Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-03-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 28
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,188 head
68 vs last sale 1,256 1,188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was a Western Iowa Precondition sale. Several load lots of yearlings, along with two loads of replacement heifers, and many strings of smaller groups in the offering. Demand was highest on the replacement heifers, a featured consignment today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $378.19/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 93.11 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$378.19
74 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.46
vs IA average
+14.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546379.802,07270
Medium and Large 1-2525350.001,8384thin
One grade step is worth $29.80/cwt here — about $234 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale74 hd
378.19
IA average4 barns · 675 hd
372.73
+5.46
National average170 barns · 13,177 hd
363.98
+14.21
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
−93.11
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

33 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
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,018220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2403
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,100189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,0793
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519325.39/cwt325.00–326.001,68910
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400351407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,42916
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,71217
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565329.91/cwt320.00–332.001,86423
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950935265.62/cwt257.00–270.002,48478
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624352.03/cwt329.00–362.002,19780
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800785290.34/cwt282.00–311.002,27930
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400397466.00/cwt466.00–466.001,8507
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585357.05/cwt340.00–366.002,08918
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531389.90/cwt363.00–397.002,07048
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000996238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,3703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0064
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668288.42/cwt284.00–294.751,92741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760269.25/cwt269.25–269.252,04611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750700295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,06523
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730315.63/cwt311.00–325.502,30445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735277.53/cwt275.00–280.002,04012
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550542361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,9574
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750703281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,97535
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800783277.18/cwt275.75–278.502,17023
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620302.02/cwt301.00–303.001,87326
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900881277.37/cwt274.00–279.752,444211
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462426.50/cwt426.50–426.501,97027
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823281.09/cwt280.50–282.252,31353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,3903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600558300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6743
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950921248.81/cwt248.00–251.252,29227
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850821270.34/cwt267.00–275.502,219208
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900852271.50/cwt271.50–271.502,3139
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550518323.50/cwt323.50–323.501,67615

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.