Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the auction two weeks ago; 600-650 steers were 9.00-11.00 higher. Too light a test on heavier steers. Heifers 500 lbs 5.00 lower. Limited number of heifers in other weights, no comparison. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.51/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 12 of 21 comparable sales and sits +0.21 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$471.51

137 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$30.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.44

vs IA average

+2.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	473.07	2,613	130
Medium and Large 1-2	513	442.50	2,270	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.57/cwt here — about $343 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 sale137 hd

471.51

—

IA average5 barns · 275 hd

452.07

+19.44

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+2.47

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

+0.21

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

36 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	1,118	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,996	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,922	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,985	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	412.84/cwt	402.50–426.00	1,949	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	340.82/cwt	332.00–343.00	2,689	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	417.32/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,170	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,360	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,380	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	456.85/cwt	444.00–468.00	1,937	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	382.66/cwt	357.00–384.00	2,763	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	462.15/cwt	440.00–474.00	2,639	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	358.79/cwt	345.00–381.00	2,207	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,881	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	512.10/cwt	501.00–527.00	1,941	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,303	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,071	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	491.20/cwt	465.00–504.00	2,584	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	483.33/cwt	481.00–485.00	2,276	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	386.51/cwt	369.50–398.00	2,613	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	696	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,004	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	514.84/cwt	497.00–535.00	2,204	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	406.44/cwt	404.50–409.00	2,552	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	242	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	513	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,270	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,705	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,154	3

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
13	1000–1050	1,029	284.00	284.00
6	1100–1150	1,118	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	535.00	535.00
9	350–400	397	500.00	500.00
23	400–450	424	444.00–468.00	456.85
10	450–500	472	402.50–426.00	412.84
97	500–550	520	400.00–430.00	417.32
35	600–650	615	345.00–381.00	358.79
13	650–700	688	343.00	343.00
17	700–750	700	340.00	340.00
15	750–800	789	332.00–343.00	340.82
7	900–950	927	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	242	1,375.00	1,375.00
6	300–350	325	510.00	510.00
17	400–450	407	492.50	492.50
5	450–500	495	389.00	389.00
13	550–600	550	395.00	395.00
4	600–650	611	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	378	451.00	451.00
9	400–450	426	417.00	417.00
3	700–750	718	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	379	501.00–527.00	512.10
41	400–450	428	497.00–535.00	514.84
55	450–500	471	481.00–485.00	483.33
50	500–550	526	465.00–504.00	491.20
76	550–600	571	440.00–474.00	462.15
40	600–650	628	404.50–409.00	406.44
56	650–700	676	369.50–398.00	386.51
60	700–750	722	357.00–384.00	382.66
9	800–850	823	350.00	350.00
31	900–950	920	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	454.00	454.00
14	600–650	629	400.00	400.00
4	650–700	696	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	513	442.50	442.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	540	427.00	427.00

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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