Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was not Precondition. The sale consisted of three loads, many half loads and smaller strings. Good demand in the arena and online, especially on replacement heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.84/cwt on 107 head, up $9.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 21 comparable sales and sits +9.54 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$480.84

▲ 9.54 vs prior sale

107 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$377

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

$71.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.03

vs IA average

+5.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	494.78	2,720	86
Medium and Large 1-2	553	423.74	2,343	21

One grade step is worth $71.04/cwt here — about $377 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 sale107 hd

480.84

—

IA average5 barns · 709 hd

471.81

+9.03

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+5.28

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

+9.54

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

36 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	300–350	332	553.74/cwt	552.50–555.00	1,838	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,063	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,816	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	344.83/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,214	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,252	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	445.11/cwt	426.00–469.50	2,786	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	362.86/cwt	359.50–365.00	2,954	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	637.00/cwt	637.00–637.00	2,134	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	544.25/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,324	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	601.49/cwt	588.00–604.00	2,250	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	391.08/cwt	382.50–409.50	2,843	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	420.91/cwt	406.00–432.00	2,879	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	501.24/cwt	467.00–516.00	2,596	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	493.79/cwt	478.00–511.50	2,390	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	489.67/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,816	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	335.59/cwt	316.00–338.25	3,034	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,506	7
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	307.25/cwt	307.25–307.25	3,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	340.56/cwt	330.00–342.75	3,021	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	368.99/cwt	354.00–385.00	2,834	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	423.74/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,343	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	467.14/cwt	452.50–482.50	2,270	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	362.76/cwt	346.00–376.00	2,619	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	716	420.72/cwt	415.00–422.00	3,012	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	777	395.24/cwt	385.00–410.00	3,071	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	649	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,726	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	847	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	3,168	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	332.71/cwt	332.00–332.75	2,738	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	420.00/cwt	408.00–443.00	2,432	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	397.39/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,464	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	360.68/cwt	357.50–375.00	2,424	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	451.84/cwt	420.00–457.00	2,381	38

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	552.50–555.00	553.74
9	400–450	407	507.00	507.00
43	450–500	486	452.50–482.50	467.14
38	500–550	527	420.00–457.00	451.84
54	550–600	579	408.00–443.00	420.00
103	600–650	620	380.00–415.00	397.39
39	650–700	672	357.50–375.00	360.68
50	700–750	722	346.00–376.00	362.76
25	750–800	755	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
10	550–600	576	391.00	391.00
9	600–650	600	369.00	369.00
7	750–800	776	338.00–350.00	344.83
83	800–850	823	332.00–332.75	332.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	649	420.00	420.00
16	700–750	716	415.00–422.00	420.72
33	750–800	777	385.00–410.00	395.24
32	800–850	847	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	637.00	637.00
20	350–400	374	588.00–604.00	601.49
7	400–450	427	540.00–550.00	544.25
44	450–500	484	478.00–511.50	493.79
38	500–550	518	467.00–516.00	501.24
48	550–600	575	465.00–500.00	489.67
69	600–650	626	426.00–469.50	445.11
149	650–700	684	406.00–432.00	420.91
91	700–750	727	382.50–409.50	391.08
89	750–800	768	354.00–385.00	368.99
75	800–850	814	359.50–365.00	362.86
87	850–900	887	330.00–342.75	340.56
57	900–950	904	316.00–338.25	335.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	492.50	492.50
21	550–600	553	417.50–437.50	423.74
7	650–700	656	382.00	382.00
4	800–850	812	339.00	339.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,016	307.25	307.25

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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