Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago; steers 700 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 800 lbs 7.00-8.00 higher. Heifers 450-550 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 750 lbs mostly steady. CME feeder cattle futures up 1.00 today. A couple load lots of yearling heifers and steers, along with plenty of smaller strings in this light offering. Demand good, especially on replacement heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.14/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −104.16 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$367.14

64 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$32.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.25

vs IA average

+25.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	369.69	1,937	59
Medium and Large 1-2	521	337.00	1,756	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.69/cwt here — about $181 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 sale64 hd

367.14

—

IA average6 barns · 658 hd

340.89

+26.25

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+25.93

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−104.16

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

45 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	750–800	785	254.11/cwt	250.00–256.50	1,995	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,756	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	374.30/cwt	357.50–379.00	1,890	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,030	19
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	249.67/cwt	237.00–256.00	2,534	15
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,238	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	929	272.35/cwt	272.35–272.35	2,530	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	252.02/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,119	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	386.54/cwt	373.00–401.00	1,488	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	1,470.25/head	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,470	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	419.51/cwt	417.00–423.00	1,749	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,314	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	332.70/cwt	315.00–343.50	2,049	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	278.06/cwt	270.00–282.50	2,172	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	1,335.00/head	1,335.00–1,335.00	1,335	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	264.40/cwt	263.25–271.00	1,954	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	311.84/cwt	305.00–320.50	1,678	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	281.93/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,914	26
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,297	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	685	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	532	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,777	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	878	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,546	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,993	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	303.03/cwt	293.50–309.25	1,779	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	284.65/cwt	274.50–293.00	1,771	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	778	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,007	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	633	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,310	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	745	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,079	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	1,364.32/head	1,310.00–1,475.00	1,364	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	253.37/cwt	248.50–262.75	2,250	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	340.42/cwt	333.00–346.00	1,651	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	271.45/cwt	260.00–274.50	2,207	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	365.67/cwt	346.00–381.00	1,744	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	302.52/cwt	299.50–306.00	2,024	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,101	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	350.40/cwt	329.00–362.00	1,465	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	254.74/cwt	251.75–259.10	2,489	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	293.77/cwt	280.00–296.50	2,159	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	947	243.25/cwt	243.25–243.25	2,304	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	845	266.35/cwt	266.35–266.35	2,251	79

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

Receipts 1,675Last week 1,869Year ago 2,030

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	343	1,335.00	1,335.00
15	350–400	380	1,310.00–1,475.00	1,364.32
11	400–450	417	1,100.00	1,100.00
67	400–450	418	329.00–362.00	350.40
60	450–500	485	333.00–346.00	340.42
15	500–550	538	305.00–320.50	311.84
75	550–600	587	293.50–309.25	303.03
29	600–650	622	274.50–293.00	284.65
26	650–700	679	275.00–286.00	281.93
35	700–750	739	263.25–271.00	264.40
22	750–800	785	250.00–256.50	254.11
13	800–850	819	256.50	256.50
68	850–900	888	248.50–262.75	253.37
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,021	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	532	334.00	334.00
19	600–650	633	365.00	365.00
5	650–700	685	301.00	301.00
22	700–750	745	279.00	279.00
57	750–800	778	258.00	258.00
11	850–900	878	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	698	250.00	250.00
14	800–850	848	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
79	800–850	845	266.35	266.35
24	900–950	947	243.25	243.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	373.00–401.00	386.54
4	400–450	426	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	521	337.00	337.00
18	800–850	841	250.00–256.00	252.02
3	950–1000	986	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	331	1,510.00	1,510.00
10	350–400	373	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,470.25
35	400–450	417	417.00–423.00	419.51
96	450–500	477	346.00–381.00	365.67
40	500–550	505	357.50–379.00	374.30
19	550–600	564	360.00	360.00
111	600–650	616	315.00–343.50	332.70
21	650–700	669	299.50–306.00	302.52
49	700–750	735	280.00–296.50	293.77
44	750–800	781	270.00–282.50	278.06
97	800–850	813	260.00–274.50	271.45
30	850–900	878	263.50	263.50
65	950–1000	977	251.75–259.10	254.74
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,015	237.00–256.00	249.67
3	1200–1250	1,238	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
86	900–950	929	272.35	272.35

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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