Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Several load lots of heifers, two load lots of yearling steers, along with many smaller groups in this light sale today. CME feeder cattle futures back down today, but prices continue to be strong, especially with lightweight cattle and replacement heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.53/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −120.49 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$308.53

74 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.48

vs IA average

+1.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	308.53	1,679	74

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

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 sale74 hd

308.53

—

IA average5 barns · 693 hd

317.01

−8.48

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

+1.52

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−120.49

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

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,043	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	277.87/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,862	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	274.49/cwt	264.00–280.00	2,001	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	267.18/cwt	261.00–270.00	2,239	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	373.92/cwt	369.00–382.50	1,455	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	375.71/cwt	368.00–382.00	1,743	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	436.87/cwt	416.00–446.00	1,699	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	1,685.00/head	1,685.00–1,685.00	1,685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	334.76/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,945	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	1,660.00/head	1,660.00–1,660.00	1,660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,346	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	393.26/cwt	382.00–408.00	1,636	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	770	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,948	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	360.04/cwt	355.50–366.00	1,908	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,742	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	247.93/cwt	235.00–248.75	2,494	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	316.21/cwt	305.00–333.00	2,002	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,685	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	755	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,363	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	302.00/cwt	295.50–309.50	2,180	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	771	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,251	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,265	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	288.13/cwt	278.00–289.50	1,804	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	343.42/cwt	337.00–353.00	1,611	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	298.30/cwt	292.00–314.00	1,691	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,372	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	292.56/cwt	274.00–302.50	2,244	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,013	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	325.49/cwt	317.00–331.00	1,657	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	739	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,136	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,610	3

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	648	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	1,350.00	1,350.00
8	350–400	389	369.00–382.50	373.92
7	350–400	381	1,475.00	1,475.00
7	400–450	435	356.00	356.00
44	450–500	469	337.00–353.00	343.42
26	500–550	509	317.00–331.00	325.49
45	550–600	567	292.00–314.00	298.30
64	600–650	626	278.00–289.50	288.13
45	650–700	670	275.00–284.00	277.87
290	700–750	729	264.00–280.00	274.49
13	750–800	754	271.00	271.00
29	800–850	838	261.00–270.00	267.18
20	900–950	915	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	739	289.00	289.00
11	750–800	771	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	642	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	511	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	416	382.00–408.00	393.26
21	450–500	464	368.00–382.00	375.71
3	500–550	543	336.00	336.00
18	750–800	770	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	1,500.00	1,500.00
7	300–350	340	485.00	485.00
10	350–400	389	416.00–446.00	436.87
3	350–400	370	1,660.00	1,660.00
3	400–450	400	1,685.00	1,685.00
5	450–500	450	387.00	387.00
29	500–550	530	355.50–366.00	360.04
25	550–600	581	325.00–342.00	334.76
59	600–650	633	305.00–333.00	316.21
5	650–700	666	308.00	308.00
102	700–750	722	295.50–309.50	302.00
71	750–800	767	274.00–302.50	292.56
61	800–850	847	280.00	280.00
8	850–900	871	260.00	260.00
22	900–950	920	255.00	255.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	1000–1050	1,006	235.00–248.75	247.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	487	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	755	313.00	313.00

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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