Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the auction two weeks ago: steers 750 lbs sharply higher, 900 lbs sharply higher with load lots in the offering today and much lighter numbers in the previous sale. Too light a test for heifers this week, no comparison. Many unweaned calves today. CME feeder cattle futures up 5.00. Six full loads, three half loads of yearling cattle, along with many smaller packages of both calves and yearlings. Mostly good demand today. The next feeder sale is September 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.33/cwt on 59 head, up $74.63 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 19 comparable sales and sits −37.16 against this barn's trailing median of $480.49.

Average price

$443.33

▲ 74.63 vs prior sale

59 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.73

vs IA average

+52.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	443.33	2,378	59

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

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 sale59 hd

443.33

—

IA average2 barns · 141 hd

427.60

+15.73

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

+52.74

This barn, trailing median19 sales

480.49

−37.16

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

36 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	950–1000	966	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	406.83/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,973	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	1,837.49/head	1,750.00–1,860.00	1,837	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	338.36/cwt	326.00–341.00	2,291	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,223	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	448.21/cwt	438.00–449.50	2,367	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,311	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	461.48/cwt	448.00–472.00	2,164	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	576	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,246	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	346.68/cwt	320.00–348.50	2,611	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	319.06/cwt	316.25–321.00	2,954	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	313.55/cwt	313.00–313.75	2,778	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,407	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	355.12/cwt	348.00–361.00	2,347	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	291.20/cwt	289.50–295.75	2,630	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	366.30/cwt	356.50–369.00	2,150	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	313.86/cwt	306.00–323.00	2,423	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	380.84/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,346	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	487.75/cwt	475.00–491.50	2,097	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	447.41/cwt	431.00–457.00	2,139	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	334	1,835.00/head	1,835.00–1,835.00	1,835	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	294.13/cwt	290.25–311.00	2,630	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	394.86/cwt	394.50–395.00	2,010	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,924	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,825	28
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,914	30
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,168	248.62/cwt	248.00–251.50	2,904	23
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,713	7

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 →

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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
3	950–1000	966	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	412	1,875.00	1,875.00
40	450–500	485	400.00–422.00	406.83
11	500–550	509	394.50–395.00	394.86
17	550–600	587	356.50–369.00	366.30
6	600–650	615	344.50	344.50
22	650–700	677	326.00–341.00	338.36
4	700–750	737	319.00	319.00
11	750–800	772	306.00–323.00	313.86
64	850–900	894	290.25–311.00	294.13
26	900–950	903	289.50–295.75	291.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
22	300–350	323	1,675.00	1,675.00
15	350–400	376	1,750.00–1,860.00	1,837.49
47	450–500	464	479.00	479.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	576	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,039	280.50	280.50
7	1050–1100	1,068	254.00	254.00
23	1150–1200	1,168	248.00–251.50	248.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	601	360.00	360.00
3	950–1000	988	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	350–400	381	2,175.00	2,175.00
44	500–550	528	438.00–449.50	448.21
10	600–650	623	371.00	371.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	430	475.00–491.50	487.75
24	450–500	478	431.00–457.00	447.41
15	550–600	561	429.00	429.00
37	600–650	616	375.00–384.00	380.84
14	650–700	661	348.00–361.00	355.12
230	750–800	753	320.00–348.50	346.68
19	850–900	886	313.00–313.75	313.55
192	900–950	926	316.25–321.00	319.06
6	950–1000	965	303.00	303.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1050–1100	1,072	263.50	263.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	334	1,835.00	1,835.00
77	450–500	469	448.00–472.00	461.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	400–450	426	1,975.00	1,975.00

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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