Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the auction two weeks ago; steers 550-lbs 4.00 lower, 600 lbs 10.00 lower. Load lot of 900 lbs steers 1.00 higher, with limited numbers last week. Too light a test on heifers both weeks, no comparison. Over five loads of yearlings, along with half load of light steers and many other smaller packages in the offering today. Demand moderate at times, good during yearling sales.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.48/cwt on 323 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −33.83 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$437.48

323 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$40.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.75

vs IA average

+14.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	442.82	2,441	280
Medium and Large 1-2	567	402.71	2,282	43

One grade step is worth $40.10/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale323 hd

437.48

—

IA average6 barns · 1,202 hd

439.22

−1.75

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+14.83

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−33.83

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

44 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	1100–1150	1,140	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,044	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	530.69/cwt	505.00–557.50	1,497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	513.69/cwt	497.00–527.00	1,736	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	360.28/cwt	341.00–366.00	2,198	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	422.29/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,234	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	174	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	454.51/cwt	440.00–469.00	2,382	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	407.06/cwt	381.00–419.00	2,332	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	301.59/cwt	300.25–306.00	2,687	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	316.89/cwt	309.00–322.50	3,071	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	453.63/cwt	440.00–472.00	2,128	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,581	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,999	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	330.39/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,544	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,694	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	437.09/cwt	416.00–450.50	2,478	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	528.46/cwt	511.00–545.00	1,881	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	485.40/cwt	460.00–501.50	2,243	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,147	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	331.54/cwt	322.50–334.50	2,676	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	403.54/cwt	397.50–413.00	2,175	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,678	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,296	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	395.47/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,472	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	315.75/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,892	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	401.92/cwt	380.00–409.00	2,383	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	3,243	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,079	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	365.34/cwt	362.00–371.00	2,104	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	339.30/cwt	338.00–342.50	2,280	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	447.46/cwt	433.00–473.00	1,987	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	424.63/cwt	412.50–440.00	1,737	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	294	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	478.80/cwt	457.00–500.00	2,035	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	377.86/cwt	354.00–382.50	2,494	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	372.75/cwt	372.75–372.75	3,019	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	524.54/cwt	490.00–532.00	2,145	17

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 — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,140	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	150–200	174	1,100.00	1,100.00
6	250–300	282	505.00–557.50	530.69
9	300–350	338	497.00–527.00	513.69
3	350–400	385	451.00	451.00
89	400–450	425	457.00–500.00	478.80
57	450–500	469	440.00–472.00	453.63
84	500–550	529	411.00–435.00	422.29
92	550–600	573	381.00–419.00	407.06
13	600–650	610	341.00–366.00	360.28
18	650–700	672	338.00–342.50	339.30
16	700–750	725	356.00	356.00
20	750–800	770	330.00–332.00	330.39
180	800–850	807	322.50–334.50	331.54
72	850–900	891	300.25–306.00	301.59
16	900–950	916	315.00–316.00	315.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	460.00	460.00
16	400–450	409	412.50–440.00	424.63
6	500–550	540	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	576	362.00–371.00	365.34
15	950–1000	965	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	356	511.00–545.00	528.46
17	400–450	409	490.00–532.00	524.54
98	450–500	462	460.00–501.50	485.40
104	500–550	524	440.00–469.00	454.51
172	550–600	567	416.00–450.50	437.09
96	600–650	625	375.00–399.00	395.47
84	650–700	660	354.00–382.50	377.86
7	700–750	700	354.00	354.00
66	800–850	810	372.75	372.75
64	900–950	944	343.50	343.50
22	950–1000	969	309.00–322.50	316.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	294	590.00	590.00
10	400–450	423	472.50	472.50
4	450–500	488	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	587	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	444	433.00–473.00	447.46
3	450–500	468	451.00	451.00
21	500–550	539	397.50–413.00	403.54
22	550–600	593	380.00–409.00	401.92
8	600–650	629	365.00	365.00
21	750–800	790	341.00	341.00
4	850–900	856	325.00	325.00

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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