Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous auction was Precondition. The auction consisted of 9 loads of mostly heifers, along with plenty of smaller strings. Light cattle limited today. Smaller crowd, with frigid temps in the area. Good demand, especially on load lots and lightweight calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.13/cwt on 47 head, up $5.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 21 comparable sales and sits −10.89 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$418.13

▲ 5.48 vs prior sale

47 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.62

vs IA average

+7.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	418.13	2,316	47

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

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 sale47 hd

418.13

—

IA average8 barns · 1,491 hd

408.51

+9.62

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

+7.26

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−10.89

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,407	4
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,706	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	1,891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,755	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	317.98/cwt	315.00–321.00	2,627	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,455	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	361.51/cwt	353.50–369.75	2,838	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	424.91/cwt	420.00–435.50	2,694	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,272	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	509.51/cwt	501.00–522.00	2,486	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	388.43/cwt	378.00–397.00	2,824	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	342.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,969	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,056	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,320	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	405.30/cwt	394.50–425.00	2,724	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,603	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	443.60/cwt	424.00–455.00	2,542	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	356.69/cwt	347.50–361.00	2,415	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,588	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	346.45/cwt	339.50–347.00	2,515	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	375.92/cwt	374.00–381.50	2,406	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	395.27/cwt	379.50–405.50	2,261	29
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	303.30/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,799	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,703	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	454.95/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,388	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	305.28/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,186	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	469.15/cwt	451.00–485.00	2,205	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	344.79/cwt	339.50–345.25	2,669	231

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,298Last week 2,004Year ago 2,577

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	802	311.00	311.00
4	850–900	872	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	1050–1100	1,055	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	486.00	486.00
36	450–500	470	451.00–485.00	469.15
18	500–550	525	440.00–470.00	454.95
29	550–600	572	379.50–405.50	395.27
47	600–650	640	374.00–381.50	375.92
36	650–700	677	347.50–361.00	356.69
171	700–750	726	339.50–347.00	346.45
231	750–800	774	339.50–345.25	344.79
16	800–850	826	315.00–321.00	317.98
15	850–900	869	317.00	317.00
144	900–950	923	300.00–306.00	303.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	716	300.00–308.00	305.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	575	427.00	427.00
15	600–650	639	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	590.00	590.00
14	400–450	428	542.00	542.00
12	450–500	488	501.00–522.00	509.51
22	500–550	529	492.00	492.00
26	550–600	573	424.00–455.00	443.60
34	600–650	634	420.00–435.50	424.91
40	650–700	672	394.50–425.00	405.30
106	700–750	727	378.00–397.00	388.43
36	750–800	785	353.50–369.75	361.51
70	800–850	826	370.00	370.00
19	850–900	867	330.00–350.00	342.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	679	377.00	377.00
12	800–850	829	326.00	326.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,053	262.50	262.50

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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