Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-13

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 class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.79/cwt on 173 head, up $8.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 21 comparable sales and sits +17.49 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$488.79

▲ 8.11 vs prior sale

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	499.77	2,702	154
Medium and Large 1-2	580	399.84	2,319	19thin

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.

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 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 median21 sales

471.30

+17.49

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	439.12/cwt	425.00–451.50	2,714	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	343.17/cwt	340.50–350.00	3,154	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,720	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	399.84/cwt	385.00–421.00	2,319	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,524	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	531.74/cwt	520.00–552.00	2,031	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,599	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,850	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	503.72/cwt	489.00–525.00	2,146	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	470.65/cwt	460.50–475.00	2,414	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	475.24/cwt	442.50–477.50	2,333	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	462.94/cwt	445.00–469.50	2,676	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	347.89/cwt	339.00–360.00	2,654	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	357.12/cwt	337.50–366.50	3,089	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	379.10/cwt	362.00–383.00	3,086	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	611	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,719	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,447	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	393.74/cwt	371.00–400.00	3,075	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	399.58/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,929	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	402.94/cwt	380.50–414.00	2,490	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	357.59/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,621	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	341.68/cwt	337.00–342.75	2,819	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	517.04/cwt	482.00–526.00	2,714	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	515.04/cwt	500.00–542.00	2,452	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	427.17/cwt	415.00–442.00	2,443	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	367.09/cwt	362.50–371.00	2,360	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	389.65/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,217	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,624	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	432.18/cwt	408.00–435.00	2,935	296

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 13, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	622.50	622.50
3	350–400	390	612.50	612.50
11	400–450	425	617.50	617.50
25	450–500	476	500.00–542.00	515.04
105	500–550	525	482.00–526.00	517.04
46	550–600	578	445.00–469.50	462.94
70	600–650	618	425.00–451.50	439.12
296	650–700	679	408.00–435.00	432.18
21	700–750	733	385.00–402.00	399.58
235	750–800	781	371.00–400.00	393.74
68	800–850	814	362.00–383.00	379.10
184	850–900	865	337.50–366.50	357.12
152	900–950	919	340.50–350.00	343.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	460.00	460.00
21	650–700	675	403.00	403.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	580	385.00–421.00	399.84
27	700–750	701	360.00	360.00
7	750–800	763	339.00–360.00	347.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	382	520.00–552.00	531.74
32	400–450	426	489.00–525.00	503.72
47	450–500	491	442.50–477.50	475.24
33	500–550	513	460.50–475.00	470.65
74	550–600	572	415.00–442.00	427.17
104	600–650	618	380.50–414.00	402.94
18	650–700	684	380.00	380.00
69	700–750	733	341.00–362.00	357.59
70	800–850	825	337.00–342.75	341.68
22	850–900	861	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	611	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	676	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	569	385.00–397.00	389.65
13	600–650	643	362.50–371.00	367.09
4	700–750	741	325.00	325.00

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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