Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the auction last Friday; Steers 600-650 lbs were mixed, 700-750 lbs mixed, 800 lbs 2.00 lower. Heifers 550 lbs 3.00 higher, 600-650 lbs 18.00-22.00 lower, 700 lbs 7.00 higher with a load lot of nice quality heifers. CME feeder cattle futures 3.00 lower today. The auction consisted of four loads, many half loads and plenty of smaller packages. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $460.99/cwt on 139 head, down $3.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 21 comparable sales and sits −10.31 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$460.99

▼ 3.89 vs prior sale

139 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$58.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.47

vs IA average

−5.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	485.76	2,630	80
Medium and Large 1-2	587	427.42	2,509	59

One grade step is worth $58.34/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale139 hd

460.99

—

IA average11 barns · 2,223 hd

472.47

−11.47

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−5.34

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−10.31

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	800–850	819	329.48/cwt	319.00–335.00	2,698	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	359.32/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,425	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	384.29/cwt	365.00–401.75	2,402	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	727	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,821	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	822	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,249	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,781	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	431.12/cwt	409.00–440.00	2,207	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	335.68/cwt	331.00–340.25	2,575	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	369.28/cwt	349.75–380.50	2,622	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	466.30/cwt	445.00–489.00	2,621	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	501.19/cwt	496.00–508.00	2,401	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	427.42/cwt	418.50–430.50	2,509	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	420.49/cwt	408.00–442.50	2,632	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	364.75/cwt	361.00–394.50	2,995	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	379.02/cwt	353.50–388.75	2,926	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	346.30/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,698	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	486.05/cwt	470.00–514.00	2,600	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	348.67/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,866	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	344.32/cwt	344.00–345.00	2,328	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,749	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	609.00/cwt	609.00–609.00	2,192	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	407.89/cwt	392.00–418.00	2,729	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	359.94/cwt	356.00–361.00	2,685	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	374.65/cwt	374.00–376.00	2,180	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	409.08/cwt	395.00–432.00	1,980	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,088	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	386.18/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,811	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	376.77/cwt	352.00–401.00	2,362	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	408.17/cwt	385.00–422.00	2,327	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	358.50/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,280	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,343	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	340.22/cwt	336.00–346.50	3,004	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	341.77/cwt	332.00–351.00	3,161	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	474.52/cwt	462.50–484.00	2,225	25

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

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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	350–400	355	590.00	590.00
13	400–450	436	479.00	479.00
25	450–500	469	462.50–484.00	474.52
35	500–550	512	409.00–440.00	431.12
94	550–600	570	385.00–422.00	408.17
320	600–650	625	365.00–401.75	384.29
111	650–700	675	350.00–380.00	359.32
163	700–750	710	349.75–380.50	369.28
40	750–800	767	331.00–340.25	335.68
66	800–850	819	319.00–335.00	329.48
33	850–900	861	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	727	388.00	388.00
11	800–850	822	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	459	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	484	395.00–432.00	409.08
22	550–600	582	374.00–376.00	374.65
25	600–650	636	355.00–361.00	358.50
19	650–700	676	344.00–345.00	344.32
3	700–750	743	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	609.00	609.00
4	400–450	426	550.00	550.00
47	450–500	479	496.00–508.00	501.19
42	500–550	535	470.00–514.00	486.05
28	550–600	562	445.00–489.00	466.30
163	600–650	626	408.00–442.50	420.49
275	650–700	669	392.00–418.00	407.89
283	700–750	728	370.00–398.00	386.18
198	750–800	772	353.50–388.75	379.02
59	800–850	821	361.00–394.50	364.75
32	850–900	883	336.00–346.50	340.22
135	900–950	925	332.00–351.00	341.77
4	950–1000	956	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	550–600	587	418.50–430.50	427.42
28	600–650	627	352.00–401.00	376.77
14	700–750	746	356.00–361.00	359.94
18	750–800	779	340.00–350.00	346.30
35	800–850	822	335.00–357.00	348.67
3	850–900	880	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	510	539.00	539.00

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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