Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Last auction was two weeks ago. Most of the auction today consisted of lightweight unweaned calves. Not enough volume of calves with comparable weights to create a trend with the previous auction. Four loads of heifers, 3 loads of steers and many smaller strings in the offering today. Too light a test on yearling cattle in the previous auction for a comparison. Good demand. The next feeder sale is September 19.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $430.86/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 13 of 21 comparable sales and sits +1.84 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$430.86

98 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$62.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.00

vs IA average

+59.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	453.25	2,388	63
Medium and Large 1-2	544	390.57	2,125	35

One grade step is worth $62.68/cwt here — about $263 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

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 sale98 hd

430.86

—

IA average2 barns · 170 hd

417.86

+13.00

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+59.35

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

+1.84

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

43 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	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,246	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	505.82/cwt	472.00–517.50	2,135	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	211	655.23/cwt	650.00–660.00	1,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	440.23/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,514	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	344.18/cwt	342.00–345.00	2,791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	337.78/cwt	333.00–341.00	2,807	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	357.59/cwt	356.50–369.00	2,646	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,134	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	320.94/cwt	320.00–338.00	2,840	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	572.73/cwt	557.50–580.00	1,838	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	330.35/cwt	330.00–331.00	3,257	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	370.44/cwt	344.00–381.00	2,497	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	506.21/cwt	487.00–516.00	2,658	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	390.43/cwt	375.00–397.00	2,600	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	535.72/cwt	523.00–555.00	2,020	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,342	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,308	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,387	3
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	302.68/cwt	297.00–309.00	3,272	19
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	3,041	17
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,933	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	421.43/cwt	421.00–423.00	2,486	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,427	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	450.10/cwt	430.00–472.50	2,142	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,023	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,137	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	390.57/cwt	370.00–394.00	2,125	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	593.73/cwt	587.50–600.00	1,894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	497.74/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,369	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	519.46/cwt	517.50–522.00	2,228	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	618.82/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,671	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	343.92/cwt	340.50–347.00	3,336	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	354.80/cwt	336.00–365.50	3,144	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	344.05/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,646	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	393.36/cwt	389.00–400.00	2,411	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	377.42/cwt	374.00–391.00	2,653	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	552.02/cwt	527.50–580.00	2,341	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	467.54/cwt	462.00–472.00	2,403	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	609.20/cwt	600.00–615.00	1,687	7

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	211	650.00–660.00	655.23
17	250–300	270	600.00–630.00	618.82
12	300–350	321	557.50–580.00	572.73
29	350–400	377	523.00–555.00	535.72
30	400–450	422	472.00–517.50	505.82
30	450–500	476	430.00–472.50	450.10
53	500–550	514	462.00–472.00	467.54
10	550–600	595	377.50	377.50
41	650–700	674	344.00–381.00	370.44
214	700–750	740	356.50–369.00	357.59
60	750–800	769	336.00–346.00	344.05
11	800–850	811	342.00–345.00	344.18
58	850–900	885	320.00–338.00	320.94
9	900–950	930	337.00	337.00
31	950–1000	986	330.00–331.00	330.35
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1050–1100	1,081	297.00–309.00	302.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	450.00	450.00
35	500–550	544	370.00–394.00	390.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	277	600.00–615.00	609.20
6	300–350	319	587.50–600.00	593.73
3	350–400	373	555.00	555.00
46	400–450	424	527.50–580.00	552.02
82	450–500	476	485.00–527.50	497.74
117	500–550	525	487.00–516.00	506.21
52	550–600	571	425.00–470.00	440.23
10	600–650	613	389.00–400.00	393.36
10	650–700	666	375.00–397.00	390.43
20	700–750	703	374.00–391.00	377.42
3	750–800	751	370.00	370.00
28	800–850	831	333.00–341.00	337.78
19	850–900	886	336.00–365.50	354.80
137	950–1000	970	340.50–347.00	343.92
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,022	287.00	287.00
17	1050–1100	1,090	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	429	517.50–522.00	519.46
10	500–550	549	442.00	442.00
67	550–600	590	421.00–423.00	421.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	325	622.50	622.50
24	400–450	415	515.00	515.00
22	500–550	501	467.50	467.50
6	600–650	641	360.00	360.00
3	750–800	793	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	402.50	402.50

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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