Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-10-31

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 31
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,441 head
515 vs last sale 926 595 vs year ago 846 · +70.3%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. The auction consisted of 6 loads of yearling steers and plenty of smaller packages of calves and yearlings. Downward trend in the market this week but good demand and active trade throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $440.19/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 31.12 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$440.19
195 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,455
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.46
vs IA average
+10.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555442.762,458183
Medium and Large 1-2595401.002,38612thin
One grade step is worth $41.76/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
533498463428median 471.3012/1901/3003/0604/1708/07
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 sale195 hd
440.19
IA average4 barns · 579 hd
427.73
+12.46
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
+10.47
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
−31.12
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

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3883
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,4714
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850804312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,50811
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431451.92/cwt445.00–458.001,94815
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750720330.10/cwt326.50–344.002,37752
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577380.29/cwt371.00–392.002,19456
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–4003611,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4503
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–3002621,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2755
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718366.59/cwt353.00–377.002,632181
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850835344.62/cwt338.50–347.752,878195
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,1626
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658355.88/cwt344.00–362.002,34220
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950932338.73/cwt338.00–342.503,15730
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800766352.46/cwt344.00–358.002,70054
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900895339.25/cwt339.25–339.253,03644
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610357.72/cwt340.00–362.002,18230
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518461.67/cwt440.50–477.502,39157
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518388.30/cwt364.00–400.502,01136
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675361.88/cwt349.00–377.502,44391
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474426.76/cwt407.00–444.002,02347
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616405.07/cwt395.00–410.002,49558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800786317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,4923
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000975325.25/cwt318.00–329.253,17187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,38612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,9054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600556342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,9023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000951291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,7674
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572434.20/cwt405.00–447.502,484126
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469476.66/cwt470.00–480.002,23617

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.