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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 13

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20 →

Receipts

546 head

▼ 1,049 vs last sale 1,595▼ 768 vs year ago 1,314 · −58.4%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Lower trend in the market this week. The auction consisted of one load of yearling steers, one load of replacement heifers, several half loads and smaller packages. Good demand online and in the stands for this light sale today.

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 $448.35/cwt on 40 head, down $32.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −16.75 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$448.35

▼ 32.49 vs prior sale

40 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$54.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.54

vs IA average

−23.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	455.11	2,448	35
Medium and Large 1-2	545	401.00	2,185	5thin

One grade step is worth $54.11/cwt here — about $263 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 sale40 hd

448.35

—

IA average6 barns · 284 hd

464.89

−16.54

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−23.85

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−16.75

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

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.43, low $368.70, median $465.10 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,238	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	422	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,169	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	485.16/cwt	454.00–493.00	2,489	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,314	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,185	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	430.59/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,485	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	436.14/cwt	400.00–441.00	2,630	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,671	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	357.19/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,750	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,783	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	333.88/cwt	325.00–337.50	3,075	135
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	495.27/cwt	490.00–504.00	1,941	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,172	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,403	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	355.40/cwt	352.00–358.00	2,260	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	342.98/cwt	339.00–350.00	2,511	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	764	376.09/cwt	369.00–381.75	2,873	72
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	799	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,637	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,543	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	288.41/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,561	23
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,632	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,041	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,686	5

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 13, 2026

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

Receipts 546Last week 1,595Year ago 1,314

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,041	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	392	490.00–504.00	495.27
25	550–600	568	423.00	423.00
22	600–650	636	352.00–358.00	355.40
11	700–750	732	339.00–350.00	342.98
28	750–800	799	330.00	330.00
5	800–850	845	301.00	301.00
23	850–900	888	285.00–305.00	288.41
8	900–950	940	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	543	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	750–800	764	369.00–381.75	376.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	542.00	542.00
15	500–550	513	454.00–493.00	485.16
11	550–600	577	415.00–440.00	430.59
26	600–650	603	400.00–441.00	436.14
8	650–700	653	409.00	409.00
23	750–800	770	355.00–360.00	357.19
25	800–850	815	341.50	341.50
135	900–950	921	325.00–337.50	333.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	422	514.00	514.00
9	500–550	532	435.00	435.00

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.