Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-06-27

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jun 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
937 head
465 vs last sale 1,402 158 vs year ago 779 · +20.3%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. There hasn't been a recently reported feeder cattle sale, with the exception of the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship auction. As that special auction brought prices beyond the "norm", a trend is not applicable today. A featured consignment of 400 heifers, mostly yearlings, was the highlight of today's sale. Steers and lightweight heifers were limited in numbers. Demand was good both in the arena and online.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $367.85/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 61.17 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$367.85
79 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.21
vs IA average
+31.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546367.852,00779
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
479449420391median 429.0212/1901/3003/0604/1708/07
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 sale79 hd
367.85
IA average3 barns · 223 hd
363.64
+4.21
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
+31.94
This barn, trailing median21 sales
429.02
−61.17
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersLarge 11000–10501,004265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,6615
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450411472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,9423
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650639321.27/cwt318.50–327.002,0539
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000963257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,47513
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566371.75/cwt371.75–371.752,10424
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700657331.72/cwt318.00–339.002,17938
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850803297.15/cwt293.50–297.252,386153
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900878280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,463214
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535368.98/cwt359.00–394.001,97442
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,44225
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650631372.36/cwt366.00–386.002,35033
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750713311.02/cwt303.50–313.002,21879
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600576390.80/cwt377.00–398.002,25131
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900856292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,5003
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730328.99/cwt320.00–344.002,40210
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700681269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8329
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,1026
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000992265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,62912
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850818309.49/cwt307.00–311.002,53219
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526404.14/cwt392.00–423.002,12623
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850813297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,4199
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural500–550507417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,11420
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700651327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,1293
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350337620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,0895
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,4128
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500492426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,09617
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500466396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,84510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550543357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,93913
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450422438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,8488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800750288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,16012

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.