Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Precondition. Lower undertones noted. The market has been uncertain this week, mostly in a downward trend. Today brought higher CME feeder cattle futures. The sale consisted of over four loads of steers and one load of heifers, along with plenty of smaller strings. Good market for light cattle, although numbers were limited. Demand was better today, especially on loads of yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.93/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −68.37 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$402.93

127 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$41.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.82

vs IA average

−16.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	407.21	2,309	114
Medium and Large 1-2	576	365.42	2,105	13thin

One grade step is worth $41.79/cwt here — about $204 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 sale127 hd

402.93

—

IA average7 barns · 1,537 hd

406.75

−3.82

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−16.17

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−68.37

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

37 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
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,048	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,039	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,051	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,069	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	414.91/cwt	385.00–427.50	1,855	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	2,833	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	390.18/cwt	363.50–400.50	2,415	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	347.04/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,110	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	417.19/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,596	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	340.37/cwt	324.00–353.00	2,332	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	319.24/cwt	301.00–329.50	2,516	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	498.19/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,072	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	418.20/cwt	402.50–435.00	1,961	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,952	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	349.37/cwt	334.00–361.00	2,341	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	307.12/cwt	304.50–309.50	2,838	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,729	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	345.59/cwt	340.50–355.00	2,208	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	976	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,767	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	382.75/cwt	380.00–383.50	1,983	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,102	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	407.21/cwt	400.00–411.50	2,309	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,824	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,908	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,107	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	319.31/cwt	313.00–325.00	2,347	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	378.19/cwt	365.00–391.00	1,861	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	554	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,355	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	298.34/cwt	291.00–301.00	2,005	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	297.75/cwt	297.75–297.75	2,849	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,868	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	314.54/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	365.42/cwt	361.00–370.50	2,105	13

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
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	1000–1050	1,048	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	467	450.00	450.00
114	550–600	567	400.00–411.50	407.21
39	650–700	670	334.00–361.00	349.37
10	700–750	735	313.00–325.00	319.31
21	750–800	788	301.00–329.50	319.24
53	800–850	840	337.25	337.25
18	850–900	857	329.50	329.50
106	900–950	924	304.50–309.50	307.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	416	470.00–520.00	498.19
8	450–500	469	402.50–435.00	418.20
39	600–650	619	363.50–400.50	390.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	455.00	455.00
13	550–600	576	361.00–370.50	365.42
15	600–650	639	340.50–355.00	345.59
28	950–1000	976	283.50	283.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	447	385.00–427.50	414.91
3	450–500	498	392.00	392.00
7	500–550	532	389.00	389.00
53	600–650	608	325.00–350.00	347.04
14	650–700	685	324.00–353.00	340.37
5	700–750	717	318.00	318.00
70	750–800	776	334.50	334.50
6	800–850	835	310.00	310.00
24	850–900	869	314.00	314.00
11	950–1000	957	297.75	297.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	405.00–425.00	417.19
33	450–500	492	365.00–391.00	378.19
33	500–550	518	380.00–383.50	382.75
11	650–700	672	291.00–301.00	298.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	566	330.00	330.00
6	600–650	631	310.00–319.00	314.54
14	650–700	669	315.00	315.00
4	900–950	907	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	554	425.00	425.00

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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