Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Two loads of reputation 750 lb heifers, along with a load of steer calves and plenty of smaller packages were in the offering today. Demand good on weaned and yearling cattle. Moderate on light unweaned calves. The next feeder cattle auction is December 5.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $346.78/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −82.24 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$346.78

114 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.65

vs IA average

−10.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	346.78	1,932	114

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.60, low $405.13, median $429.02 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 sale114 hd

346.78

—

IA average9 barns · 1,470 hd

355.43

−8.65

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−10.11

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−82.24

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
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,886	3
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	231.03/cwt	223.00–236.00	2,558	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,348	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	378.46/cwt	361.00–396.00	1,790	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	308.75/cwt	303.00–316.00	2,044	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,608	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	345.75/cwt	345.75–345.75	2,438	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	351.37/cwt	334.00–368.00	1,820	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	395.78/cwt	380.00–403.00	1,900	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	324.26/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,393	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	347.29/cwt	341.00–354.50	1,973	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	331.59/cwt	325.00–333.50	2,056	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	334.68/cwt	326.00–339.50	2,286	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,927	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	366.36/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,286	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	318.15/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,300	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	347.63/cwt	341.50–354.00	2,176	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,690	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	348.27/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,992	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	389.68/cwt	380.00–401.00	1,637	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	335.53/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,956	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	378.07/cwt	370.00–388.00	2,140	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,866	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,845	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,638	4

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,113Last week 853Year ago 1,140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,038	278.00	278.00
13	1100–1150	1,107	223.00–236.00	231.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	472.50	472.50
26	450–500	480	380.00–403.00	395.78
19	500–550	530	400.00	400.00
62	550–600	566	370.00–388.00	378.07
85	600–650	624	365.00–370.00	366.36
97	650–700	683	326.00–339.50	334.68
8	700–750	705	345.75	345.75
17	850–900	850	316.50	316.50
15	900–950	916	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	434	425.00	425.00
20	550–600	572	335.00–360.00	348.27
36	600–650	626	341.50–354.00	347.63
24	700–750	723	310.00–332.00	318.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	576	351.00	351.00
4	800–850	807	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	388.00	388.00
3	550–600	578	304.00	304.00
3	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	657	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	473	361.00–396.00	378.46
29	500–550	518	334.00–368.00	351.37
70	550–600	568	341.00–354.50	347.29
101	600–650	620	325.00–333.50	331.59
16	650–700	662	303.00–316.00	308.75
164	700–750	738	315.00–329.00	324.26
4	750–800	796	295.00	295.00
18	850–900	890	293.00	293.00
10	900–950	948	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	406.00	406.00
9	400–450	420	380.00–401.00	389.68
15	550–600	583	335.00–336.00	335.53
10	650–700	665	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	350.00	350.00

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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