Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the auction last Friday; Steers 600-650 lbs 1.00-4.00 higher, 700-750 lbs mixed, 800 lbs 2.00 lower. Heifers 550 lbs 2.00 higher, 600-650 lbs mixed, 700 lbs 21.00 lower, with less numbers this week. CME feeder cattle futures down 8.00 today. Mostly half loads and smaller strings in the offering. Good demand, both in the arena and online.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.63/cwt on 152 head, down $19.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −29.67 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$441.63

▼ 19.37 vs prior sale

152 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$44.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.56

vs IA average

−30.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	456.49	2,638	101
Medium and Large 1-2	590	412.20	2,432	51

One grade step is worth $44.29/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale152 hd

441.63

—

IA average9 barns · 1,717 hd

469.19

−27.56

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−30.35

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−29.67

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

35 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	347	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,853	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	470.80/cwt	462.50–485.00	2,034	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	421.49/cwt	405.00–441.00	2,634	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	311.58/cwt	301.00–316.00	3,072	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	454.69/cwt	435.00–477.00	2,642	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	368.47/cwt	349.00–374.50	2,878	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	393.92/cwt	369.00–403.50	2,817	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	518.22/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,420	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	337.41/cwt	313.00–342.00	2,939	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	565	430.50/cwt	430.50–430.50	2,432	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	412.20/cwt	400.00–428.00	2,432	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	481.94/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,284	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	556.61/cwt	547.50–580.00	2,371	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	362.32/cwt	357.50–364.75	2,924	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	337.22/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,600	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	380.09/cwt	365.00–387.00	2,569	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	373.81/cwt	360.00–391.00	2,486	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	365.57/cwt	351.00–382.00	2,102	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	409.74/cwt	400.00–425.50	2,389	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	647	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,808	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	439.17/cwt	425.50–442.00	2,266	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	411.70/cwt	393.00–427.00	2,828	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	352.24/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,423	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	348.48/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,540	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	380.02/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,394	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	445.91/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,145	30

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 Jan 16, 2026

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

Receipts 2,004Last week 2,707Year ago 2,317

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	520.00	520.00
26	400–450	432	462.50–485.00	470.80
30	450–500	481	435.00–460.00	445.91
49	500–550	516	425.50–442.00	439.17
112	550–600	583	400.00–425.50	409.74
123	600–650	630	365.00–399.00	380.02
69	650–700	665	360.00–391.00	373.81
104	700–750	729	341.00–356.00	348.48
76	750–800	771	320.00–345.00	337.22
4	800–850	836	312.00	312.00
10	850–900	860	313.00	313.00
11	950–1000	959	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	541	385.00	385.00
25	550–600	575	351.00–382.00	365.57
3	600–650	638	360.50	360.50
39	650–700	688	350.00–353.00	352.24
8	900–950	932	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	565	430.50	430.50
42	600–650	647	434.00	434.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	607.50	607.50
18	400–450	426	547.50–580.00	556.61
37	450–500	467	490.00–535.00	518.22
5	500–550	516	491.00	491.00
96	550–600	581	435.00–477.00	454.69
187	600–650	625	405.00–441.00	421.49
216	650–700	687	393.00–427.00	411.70
219	700–750	715	369.00–403.50	393.92
141	750–800	781	349.00–374.50	368.47
62	800–850	807	357.50–364.75	362.32
26	850–900	871	313.00–342.00	337.41
5	900–950	900	323.00	323.00
10	950–1000	986	301.00–316.00	311.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	474	475.00–485.00	481.94
51	550–600	590	400.00–428.00	412.20
29	650–700	676	365.00–387.00	380.09

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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