Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Mostly lightweight steers and heifers in the offering today. Steers 450-550 lbs, were mixed. Too light a test on lightweight heifers last sale for a comparison. The auction consisted of mostly part loads and smaller strings. Good demand, especially on advertised reputation consignment of light calves. Next feeder sale October 3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.47/cwt on 242 head. That ranks 4 of 21 comparable sales and sits −17.83 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$453.47

242 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$56.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.66

vs IA average

+48.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	457.00	2,503	227
Medium and Large 1-2	577	400.11	2,309	15thin

One grade step is worth $56.89/cwt here — about $195 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

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 sale242 hd

453.47

—

IA average4 barns · 428 hd

443.81

+9.66

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+48.83

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−17.83

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

40 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	1150–1200	1,196	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,169	9
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,121	14
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,188	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,697	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,069	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	337.81/cwt	319.00–343.50	2,824	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	400.31/cwt	387.00–414.00	2,442	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	374.20/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,507	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	520.11/cwt	507.50–540.00	2,252	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	441.08/cwt	430.00–449.50	2,505	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	350.08/cwt	334.00–353.00	2,307	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,457	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	563.00/cwt	563.00–563.00	1,818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	357.21/cwt	351.50–368.00	2,547	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,577	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,504	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,422	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	482.71/cwt	464.00–503.00	2,491	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	511.12/cwt	500.00–522.00	2,423	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	506.89/cwt	491.00–519.00	1,936	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	389.53/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,224	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	405.66/cwt	385.00–420.25	2,531	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	353.72/cwt	353.25–355.00	2,713	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	566.49/cwt	552.50–572.50	2,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	359.34/cwt	341.00–365.00	2,203	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	416.58/cwt	396.00–420.00	2,183	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	423.97/cwt	420.00–441.00	2,001	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	302.57/cwt	302.00–303.00	2,620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,085	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,113	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	496.46/cwt	485.00–533.00	2,155	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	473.13/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,252	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	400.11/cwt	392.00–404.00	2,309	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,238Last week 1,516Year ago 1,025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1050–1100	1,095	285.00	285.00
9	1150–1200	1,196	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	1,725.00	1,725.00
28	350–400	382	491.00–519.00	506.89
61	400–450	434	485.00–533.00	496.46
62	450–500	476	450.00–490.00	473.13
22	500–550	534	469.00	469.00
29	550–600	571	385.00–405.00	389.53
16	600–650	610	387.00–414.00	400.31
23	650–700	659	334.00–353.00	350.08
16	700–750	747	345.00	345.00
13	800–850	836	319.00–343.50	337.81
3	950–1000	990	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	452.50	452.50
6	500–550	522	464.00	464.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	443	477.00	477.00
61	450–500	472	420.00–441.00	423.97
51	500–550	524	396.00–420.00	416.58
3	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
27	600–650	613	341.00–365.00	359.34
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1150–1200	1,188	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	690.00	690.00
3	300–350	323	563.00	563.00
10	350–400	362	552.50–572.50	566.49
29	400–450	433	507.50–540.00	520.11
103	450–500	474	500.00–522.00	511.12
89	500–550	516	464.00–503.00	482.71
131	550–600	568	430.00–449.50	441.08
55	600–650	624	385.00–420.25	405.66
25	650–700	670	370.00–377.00	374.20
22	700–750	713	351.50–368.00	357.21
22	750–800	767	353.25–355.00	353.72
44	900–950	902	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	520.00	520.00
7	550–600	574	428.00	428.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	465.00	465.00
15	550–600	577	392.00–404.00	400.11
3	600–650	638	368.00	368.00
7	850–900	866	302.00–303.00	302.57
5	900–950	906	293.00	293.00

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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