Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Lower trend in the market this week. The auction consisted of one load of yearling steers, one load of replacement heifers, several half loads and smaller packages. Good demand online and in the stands for this light sale today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.35/cwt on 40 head, down $32.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −22.96 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$448.35

▼ 32.49 vs prior sale

40 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$54.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.54

vs IA average

−23.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	455.11	2,448	35
Medium and Large 1-2	545	401.00	2,185	5thin

One grade step is worth $54.11/cwt here — about $263 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 sale40 hd

448.35

—

IA average6 barns · 284 hd

464.89

−16.54

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−23.85

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

−22.96

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

22 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	495.27/cwt	490.00–504.00	1,941	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,632	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	342.98/cwt	339.00–350.00	2,511	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	355.40/cwt	352.00–358.00	2,260	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,185	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	357.19/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,750	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	436.14/cwt	400.00–441.00	2,630	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,783	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	430.59/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,485	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	288.41/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,561	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,403	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,314	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,169	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,637	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,172	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	764	376.09/cwt	369.00–381.75	2,873	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	485.16/cwt	454.00–493.00	2,489	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	333.88/cwt	325.00–337.50	3,075	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,238	6

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 Mar 13, 2026

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

Receipts 546Last week 1,595Year ago 1,314

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,041	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	392	490.00–504.00	495.27
25	550–600	568	423.00	423.00
22	600–650	636	352.00–358.00	355.40
11	700–750	732	339.00–350.00	342.98
28	750–800	799	330.00	330.00
5	800–850	845	301.00	301.00
23	850–900	888	285.00–305.00	288.41
8	900–950	940	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	543	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	750–800	764	369.00–381.75	376.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	542.00	542.00
15	500–550	513	454.00–493.00	485.16
11	550–600	577	415.00–440.00	430.59
26	600–650	603	400.00–441.00	436.14
8	650–700	653	409.00	409.00
23	750–800	770	355.00–360.00	357.19
25	800–850	815	341.50	341.50
135	900–950	921	325.00–337.50	333.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	422	514.00	514.00
9	500–550	532	435.00	435.00

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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