Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last reported sale was three weeks ago. Much of the auction consisted of lightweight calves, along with a load lot of 800 lb heifers and many other smaller packages. Good demand for this light offering. The next feeder sale is September 5.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.13/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −37.89 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$391.13

96 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,148

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.75

vs IA average

+31.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	391.13	2,148	96

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

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 sale96 hd

391.13

—

IA average2 barns · 177 hd

395.87

−4.75

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+31.33

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−37.89

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

39 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
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,967	3
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,127	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,291	7
Heifers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,276	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	3,171	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	305.17/cwt	298.25–315.00	3,088	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,794	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	382.36/cwt	378.00–400.00	2,141	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,599	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	462.78/cwt	440.00–474.00	2,485	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	345.87/cwt	323.00–347.50	2,808	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,696	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	500.26/cwt	481.00–507.00	2,581	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	394.98/cwt	391.00–399.00	2,469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,830.41/head	1,525.00–2,000.00	1,830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	2,189.29/head	2,025.00–2,375.00	2,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	353.48/cwt	344.00–357.00	2,708	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	505.20/cwt	497.00–523.00	2,127	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	508	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,276	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	829	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	372.79/cwt	357.00–389.00	2,404	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	361.18/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,478	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	1,667.88/head	1,425.00–1,725.00	1,668	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,040	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	350.13/cwt	350.00–350.50	2,906	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	392.01/cwt	382.50–417.50	2,109	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	391.36/cwt	383.00–398.00	2,626	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	523.07/cwt	520.00–531.00	2,516	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	379.17/cwt	357.00–384.00	2,923	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,743	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,536	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	336.34/cwt	329.00–339.00	3,071	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,449	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,377	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,107	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	598.00/cwt	598.00–598.00	2,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,156	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,314	15

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,056	281.00	281.00
7	1100–1150	1,127	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	405	598.00	598.00
7	450–500	450	577.50	577.50
24	500–550	537	440.00–474.00	462.78
7	650–700	662	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	285	1,525.00–2,000.00	1,830.41
9	300–350	327	2,025.00–2,375.00	2,189.29
43	450–500	481	520.00–531.00	523.07
26	500–550	516	481.00–507.00	500.26
29	550–600	573	442.50	442.50
6	600–650	625	391.00–399.00	394.98
7	650–700	671	383.00–398.00	391.36
25	700–750	704	383.00	383.00
78	750–800	771	357.00–384.00	379.17
20	800–850	830	350.00–350.50	350.13
23	900–950	913	329.00–339.00	336.34
15	950–1000	959	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	829	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	575.00	575.00
3	550–600	581	383.00	383.00
15	600–650	641	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	1000–1050	1,012	298.25–315.00	305.17
3	1250–1300	1,276	248.50	248.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	250–300	284	1,425.00–1,725.00	1,667.88
19	400–450	421	497.00–523.00	505.20
8	450–500	493	420.00	420.00
26	500–550	538	382.50–417.50	392.01
61	550–600	560	378.00–400.00	382.36
85	600–650	645	357.00–389.00	372.79
17	650–700	686	360.00–365.00	361.18
23	750–800	766	344.00–357.00	353.48
80	800–850	812	323.00–347.50	345.87
34	850–900	880	317.50	317.50
4	900–950	913	316.00	316.00
4	950–1000	953	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	508	448.00	448.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	378	461.00	461.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	687	346.00	346.00

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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