Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to last Friday; Steers 600-650 lbs mixed, 700-800 lbs 2.00-10.00 higher. Heifers 500-550 lbs 1.00-7.00 higher, 600-650 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement heifers sharply higher. The auction consisted of four loads, many half loads and smaller strings. Good demand, both online and in the stands. Exceptional interest in replacement heifers today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.68/cwt on 148 head, up $13.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 21 comparable sales and sits +9.38 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$480.68

▲ 13.71 vs prior sale

148 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$31.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

vs IA average

−2.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	486.30	2,714	122
Medium and Large 1-2	545	454.35	2,478	26

One grade step is worth $31.95/cwt here — about $236 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 sale148 hd

480.68

—

IA average3 barns · 714 hd

480.85

−0.16

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−2.35

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

+9.38

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

34 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	1000–1050	1,038	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	506.33/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,096	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	353.42/cwt	351.75–356.00	2,661	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	480.47/cwt	464.00–504.00	2,345	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	1,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	444.49/cwt	424.00–459.50	2,765	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,484	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	367.05/cwt	352.00–374.25	2,991	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	379.02/cwt	359.50–387.50	2,945	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	422.38/cwt	404.50–433.50	2,851	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	451.41/cwt	435.00–479.50	2,415	99
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	502.93/cwt	488.00–522.00	2,640	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	481.79/cwt	470.00–498.00	2,732	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	591.83/cwt	557.50–605.00	2,432	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	344.29/cwt	338.00–351.50	2,820	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	426.52/cwt	403.00–443.00	2,470	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	365.50/cwt	356.00–370.75	3,140	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	407.65/cwt	385.00–423.50	2,911	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	679	391.95/cwt	377.00–446.00	2,661	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	819	374.11/cwt	367.00–388.00	3,064	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,348	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,458	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,342	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	393.33/cwt	372.00–409.00	2,482	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	375.23/cwt	365.00–379.50	2,480	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	367.86/cwt	353.00–370.00	2,722	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	721	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	3,057	20

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 Feb 6, 2026

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

Receipts 2,119Last week 2,210Year ago 1,869

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,038	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	414	485.00–527.50	506.33
39	450–500	488	464.00–504.00	480.47
99	500–550	535	435.00–479.50	451.41
81	550–600	579	403.00–443.00	426.52
160	600–650	631	372.00–409.00	393.33
130	650–700	661	365.00–379.50	375.23
47	700–750	740	353.00–370.00	367.86
23	750–800	753	351.75–356.00	353.42
42	800–850	819	338.00–351.50	344.29
8	850–900	870	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	478.00	478.00
5	500–550	529	431.00	431.00
15	550–600	596	394.00	394.00
4	600–650	633	370.00	370.00
3	650–700	681	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	679	377.00–446.00	391.95
20	700–750	721	424.00	424.00
38	800–850	819	367.00–388.00	374.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	411	557.50–605.00	591.83
3	450–500	473	532.50	532.50
26	500–550	525	488.00–522.00	502.93
96	550–600	567	470.00–498.00	481.79
221	600–650	622	424.00–459.50	444.49
301	650–700	675	404.50–433.50	422.38
120	700–750	714	385.00–423.50	407.65
142	750–800	777	359.50–387.50	379.02
102	800–850	815	352.00–374.25	367.05
177	850–900	859	356.00–370.75	365.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	537.50	537.50
19	500–550	540	460.00	460.00
7	550–600	560	439.00	439.00
3	900–950	923	305.00	305.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,023	295.00	295.00

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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