Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Too light a test on steers under 700 lbs. Steers 800 lbs 5.00 lower with load lot prices bringing 2.00 lower. Steers 900 lbs 2.00 higher, 950 lbs 6.00 lower on colored/mixed load. Not enough 700-750 lb heifers last sale for comparison. Heifers 850 lbs 5.00 higher on a load lot. CME feeder cattle futures dipped 6.00 yesterday and rebounded 2.00 today. Active bidding, especially on heavy cattle and replacement heifers. The next feeder sale June 7, World Livestock Auctioneer Championship! See you there!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.22/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −83.08 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$388.22

14 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.22

vs IA average

+3.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	388.22	2,027	14thin

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

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 sale14 hd

388.22

—

IA average4 barns · 455 hd

404.44

−16.22

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+3.62

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−83.08

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

30 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,429	9
Heifers	Large 1Replacement	1000–1050	1,022	2,510.00/head	2,510.00–2,510.00	2,510	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,785	12
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	269.60/cwt	269.25–269.75	2,750	205
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	958	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	339.15/cwt	331.00–345.50	1,994	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	295.49/cwt	293.00–301.00	2,187	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,248	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	293.86/cwt	292.50–294.50	2,560	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	883	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	791	2,385.00/head	2,385.00–2,385.00	2,385	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	326.66/cwt	321.00–331.50	2,342	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	388.22/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,027	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	295.93/cwt	288.00–299.60	2,436	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	904	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	2,502	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	328.17/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,225	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	284.82/cwt	274.00–290.50	2,589	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,578	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,009	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,220	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	348.92/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,853	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	327.74/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,163	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	330.35/cwt	329.50–343.00	2,104	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	407.16/cwt	395.00–415.50	2,007	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	908	2,535.00/head	2,535.00–2,535.00	2,535	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,573	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

Fri May 16, 2025

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

Receipts 1,402Last week 1,129Year ago 1,940

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,008	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,022	2,510.00	2,510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	395.00	395.00
10	500–550	531	340.00–357.00	348.92
9	550–600	588	331.00–345.50	339.15
46	600–650	637	329.50–343.00	330.35
18	650–700	660	325.00–340.00	327.74
175	700–750	740	293.00–301.00	295.49
140	750–800	762	295.00	295.00
58	850–900	850	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
13	750–800	791	2,385.00	2,385.00
12	850–900	883	2,425.00	2,425.00
36	900–950	904	276.75	276.75
31	900–950	908	2,535.00	2,535.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	321.00	321.00
5	650–700	663	303.00	303.00
5	850–900	881	252.00	252.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	1000–1050	1,020	269.25–269.75	269.60
12	1050–1100	1,090	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	493	395.00–415.50	407.16
14	500–550	522	380.00–393.00	388.22
3	600–650	648	293.50	293.50
49	650–700	678	321.00–339.00	328.17
58	700–750	717	321.00–331.50	326.66
115	800–850	823	288.00–299.60	295.93
96	850–900	871	292.50–294.50	293.86
56	900–950	909	274.00–290.50	284.82
56	950–1000	972	265.25	265.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	375.00	375.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	958	170.00	170.00

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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