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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-20

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 20

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

1,670 head

▼ 406 vs last sale 2,076▼ 5 vs year ago 1,675 · −0.3%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Precondition. The auction consisted of three load lots, many half loads and smaller packages. CME feeder cattle futures dropping 3.00 today. Steers showing a lower trend with mostly lower numbers this week. Upward trend in heifers with limited numbers over 700 lbs. Flesh condition also determining price today. Decent crowd in the arena, after a winter storm passed through the area yesterday. Demand good, especially with advertised replacement heifers and light calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.80/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 10 of 18 comparable sales and sits +1.60 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$469.80

112 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$34.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.18

vs IA average

−17.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	473.84	2,703	99
Medium and Large 1-2	575	439.00	2,524	13thin

One grade step is worth $34.84/cwt here — about $179 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale112 hd

469.80

—

IA average6 barns · 827 hd

479.98

−10.18

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−17.55

This barn, trailing median18 sales

468.20

+1.60

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

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

29 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,014	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,388	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	578.20/cwt	560.00–587.50	2,567	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,221	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	549.57/cwt	525.00–559.00	2,649	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	489.97/cwt	478.00–500.00	2,631	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,524	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	470.26/cwt	451.00–486.00	2,718	81
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	458.09/cwt	435.00–477.50	2,817	60
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	420.89/cwt	401.00–430.00	2,854	87
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	405.00/cwt	387.50–426.50	2,944	180
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	390.37/cwt	385.50–395.50	2,971	43
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	367.08/cwt	362.00–377.25	3,039	135
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	358.66/cwt	347.50–361.75	3,081	71
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	341.71/cwt	327.00–346.00	3,192	118
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	327.09/cwt	320.00–330.00	3,120	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	562.25/cwt	562.00–562.50	1,850	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	489.31/cwt	488.00–493.00	2,104	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	477.00/cwt	457.50–491.00	2,189	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	444.52/cwt	422.50–458.00	2,369	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	425.07/cwt	401.00–437.50	2,427	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	410.87/cwt	407.75–415.00	2,510	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	373.55/cwt	366.50–387.00	2,521	72
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	699	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,733	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	716	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,821	44
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	365.93/cwt	356.00–373.00	2,646	213
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	339.99/cwt	336.50–343.00	2,625	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	824	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,884	49
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,730	9

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,670Last week 2,076Year ago 1,675

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	627.50	627.50
4	350–400	398	600.00	600.00
22	400–450	444	560.00–587.50	578.20
33	450–500	482	525.00–559.00	549.57
18	500–550	537	478.00–500.00	489.97
81	550–600	578	451.00–486.00	470.26
60	600–650	615	435.00–477.50	458.09
87	650–700	678	401.00–430.00	420.89
180	700–750	727	387.50–426.50	405.00
43	750–800	761	385.50–395.50	390.37
135	800–850	828	362.00–377.25	367.08
71	850–900	859	347.50–361.75	358.66
118	900–950	934	327.00–346.00	341.71
38	950–1000	954	320.00–330.00	327.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	498.00	498.00
13	550–600	575	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	699	391.00	391.00
44	700–750	716	394.00	394.00
49	800–850	824	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	562.00–562.50	562.25
15	400–450	430	488.00–493.00	489.31
24	450–500	459	457.50–491.00	477.00
43	500–550	533	422.50–458.00	444.52
89	550–600	571	401.00–437.50	425.07
55	600–650	611	407.75–415.00	410.87
72	650–700	675	366.50–387.00	373.55
213	700–750	723	356.00–373.00	365.93
33	750–800	772	336.50–343.00	339.99
9	850–900	857	318.50	318.50

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.