Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. The auction consisted of five loads, several half loads and many smaller packages. Light cattle were limited. CME feeder cattle futures 8.00 lower today, making demand a bit sluggish at times. Replacement heifers were popular, bringing a premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.16/cwt on 52 head, down $17.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −14.86 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$414.16

▼ 17.24 vs prior sale

52 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,337

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$30.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.85

vs IA average

−16.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	421.11	2,339	40
Medium and Large 1-2	593	391.00	2,319	12thin

One grade step is worth $30.11/cwt here — about $21 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.60, low $405.13, median $429.02 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 sale52 hd

414.16

—

IA average6 barns · 473 hd

429.02

−14.85

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−16.25

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

−14.86

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

26 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	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	446.49/cwt	437.50–452.00	2,268	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,912	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	358.96/cwt	352.00–362.00	2,423	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	342.10/cwt	325.50–355.25	2,874	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	339.86/cwt	337.00–342.00	2,930	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,052	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	428.24/cwt	424.00–433.00	2,677	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	373.76/cwt	348.00–381.50	2,870	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	599.59/cwt	585.00–607.00	2,212	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,641	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	894	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,914	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	820	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,694	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	406.47/cwt	394.00–416.00	2,748	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	376.99/cwt	370.00–381.00	2,673	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	413.66/cwt	402.50–435.00	2,370	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	346.45/cwt	340.50–353.50	2,695	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	919	324.15/cwt	322.00–326.00	2,979	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	468.53/cwt	459.00–475.00	2,530	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	512.91/cwt	500.00–543.00	2,436	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,319	12

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 923Last week 1,670Year ago 1,326

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	476.00	476.00
8	500–550	508	437.50–452.00	446.49
28	550–600	573	402.50–435.00	413.66
26	650–700	675	352.00–362.00	358.96
5	700–750	708	349.00	349.00
283	750–800	778	340.50–353.50	346.45
6	800–850	846	311.00	311.00
16	900–950	913	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	800–850	820	328.50	328.50
14	850–900	894	326.00	326.00
30	900–950	919	322.00–326.00	324.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	422.50	422.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	593	391.00	391.00
3	600–650	610	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	585.00–607.00	599.59
19	450–500	475	500.00–543.00	512.91
16	500–550	540	459.00–475.00	468.53
12	550–600	556	475.00	475.00
31	600–650	625	424.00–433.00	428.24
20	650–700	676	394.00–416.00	406.47
21	700–750	709	370.00–381.00	376.99
63	750–800	768	348.00–381.50	373.76
93	800–850	840	325.50–355.25	342.10
133	850–900	862	337.00–342.00	339.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	485.00	485.00
3	650–700	668	374.00	374.00

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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