,092	9

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 Feb 7, 2025

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

Receipts 1,869Last week 3,063Year ago 2,723

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.