Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Feeder Calf Auction - No comparison stated today. Many packages of quality, LTW'd, double vaccinated, home raised new crop feeder calves available today. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. Very active internet bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.03/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −74.28 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$397.03

94 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$64.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.53

vs IA average

−27.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	399.78	2,161	90
Medium and Large 1-2	506	335.00	1,695	4thin

One grade step is worth $64.78/cwt here — about $466 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 sale94 hd

397.03

—

IA average3 barns · 535 hd

418.55

−21.53

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−27.84

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−74.28

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

27 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	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	322.60/cwt	318.00–325.50	2,449	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,261	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,561	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,419	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	466.94/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,737	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	349.26/cwt	343.00–360.00	1,865	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	369.87/cwt	360.00–394.00	2,167	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	322.84/cwt	315.00–332.00	2,034	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	353.52/cwt	338.50–361.50	2,354	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	345.51/cwt	323.00–357.50	1,973	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,607	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	410.05/cwt	396.00–416.00	2,153	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	482.74/cwt	475.00–507.50	1,834	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	421.66/cwt	416.00–425.00	1,931	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	379.60/cwt	379.00–380.00	1,860	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	443.45/cwt	439.00–459.50	2,146	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	419.65/cwt	414.00–427.00	1,800	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	315.80/cwt	303.00–323.00	2,100	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	354.97/cwt	344.00–361.00	2,219	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	341.76/cwt	331.00–349.00	2,461	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	442.98/cwt	437.00–450.00	1,940	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,580	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 →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Nov 14, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 853Last week 1,121Year ago 829

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	295	517.50	517.50
13	300–350	316	500.00	500.00
29	350–400	380	475.00–507.50	482.74
34	400–450	438	437.00–450.00	442.98
48	450–500	484	439.00–459.50	443.45
67	500–550	525	396.00–416.00	410.05
23	550–600	586	360.00–394.00	369.87
50	600–650	625	344.00–361.00	354.97
55	650–700	666	338.50–361.50	353.52
29	700–750	720	331.00–349.00	341.76
19	750–800	759	318.00–325.50	322.60
4	800–850	827	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	506	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	477.50	477.50
10	350–400	372	465.00–470.00	466.94
36	400–450	429	414.00–427.00	419.65
27	450–500	458	416.00–425.00	421.66
11	500–550	534	343.00–360.00	349.26
73	550–600	571	323.00–357.50	345.51
19	600–650	630	315.00–332.00	322.84
44	650–700	665	303.00–323.00	315.80
5	700–750	700	323.00	323.00
9	750–800	793	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	378	425.00	425.00
45	450–500	490	379.00–380.00	379.60

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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