Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the previous auction was not Precondition. The offering consisted of four loads, plenty of half loads and smaller packages. Good demand throughout the sale, both in the arena and online.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.97/cwt on 92 head, up $5.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 21 comparable sales and sits −4.33 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$466.97

▲ 5.50 vs prior sale

92 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$44.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.39

vs IA average

−17.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	473.32	2,634	79
Medium and Large 1-2	585	428.41	2,506	13thin

One grade step is worth $44.91/cwt here — about $128 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 sale92 hd

466.97

—

IA average7 barns · 879 hd

471.37

−4.39

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−17.13

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−4.33

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	Large 1	1150–1200	1,197	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	502.99/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,138	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	393.51/cwt	380.00–401.50	2,459	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	450.34/cwt	436.00–471.50	2,396	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	328.73/cwt	327.00–333.00	2,814	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,148	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	524.51/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,554	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	377.59/cwt	370.00–381.75	2,896	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	594.39/cwt	565.00–605.00	2,514	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	349.19/cwt	327.00–358.50	3,059	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	457.85/cwt	442.50–480.00	2,633	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	347.96/cwt	337.50–350.00	3,132	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	361.27/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,966	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	618	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,540	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	427.05/cwt	399.00–437.50	2,853	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	610	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	662	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,840	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	793	379.18/cwt	372.00–380.25	3,007	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	392.87/cwt	386.00–395.00	2,326	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	471.58/cwt	450.00–487.50	2,259	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	499.17/cwt	485.00–521.00	1,927	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	428.41/cwt	423.00–435.00	2,506	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	390.16/cwt	383.00–394.00	2,641	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	338.28/cwt	333.00–365.00	2,811	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	344.71/cwt	336.00–358.00	2,665	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	371.26/cwt	360.00–382.00	2,495	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	501.49/cwt	497.50–504.00	2,623	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	441.31/cwt	428.00–462.50	2,723	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	397.39/cwt	387.00–413.00	2,869	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	347.64/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,541	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	402.13/cwt	392.00–418.00	2,163	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	419.71/cwt	401.00–441.00	2,405	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	774	372.34/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,882	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	732	372.02/cwt	364.00–389.00	2,723	81

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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Receipts 2,210Last week 1,298Year ago 3,063

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1150–1200	1,197	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	505.00	505.00
12	350–400	386	485.00–521.00	499.17
20	400–450	425	490.00–510.00	502.99
10	450–500	479	450.00–487.50	471.58
72	500–550	532	436.00–471.50	450.34
71	550–600	573	401.00–441.00	419.71
120	600–650	625	380.00–401.50	393.51
150	650–700	672	360.00–382.00	371.26
178	700–750	731	340.00–359.00	347.64
77	750–800	773	336.00–358.00	344.71
70	800–850	831	333.00–365.00	338.28
28	850–900	856	327.00–333.00	328.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	407.50	407.50
13	500–550	538	392.00–418.00	402.13
36	550–600	592	386.00–395.00	392.87
4	800–850	820	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	618	411.00	411.00
81	700–750	732	364.00–389.00	372.02
13	750–800	774	370.00–376.00	372.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	452.00	452.00
13	550–600	585	423.00–435.00	428.41
16	650–700	677	383.00–394.00	390.16
3	700–750	710	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	595.00	595.00
32	400–450	423	565.00–605.00	594.39
20	450–500	487	520.00–535.00	524.51
28	500–550	523	497.50–504.00	501.49
51	550–600	575	442.50–480.00	457.85
110	600–650	617	428.00–462.50	441.31
159	650–700	668	399.00–437.50	427.05
110	700–750	722	387.00–413.00	397.39
133	750–800	767	370.00–381.75	377.59
98	800–850	821	357.50–370.00	361.27
46	850–900	876	327.00–358.50	349.19
92	900–950	900	337.50–350.00	347.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	440.00	440.00
33	650–700	662	429.00	429.00
75	750–800	793	372.00–380.25	379.18

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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