Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2026-03-27

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,419 head
297 vs last sale 1,122 231 vs year ago 1,188 · +19.4%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous auction was Western Iowa Precondition sale. CME feeder cattle futures rebounding today at 8.00 higher. The sale consisted of nine loads, four half loads and many smaller strings. Light steers limited. Good demand, both online and in the arena. Light cattle and loads of yearlings being most in-demand on this offering of quality cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $487.95/cwt on 58 head, up $1.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 21 comparable sales and sits +16.65 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$487.95
1.57 vs prior sale
58 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.22
vs IA average
+9.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541487.952,63958
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
533498463428median 471.3012/1901/3003/0604/1708/07
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 sale58 hd
487.95
IA average5 barns · 388 hd
488.17
−0.22
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
+9.86
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
+16.65
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

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400376570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,1433
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500486466.00/cwt466.00–466.002,2653
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500484457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,2148
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450448492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,2063
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366581.22/cwt569.00–592.502,1276
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627405.43/cwt393.00–413.002,54224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,37410
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500456562.50/cwt562.50–562.502,5658
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533491.80/cwt470.00–507.502,62149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000980290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8423
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700684401.41/cwt385.00–426.002,74610
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400381602.48/cwt600.00–612.502,29521
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900861354.35/cwt343.00–356.253,051196
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800758382.87/cwt372.00–384.502,90231
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724371.28/cwt355.00–372.002,68898
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577413.85/cwt390.00–420.002,38832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800754340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,56410
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750712382.02/cwt380.00–384.002,7208
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600584467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,7279
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614437.74/cwt429.00–457.002,68823
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800778345.65/cwt340.00–348.002,68955
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500487478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,32819
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450439581.00/cwt581.00–581.002,55128
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950931344.58/cwt339.50–350.503,208317
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519444.59/cwt432.50–457.002,30734
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680369.29/cwt357.00–384.002,51183
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850834337.68/cwt331.00–347.002,81665
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000953291.50/cwt291.50–291.502,77831
SteersLarge 11000–10501,026318.25/cwt318.25–318.253,26575
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned750–800756366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,7673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950937282.66/cwt275.00–286.002,64928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380531.57/cwt528.00–533.002,02018

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.