Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-12-12

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
720 head
2,235 vs last sale 2,955 407 vs year ago 1,127 · 36.1%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. This light sale consisted of two loads of heifers, one load of steers and plenty of smaller packages. Demand was good, both in the arena and online.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.32/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 43.70 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$385.32
172 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,160
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.11
vs IA average
+7.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560386.812,165166
Medium and Large 1-2579344.141,9936thin
One grade step is worth $42.67/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
479449420391median 429.0212/1901/3003/0604/1708/07
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 sale172 hd
385.32
IA average10 barns · 1,459 hd
385.21
+0.11
National average184 barns · 19,282 hd
377.96
+7.36
This barn, trailing median21 sales
429.02
−43.70
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

31 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550545370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850805330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,6613
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414426.85/cwt425.00–429.001,76712
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735327.79/cwt310.00–333.002,40913
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455410.83/cwt405.00–414.001,86920
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650636346.81/cwt336.00–348.502,20631
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450439475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0855
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850835354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,95666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500497410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0387
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500483462.97/cwt457.50–480.002,23616
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529433.69/cwt421.00–444.002,29436
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750700346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,4223
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700672361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,42622
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550505365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650648360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3333
SteersLarge 11050–11001,095291.50/cwt291.50–291.503,1926
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800772354.61/cwt341.00–364.002,73842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0718
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619398.50/cwt386.00–405.502,46752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579344.14/cwt335.00–353.001,9936
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377464.56/cwt451.00–472.001,7518
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574386.86/cwt368.00–391.002,221129
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511389.24/cwt370.50–392.501,98933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,3504
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900876334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,93014
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900881324.91/cwt307.00–327.252,86285
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500485397.17/cwt394.00–400.001,92615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750700301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450411372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,5298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500493350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7263

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.