Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-04-04

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Apr 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,392 head
204 vs last sale 1,188 217 vs year ago 1,609 · 13.5%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was not Precondition. A couple load lots, many half loads, and plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. CME feeder cattle futures down this week. Demand still active, especially on lightweight cattle as numbers dwindle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $356.99/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 114.31 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$356.99
122 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.42
vs IA average
12.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547360.261,970113
Medium and Large 1-2565315.921,7849thin
One grade step is worth $44.34/cwt here — about $186 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
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 sale122 hd
356.99
IA average6 barns · 1,016 hd
371.41
−14.42
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
−12.02
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
−114.31
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

34 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950920238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,1944
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381396.99/cwt392.50–400.001,51310
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250223975.00/head975.00–975.009753
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–3503301,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3756
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800774265.80/cwt252.00–273.002,057131
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574305.27/cwt301.00–310.001,75255
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430419.60/cwt413.00–421.001,80422
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567340.31/cwt328.00–356.001,93044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,88722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450411394.73/cwt385.00–400.001,6229
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625337.84/cwt335.00–340.752,11189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584307.88/cwt300.00–316.001,7986
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375430.03/cwt418.00–447.001,61310
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500486409.36/cwt402.00–440.001,98920
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550537361.47/cwt341.00–368.001,94146
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735290.88/cwt286.25–300.002,13846
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773284.83/cwt279.00–288.752,202146
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950921255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,34920
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750704277.28/cwt256.00–280.001,95233
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518341.03/cwt320.00–344.001,76753
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700661310.51/cwt292.00–320.002,05268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,93521
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550528396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,09123
SteersLarge 11050–11001,053233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,4594
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–3002721,262.42/head1,175.00–1,325.001,2629
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900857247.25/cwt247.25–247.252,11923
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850836276.21/cwt271.00–276.602,30972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,7463
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629287.73/cwt284.00–301.001,81055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6334
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469362.33/cwt357.00–368.001,69998
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423376.44/cwt360.00–392.001,59214
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655295.94/cwt278.00–299.751,93888

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.