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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 5

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

2,955 head

▲ 1,842 vs last sale 1,113▼ 615 vs year ago 3,570 · −17.2%

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 Precondition. Upward trend noted, reflecting the rise in the CME feeder cattle futures this week . The auction consisted of 3 loads of yearling steers from the featured consignment, along with many half loads and smaller strings. Demand was good for this quality offering today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.10/cwt on 273 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −36.10 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$432.10

273 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$36.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

vs IA average

+2.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	438.59	2,425	225
Medium and Large 1-2	582	401.68	2,338	48

One grade step is worth $36.91/cwt here — about $87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale273 hd

432.10

—

IA average7 barns · 1,293 hd

432.26

−0.16

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+2.95

This barn, trailing median18 sales

468.20

−36.10

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $468.20 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

39 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,000	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	477.49/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,791	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	469.65/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,029	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	426.64/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,954	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	470.91/cwt	454.00–490.00	2,223	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	445.31/cwt	427.00–467.50	2,382	113
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	431.81/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,466	112
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	401.68/cwt	396.00–411.00	2,338	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	405.71/cwt	388.00–418.00	2,536	167
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	379.44/cwt	361.00–397.00	2,573	200
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	367.63/cwt	356.00–382.00	2,676	256
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,547	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	358.30/cwt	348.00–370.25	2,780	335
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	345.72/cwt	342.50–349.50	2,894	193
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,400	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	330.46/cwt	324.00–334.50	2,915	34
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,537	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	303.64/cwt	303.00–305.00	3,009	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,660	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,493	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	1,836	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,821	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	408.78/cwt	400.00–419.00	1,978	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	511	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,126	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	388.70/cwt	370.00–408.00	2,048	111
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	372.84/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,151	132
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	354.36/cwt	335.00–366.00	2,232	180
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	662	369.08/cwt	362.00–373.00	2,443	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	343.36/cwt	335.00–354.00	2,307	236
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	322.73/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,195	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	346.69/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,489	137
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	720	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,578	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,473	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	771	338.42/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,609	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,489	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	829	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,694	37
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,236	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	881	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,643	24

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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,955Last week 1,113Year ago 3,570

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	522.00	522.00
9	350–400	394	466.00	466.00
41	450–500	484	400.00–419.00	408.78
111	500–550	527	370.00–408.00	388.70
132	550–600	577	360.00–383.00	372.84
180	600–650	630	335.00–366.00	354.36
236	650–700	672	335.00–354.00	343.36
137	700–750	718	335.00–356.00	346.69
14	750–800	768	322.00	322.00
3	800–850	803	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	511	416.00	416.00
68	650–700	662	362.00–373.00	369.08
18	700–750	720	358.00	358.00
61	750–800	771	331.00–343.00	338.42
37	800–850	829	325.00	325.00
24	850–900	881	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	452.50	452.50
10	450–500	467	390.00	390.00
9	650–700	680	320.00–325.00	322.73
3	750–800	775	310.00	310.00
12	850–900	860	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	362	552.50	552.50
19	400–450	432	450.00–495.00	469.65
19	450–500	472	454.00–490.00	470.91
113	500–550	535	427.00–467.50	445.31
112	550–600	571	420.00–458.00	431.81
167	600–650	625	388.00–418.00	405.71
200	650–700	678	361.00–397.00	379.44
256	700–750	728	356.00–382.00	367.63
335	750–800	776	348.00–370.25	358.30
193	800–850	837	342.50–349.50	345.72
34	850–900	882	324.00–334.50	330.46
69	950–1000	991	303.00–305.00	303.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	475.00–480.00	477.49
9	450–500	458	405.00–440.00	426.64
48	550–600	582	396.00–411.00	401.68
5	700–750	747	341.00	341.00
4	800–850	842	285.00	285.00
9	900–950	916	277.00	277.00

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.