Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. CME feeder cattle futures down 3.00 today. The auction consisted of twelve loads, nine half loads and many smaller strings. Good demand, especially on load lots of light calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $464.29/cwt on 215 head, up $11.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 21 comparable sales and sits +35.27 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$464.29

▲ 11.49 vs prior sale

215 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$45.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.30

vs IA average

+36.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	465.56	2,528	209
Medium and Large 1-2	549	420.00	2,306	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.56/cwt here — about $222 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 sale215 hd

464.29

—

IA average4 barns · 763 hd

456.99

+7.30

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

+36.90

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

+35.27

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	434.44/cwt	431.00–439.00	2,559	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	484.36/cwt	477.50–489.00	2,611	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	2,030	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	2,854	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	521.74/cwt	503.00–535.00	2,238	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	379.03/cwt	377.50–380.00	2,505	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	430.22/cwt	412.50–444.00	2,452	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,808	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	372.83/cwt	367.75–383.50	3,091	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	345.97/cwt	340.00–348.00	3,079	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,787	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	560.51/cwt	540.00–585.00	2,444	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	421.81/cwt	411.00–427.50	2,873	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	494.50/cwt	494.50–494.50	2,364	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	440.74/cwt	431.00–447.00	2,781	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	541.50/cwt	541.50–541.50	2,588	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	508.98/cwt	473.00–511.50	2,820	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	388.13/cwt	378.50–391.50	3,024	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	338.11/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,735	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	345.14/cwt	338.00–352.00	3,196	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,306	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	471.95/cwt	452.00–486.50	2,539	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	357.04/cwt	336.00–361.50	2,703	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	402.45/cwt	393.00–406.00	2,560	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	362.92/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,606	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	679	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,641	18

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 Apr 17, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	530.00	530.00
4	500–550	535	468.00	468.00
7	550–600	589	431.00–439.00	434.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	600.00	600.00
16	400–450	436	540.00–585.00	560.51
47	450–500	478	541.50	541.50
44	500–550	539	477.50–489.00	484.36
144	550–600	554	473.00–511.50	508.98
221	600–650	631	431.00–447.00	440.74
121	650–700	681	411.00–427.50	421.81
7	700–750	724	385.00	385.00
166	750–800	779	378.50–391.50	388.13
45	800–850	829	367.75–383.50	372.83
27	850–900	890	340.00–348.00	345.97
117	900–950	926	338.00–352.00	345.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	553.00	553.00
11	400–450	429	503.00–535.00	521.74
149	450–500	478	494.50	494.50
177	500–550	538	452.00–486.50	471.95
32	550–600	570	412.50–444.00	430.22
59	600–650	636	393.00–406.00	402.45
20	650–700	661	377.50–380.00	379.03
95	700–750	718	360.00–368.00	362.92
308	750–800	757	336.00–361.50	357.04
108	800–850	809	337.00–340.00	338.11
44	850–900	893	314.50	314.50
5	950–1000	952	299.75	299.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	679	389.00	389.00

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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