Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2026-05-01

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 1
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,239 head
874 vs last sale 2,113 110 vs year ago 1,129 · +9.7%
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Too light a test for steers 700-850 lb range in the previous sale, 900 lbs steers 5.00 higher today. Limited offering in the previous sale for 550-650 lb heifers, 700 lbs 3.00 higher. The auction consisted of seven loads, four half loads and many smaller packages. Smaller crowd today, as farmers are getting back in the field. Demand good online and in the arena.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $483.58/cwt on 61 head, down $16.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 21 comparable sales and sits +12.28 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.
Average price
$483.58
16.51 vs prior sale
61 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
14.86
vs IA average
+2.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564483.582,73061
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 sale61 hd
483.58
IA average3 barns · 696 hd
498.44
−14.86
National average169 barns · 10,621 hd
481.02
+2.56
This barn, trailing median21 sales
471.30
+12.28
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437491.90/cwt481.00–502.502,1508
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900893320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8589
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800763367.69/cwt360.00–373.002,80517
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–7507032,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9004
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750747365.76/cwt363.25–371.502,732105
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700693374.18/cwt374.00–380.002,59393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850821356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,9233
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800751406.00/cwt406.00–406.003,04912
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650611449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,74313
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950946350.75/cwt350.75–350.753,318138
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521494.00/cwt494.00–494.002,57411
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900863370.04/cwt365.75–373.753,193125
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400367627.00/cwt627.00–627.002,3019
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,89732
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528455.20/cwt451.00–465.002,40335
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564437.21/cwt435.00–440.002,46660
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450441575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,53611
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469548.17/cwt547.00–551.002,57120
SteersLarge 11200–12501,221275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,3589
SteersLarge 11050–11001,071325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,48153
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650609419.52/cwt417.00–422.002,55522
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460497.14/cwt475.00–500.002,28730
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574481.29/cwt458.00–501.002,76350
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750732417.60/cwt388.00–420.753,057138
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850833354.66/cwt352.50–356.502,95489
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–8508283,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,15020

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.