Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2026-08-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Aug 28
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,898 head
▼ 1,442 vs last sale 3,340▲ 1,898 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was three weeks ago. Lower trend noted, following the downturn in the market. Most of the auction consisted of full load lots of yearling cattle, along with plenty of smaller packages. Good demand, especially on advertised load lots of heavy cattle. The next feeder sale is September 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $368.70/cwt on 12 head, down $74.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −111.79 against this barn's trailing median of $480.49.
Average price
$368.70
▼ 74.24 vs prior sale
12 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−22.05
vs IA average
−2.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568368.702,09412thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
533474414355median 480.4901/3002/2704/1006/2609/25
Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $480.49 across 19 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 sale12 hd
368.70
—
IA average3 barns · 51 hd
390.75
−22.05
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
−2.30
This barn, trailing median19 sales
480.49
−111.79
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

22 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
SteersLarge 11050–11001,063278.25/cwt278.25–278.252,95857
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763324.26/cwt324.00–325.002,47483
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578367.05/cwt363.00–371.002,1228
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750734342.62/cwt320.00–348.252,515100
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850811323.85/cwt323.00–325.002,6267
SteersLarge 11150–12001,165256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,9829
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650636353.23/cwt349.00–355.502,24753
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900892296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,64015
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,8864
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2534
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500472456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,1526
SteersLarge 11100–11501,135264.75/cwt264.75–264.753,00570
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–5004501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9007
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–4504261,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8503
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000957296.04/cwt294.00–296.752,833664
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900867313.80/cwt296.50–315.002,721271
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550548372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,0394
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950933295.79/cwt294.50–303.002,76033
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800753322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,428294
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850844316.25/cwt316.25–316.252,66959
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700678315.58/cwt312.00–320.002,14020
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950915288.52/cwt275.00–299.252,64018

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.