Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2026-02-13

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 13
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
2,076 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 2,119▲ 2,076 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the previous auction was a Western Iowa Precondition sale. Many load lots today, including the featured consignment of 750 reputation Angus steers and heifers. Good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $488.79/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 16 of 18 comparable sales and sits +20.59 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.
Average price
$488.79
173 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$383
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$99.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.80
vs IA average
+10.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541499.772,702154
Medium and Large 1-2580399.842,31919thin
One grade step is worth $99.93/cwt here — about $383 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale173 hd
488.79
—
IA average9 barns · 1,075 hd
486.00
+2.80
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+10.40
This barn, trailing median18 sales
468.20
+20.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
533474414355median 468.2002/2703/2706/0509/1110/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $468.20 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

33 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1341622.50/cwt622.50–622.502,1233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390612.50/cwt612.50–612.502,3893
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425617.50/cwt617.50–617.502,62411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476515.04/cwt500.00–542.002,45225
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3833
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525517.04/cwt482.00–526.002,714105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578462.94/cwt445.00–469.502,67646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580399.84/cwt385.00–421.002,31919
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618439.12/cwt425.00–451.502,71470
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,72021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679432.18/cwt408.00–435.002,935296
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2701360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,52427
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733399.58/cwt385.00–402.002,92921
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763347.89/cwt339.00–360.002,6547
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781393.74/cwt371.00–400.003,075235
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814379.10/cwt362.00–383.003,08668
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865357.12/cwt337.50–366.503,089184
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919343.17/cwt340.50–350.003,154152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382531.74/cwt520.00–552.002,03116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426503.72/cwt489.00–525.002,14632
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1491475.24/cwt442.50–477.502,33347
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513470.65/cwt460.50–475.002,41433
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569389.65/cwt385.00–397.002,21725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572427.17/cwt415.00–442.002,44374
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement611445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,71989
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618402.94/cwt380.50–414.002,490104
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643367.09/cwt362.50–371.002,36013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,44720
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,59918
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733357.59/cwt341.00–362.002,62169
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4084
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825341.68/cwt337.00–342.752,81970
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1861331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,85022

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.