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

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.10/cwt on 273 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −39.20 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

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.

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 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 median21 sales

471.30

−39.20

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

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.

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

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
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
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
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
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
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.

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