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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 19

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 2 →

Receipts

2,468 head

▲ 1,748 vs last sale 720▼ 183 vs year ago 2,651 · −6.9%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was not Precondition. The auction consisted of many half loads and smaller strings in this moderate offering that included light calves, yearlings and replacement heifers. Good demand today. The next feeder sale is January 2.

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 $454.52/cwt on 242 head. That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits −13.68 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$454.52

242 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$44.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.18

vs IA average

+10.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	476.17	2,556	123
Medium and Large 1-2	556	432.14	2,402	119

One grade step is worth $44.03/cwt here — about $154 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 sale242 hd

454.52

—

IA average3 barns · 577 hd

446.34

+8.18

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+10.42

This barn, trailing median18 sales

468.20

−13.68

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

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	263	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,348	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	1,856	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,646	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	495.81/cwt	473.00–518.00	2,182	89
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	462.39/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,048	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	448.56/cwt	446.00–460.00	2,149	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,405	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	510	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,703	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	493.14/cwt	470.00–516.00	2,515	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	454.55/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,414	62
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	452.58/cwt	432.00–465.00	2,575	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	407.77/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,377	57
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	426.48/cwt	399.00–439.00	2,648	233
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	403.82/cwt	397.50–426.00	2,702	70
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	361.11/cwt	349.00–372.00	2,434	95
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	377.30/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,724	281
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,611	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	352.24/cwt	341.00–364.00	2,730	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,577	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	356.06/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,884	56
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	345.30/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,966	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	334.79/cwt	334.50–335.00	3,070	41
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	3,137	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	510.71/cwt	500.00–552.50	1,644	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	466.19/cwt	457.50–470.00	1,809	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,952	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	464.01/cwt	461.00–466.00	1,898	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	421.78/cwt	417.00–428.00	1,852	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	432.90/cwt	429.00–441.00	2,026	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,987	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,400	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	415.02/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,212	146
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,392	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	395.68/cwt	376.00–409.50	2,267	133
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,111	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	382.88/cwt	367.00–393.50	2,347	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	617	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,502	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	341.44/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,178	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	355.78/cwt	343.00–366.00	2,394	66
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	707	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,517	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	334.28/cwt	315.00–342.00	2,393	62
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	325.26/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,514	62
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	789	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,659	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	318.17/cwt	307.00–324.50	2,574	54
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,731	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 Dec 19, 2025

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

Receipts 2,468Last week 720Year ago 2,651

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	405	482.00	482.00
30	500–550	501	479.00	479.00
12	550–600	555	431.00	431.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	322	500.00–552.50	510.71
37	350–400	388	457.50–470.00	466.19
13	400–450	409	461.00–466.00	464.01
27	450–500	468	429.00–441.00	432.90
146	500–550	533	400.00–421.00	415.02
133	550–600	573	376.00–409.50	395.68
67	600–650	613	367.00–393.50	382.88
66	650–700	673	343.00–366.00	355.78
62	700–750	716	315.00–342.00	334.28
62	750–800	773	317.00–330.00	325.26
54	800–850	809	307.00–324.50	318.17
4	850–900	863	316.50	316.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	600–650	617	405.50	405.50
37	700–750	707	356.00	356.00
12	750–800	789	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	439	417.00–428.00	421.78
3	450–500	476	417.50	417.50
4	550–600	598	353.00	353.00
22	600–650	638	340.00–343.00	341.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	564.00	564.00
89	400–450	440	473.00–518.00	495.81
4	450–500	497	484.00	484.00
62	500–550	510	470.00–516.00	493.14
56	550–600	569	432.00–465.00	452.58
233	600–650	621	399.00–439.00	426.48
70	650–700	669	397.50–426.00	403.82
281	700–750	722	360.00–398.00	377.30
44	750–800	775	341.00–364.00	352.24
56	800–850	810	350.00–360.00	356.06
38	850–900	859	338.00–350.00	345.30
41	900–950	917	334.50–335.00	334.79
11	950–1000	955	328.50	328.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	512.50	512.50
5	350–400	365	451.00	451.00
38	400–450	443	450.00–465.00	462.39
17	450–500	479	446.00–460.00	448.56
62	500–550	531	425.00–465.00	454.55
57	550–600	583	400.00–420.00	407.77
95	650–700	674	349.00–372.00	361.11
6	700–750	748	349.00	349.00
3	750–800	788	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	530.00	530.00

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.