Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction two weeks ago: Too light a test for steers in the previous sale. Heifers 600 lbs sharply higher, after a substantial jump in the CME feeder cattle futures yesterday. Limited number of yearlings today. Two loads, three half loads and plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Good demand both online and in the arena. The next feeder auction will be June 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.49/cwt on 59 head, up $15.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 21 comparable sales and sits +9.19 against this barn's trailing median of $471.30.

Average price

$480.49

▲ 15.39 vs prior sale

59 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.99

vs IA average

+21.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	480.49	2,545	59

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

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 sale59 hd

480.49

—

IA average5 barns · 586 hd

494.48

−13.99

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+21.30

This barn, trailing median21 sales

471.30

+9.19

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

23 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 1-2	500–550	544	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,372	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	529.58/cwt	502.50–555.00	2,261	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	383.55/cwt	376.00–384.00	2,589	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	411.34/cwt	400.00–429.00	3,011	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	3,052	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	460.53/cwt	436.00–470.00	2,841	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	2,545	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,796	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	401.98/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,327	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	447.11/cwt	433.00–452.00	2,531	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	490.88/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,528	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	443.73/cwt	436.00–456.00	2,583	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	361.52/cwt	358.00–370.00	3,008	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	439.16/cwt	437.25–458.00	2,863	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	515.24/cwt	499.00–525.00	2,458	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,066	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,225	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	410.12/cwt	392.00–431.00	2,530	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	476.89/cwt	448.00–500.00	2,408	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	341.54/cwt	325.00–346.00	2,760	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,745	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	359.01/cwt	356.00–360.00	2,614	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	534.00/cwt	534.00–534.00	2,291	5

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	544	436.00	436.00
9	550–600	579	400.00–403.00	401.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	534.00	534.00
27	500–550	505	448.00–500.00	476.89
63	550–600	566	433.00–452.00	447.11
56	600–650	617	392.00–431.00	410.12
88	650–700	675	376.00–384.00	383.55
12	700–750	728	356.00–360.00	359.01
12	750–800	769	357.00	357.00
14	800–850	808	325.00–346.00	341.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	427	502.50–555.00	529.58
11	450–500	477	499.00–525.00	515.24
46	500–550	515	480.00–500.00	490.88
13	550–600	582	436.00–456.00	443.73
90	600–650	617	436.00–470.00	460.53
45	650–700	652	437.25–458.00	439.16
112	700–750	732	400.00–429.00	411.34
10	750–800	765	399.00	399.00
10	800–850	832	358.00–370.00	361.52
4	950–1000	961	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	600–650	637	399.50	399.50
10	700–750	732	382.00	382.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1050–1100	1,075	300.00	300.00

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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