Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Many unweaned calves today. Limited number of light steers in the offering. Upward trend on yearling steers. Fancy replacement heifers in the market today, bringing a premium. Many half loads and small strings, along with a load lot of yearling steers in this light offering. Demand was active both in the arena and online. Next auction is April 25th, Western Iowa Preconditioned feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.38/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −98.92 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$372.38

84 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$24.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.14

vs IA average

+18.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	375.60	1,988	73
Medium and Large 1-2	549	351.00	1,927	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.60/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale84 hd

372.38

—

IA average5 barns · 787 hd

359.24

+13.14

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+18.08

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−98.92

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,481	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	2,146	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	274.46/cwt	260.00–280.50	2,009	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	324	502.13/cwt	497.50–509.00	1,627	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	291	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,360	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	285.48/cwt	270.00–287.75	2,341	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,927	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	266.67/cwt	251.00–271.75	2,523	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	289.75/cwt	286.25–301.75	2,243	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,793	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	295.94/cwt	288.00–307.50	2,143	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	308.41/cwt	299.00–313.00	2,085	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,560	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	469.43/cwt	440.00–478.00	1,892	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	353.21/cwt	338.00–365.00	2,003	22
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1250–1300	1,275	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	385.26/cwt	381.00–393.00	1,976	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	384.16/cwt	361.00–394.00	1,613	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	316.90/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,619	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	281.03/cwt	263.50–283.50	2,417	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	805	263.98/cwt	262.00–269.00	2,125	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	886	2,372.05/head	2,325.00–2,385.00	2,372	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	292.94/cwt	281.00–294.35	1,825	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	365.65/cwt	344.00–369.00	1,715	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	295.95/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,755	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	261.62/cwt	260.50–262.00	1,996	16

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 Apr 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,024Last week 1,392Year ago 1,180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	476	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	351	422.00	422.00
24	400–450	420	361.00–394.00	384.16
30	450–500	469	344.00–369.00	365.65
27	500–550	511	309.00–327.00	316.90
9	550–600	593	292.00–301.00	295.95
71	600–650	623	281.00–294.35	292.94
78	700–750	732	260.00–280.50	274.46
16	750–800	763	260.50–262.00	261.62
45	850–900	875	245.25	245.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	738	244.00	244.00
3	750–800	790	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	437	357.00	357.00
5	550–600	578	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	800–850	805	262.00–269.00	263.98
58	850–900	886	2,325.00–2,385.00	2,372.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	324	497.50–509.00	502.13
9	400–450	415	432.00	432.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	467.50	467.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	316	530.00	530.00
27	400–450	403	440.00–478.00	469.43
51	500–550	513	381.00–393.00	385.26
22	550–600	567	338.00–365.00	353.21
7	600–650	629	321.00	321.00
38	650–700	676	299.00–313.00	308.41
39	700–750	724	288.00–307.50	295.94
93	750–800	774	286.25–301.75	289.75
32	800–850	820	270.00–287.75	285.48
33	850–900	860	263.50–283.50	281.03
73	900–950	946	251.00–271.75	266.67
3	950–1000	956	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	417.50	417.50
11	500–550	549	351.00	351.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1250–1300	1,275	198.50	198.50

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.

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