Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend applicable, as the previous sale was three weeks ago. The auction consisted of six loads, six half loads and many smaller packages. Demand was good online and in the arena, especially on advertised load lots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $464.60/cwt on 82 head, up $14.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 21 comparable sales and sits +35.58 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$464.60

▲ 14.33 vs prior sale

82 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.36

vs IA average

+48.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	464.60	2,576	82

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

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 sale82 hd

464.60

—

IA average4 barns · 353 hd

456.23

+8.36

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

+48.77

This barn, trailing median21 sales

429.02

+35.58

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

27 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	900–950	902	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,861	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	345.28/cwt	341.00–353.00	2,942	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	418.83/cwt	403.00–432.75	2,538	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	573.71/cwt	573.00–575.00	2,335	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	349.25/cwt	346.00–350.25	2,867	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	524.71/cwt	508.00–537.00	2,797	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	456.28/cwt	435.00–462.00	2,614	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	3,046	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	672.50/cwt	672.50–672.50	2,784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	368.18/cwt	353.00–371.00	2,868	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,388	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	368.75/cwt	368.50–369.25	3,157	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	386.99/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,601	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	379.19/cwt	364.00–383.50	2,806	383
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	473.77/cwt	451.00–480.00	2,530	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,841	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,266	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	443.53/cwt	420.00–463.00	2,785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,766	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	415.40/cwt	393.00–431.50	2,958	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	426.68/cwt	420.00–428.50	2,965	42

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 Jun 26, 2026

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

Receipts 1,271Last week 798Year ago 937

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	298	1,925.00	1,925.00
20	400–450	407	573.00–575.00	573.71
39	500–550	534	451.00–480.00	473.77
43	550–600	573	435.00–462.00	456.28
15	600–650	606	403.00–432.75	418.83
91	650–700	672	380.00–389.00	386.99
383	700–750	740	364.00–383.50	379.19
51	750–800	779	353.00–371.00	368.18
104	800–850	821	346.00–350.25	349.25
14	850–900	852	341.00–353.00	345.28
7	900–950	902	325.00	325.00
12	950–1000	960	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	793	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	270	2,025.00	2,025.00
66	500–550	533	508.00–537.00	524.71
20	550–600	566	502.00	502.00
15	600–650	628	420.00–463.00	443.53
42	650–700	695	420.00–428.50	426.68
90	700–750	712	393.00–431.50	415.40
7	750–800	775	393.00	393.00
96	850–900	856	368.50–369.25	368.75
8	900–950	933	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	414	672.50	672.50
17	450–500	494	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	602.50	602.50
3	450–500	480	497.50	497.50
3	800–850	848	365.00	365.00

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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