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

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.52/cwt on 242 head. That ranks 4 of 21 comparable sales and sits −16.78 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

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.

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 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 median21 sales

471.30

−16.78

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

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.

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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