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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 20

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Receipts

1,122 head

▲ 576 vs last sale 546▼ 134 vs year ago 1,256 · −10.7%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the previous auction was not Precondition. CME feeder cattle futures up 3.00 today, after declining yesterday. The sale consisted of several half loads and smaller strings of mostly light cattle. Good demand.

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 $486.39/cwt on 134 head, up $38.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 17 comparable sales and sits +21.28 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$486.39

▲ 38.04 vs prior sale

134 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$27.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs IA average

+14.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	490.13	2,622	116
Medium and Large 1-2	534	462.26	2,468	18thin

One grade step is worth $27.87/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale134 hd

486.39

—

IA average3 barns · 341 hd

485.64

+0.74

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+14.27

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

+21.28

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

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	1,883	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	643.62/cwt	632.50–675.00	2,169	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,291	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	587.22/cwt	576.00–609.00	2,531	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,148	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	495.40/cwt	484.00–502.50	2,328	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	498.18/cwt	479.00–521.00	2,591	86
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	462.26/cwt	451.00–471.00	2,468	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	467.05/cwt	461.00–474.00	2,700	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	430.23/cwt	420.00–436.00	2,642	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	420.96/cwt	395.00–434.00	2,799	60
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	390.07/cwt	377.50–414.00	2,851	77
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	380.31/cwt	371.00–399.00	2,985	54
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	369.12/cwt	347.00–374.00	2,986	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,729	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	360.26/cwt	354.00–361.00	3,134	28
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,035	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	323.86/cwt	321.00–326.00	3,077	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	226	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	1,880.00/head	1,880.00–1,880.00	1,880	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	537.05/cwt	517.00–549.00	2,019	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	515.87/cwt	501.00–531.00	2,223	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	463.86/cwt	456.00–494.00	2,254	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	446.23/cwt	426.00–456.00	2,352	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	427.41/cwt	420.00–441.00	2,475	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	405.75/cwt	397.00–419.50	2,556	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	655	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,594	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	376.07/cwt	371.50–390.00	2,512	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,422	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	360.61/cwt	350.00–368.00	2,586	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	740	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,812	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	348.93/cwt	343.50–352.25	2,659	86
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,863	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,895	3

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 20, 2026

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Receipts 1,122Last week 546Year ago 1,256

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	226	1,625.00	1,625.00
10	300–350	321	1,880.00	1,880.00
20	350–400	376	517.00–549.00	537.05
39	400–450	431	501.00–531.00	515.87
25	450–500	486	456.00–494.00	463.86
81	500–550	527	426.00–456.00	446.23
28	550–600	579	420.00–441.00	427.41
63	600–650	630	397.00–419.50	405.75
31	650–700	668	371.50–390.00	376.07
80	700–750	717	350.00–368.00	360.61
86	750–800	762	343.50–352.25	348.93
8	850–900	856	334.50	334.50
3	900–950	940	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
6	650–700	692	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	655	396.00	396.00
10	700–750	740	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	271	695.00	695.00
11	300–350	337	632.50–675.00	643.62
4	350–400	395	580.00	580.00
43	400–450	431	576.00–609.00	587.22
8	450–500	470	484.00–502.50	495.40
86	500–550	520	479.00–521.00	498.18
30	550–600	578	461.00–474.00	467.05
43	600–650	614	420.00–436.00	430.23
60	650–700	665	395.00–434.00	420.96
77	700–750	731	377.50–414.00	390.07
54	750–800	785	371.00–399.00	380.31
30	800–850	809	347.00–374.00	369.12
28	850–900	870	354.00–361.00	360.26
12	900–950	931	326.00	326.00
7	950–1000	950	321.00–326.00	323.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	466	461.00	461.00
18	500–550	534	451.00–471.00	462.26
3	850–900	850	321.00	321.00

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.