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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 9

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

1,702 head

▼ 253 vs last sale 1,955▲ 1,702 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. Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Light steers were mixed, 450 lbs 4.00 higher, 550 lbs 5.00 lower. Too light a test on yearling steers, no comparison. Heifers, 600 lbs, sharply higher. Too light a test on yearling heifers, no comparison. One full load of steers, nine half loads and many smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand, especially on advertised reputation cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.28/cwt on 293 head, down $20.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −38.93 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$429.28

▼ 20.00 vs prior sale

293 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$52.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.93

vs IA average

−1.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	430.90	2,396	284
Medium and Large 1-2	595	378.00	2,249	9thin

One grade step is worth $52.90/cwt here — about $146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale293 hd

429.28

—

IA average4 barns · 947 hd

430.20

−0.93

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

−1.08

This barn, trailing median18 sales

468.20

−38.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $468.20 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

37 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	1,982.74/head	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,983	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	521.52/cwt	515.00–539.00	2,003	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	513.80/cwt	499.00–530.00	2,209	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,025	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	477.26/cwt	450.00–488.00	2,310	147
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,163	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	448.28/cwt	432.00–469.00	2,385	86
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,328	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	422.80/cwt	401.00–434.00	2,406	177
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,249	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	405.16/cwt	381.00–412.00	2,480	226
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	361.09/cwt	359.00–365.00	2,271	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	369.34/cwt	367.00–381.00	2,364	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,257	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,582	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	363.10/cwt	362.00–364.00	2,603	59
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	352.23/cwt	351.50–355.00	2,751	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,963	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	338.00/cwt	336.25–338.75	2,930	73
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	1,754.31/head	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,754	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	447.18/cwt	435.00–451.00	1,918	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	421.09/cwt	411.00–435.00	1,954	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,893	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	392.78/cwt	381.00–403.00	2,042	121
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	385.04/cwt	370.00–396.00	2,164	84
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,092	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	361.04/cwt	355.00–366.00	2,098	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	371.69/cwt	351.00–387.00	2,264	100
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	345.61/cwt	342.00–346.00	2,136	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,223	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	333.14/cwt	330.50–339.00	2,409	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,550	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,040	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,808	16
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,085	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,745	9

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 Oct 9, 2026

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Receipts 1,702Last week 1,955Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	457.00	457.00
6	450–500	496	436.00	436.00
9	550–600	595	378.00	378.00
19	600–650	629	359.00–365.00	361.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
4	200–250	230	1,875.00	1,875.00
10	300–350	326	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,982.74
11	350–400	384	515.00–539.00	521.52
51	400–450	430	499.00–530.00	513.80
147	450–500	484	450.00–488.00	477.26
86	500–550	532	432.00–469.00	448.28
177	550–600	569	401.00–434.00	422.80
226	600–650	612	381.00–412.00	405.16
10	650–700	696	371.00	371.00
59	700–750	717	362.00–364.00	363.10
28	750–800	781	351.50–355.00	352.23
20	800–850	831	356.50	356.50
73	850–900	867	336.25–338.75	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	2,200.00	2,200.00
21	500–550	544	428.00	428.00
17	600–650	640	367.00–381.00	369.34
3	650–700	656	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	392.00	392.00
22	550–600	581	355.00–366.00	361.04
32	600–650	618	342.00–346.00	345.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	250–300	295	1,850.00	1,850.00
22	350–400	371	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,754.31
46	400–450	429	435.00–451.00	447.18
47	450–500	464	411.00–435.00	421.09
121	500–550	520	381.00–403.00	392.78
84	550–600	562	370.00–396.00	385.04
100	600–650	609	351.00–387.00	371.69
22	650–700	652	341.00	341.00
64	700–750	723	330.50–339.00	333.14
4	850–900	853	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	570	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,040	270.00	270.00
9	1050–1100	1,085	253.00	253.00

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.