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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 27

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 10 →

Receipts

1,419 head

▲ 297 vs last sale 1,122▲ 231 vs year ago 1,188 · +19.4%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous auction was Western Iowa Precondition sale. CME feeder cattle futures rebounding today at 8.00 higher. The sale consisted of nine loads, four half loads and many smaller strings. Light steers limited. Good demand, both online and in the arena. Light cattle and loads of yearlings being most in-demand on this offering of quality 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 $487.95/cwt on 58 head, up $1.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 17 comparable sales and sits +22.85 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$487.95

▲ 1.57 vs prior sale

58 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.22

vs IA average

+9.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	487.95	2,639	58

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale58 hd

487.95

—

IA average5 barns · 388 hd

488.17

−0.22

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+9.86

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

+22.85

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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	602.48/cwt	600.00–612.50	2,295	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	2,551	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,565	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,374	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	491.80/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,621	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,727	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	437.74/cwt	429.00–457.00	2,688	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	401.41/cwt	385.00–426.00	2,746	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	382.02/cwt	380.00–384.00	2,720	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,564	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	756	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,767	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	382.87/cwt	372.00–384.50	2,902	31
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	354.35/cwt	343.00–356.25	3,051	196
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	344.58/cwt	339.50–350.50	3,208	317
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,842	3
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	318.25/cwt	318.25–318.25	3,265	75
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	581.22/cwt	569.00–592.50	2,127	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	531.57/cwt	528.00–533.00	2,020	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,206	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,328	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	444.59/cwt	432.50–457.00	2,307	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	413.85/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,388	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	405.43/cwt	393.00–413.00	2,542	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	369.29/cwt	357.00–384.00	2,511	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	371.28/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,688	98
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	345.65/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,689	55
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	337.68/cwt	331.00–347.00	2,816	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	937	282.66/cwt	275.00–286.00	2,649	28
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,778	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,143	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,214	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,265	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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 1,419Last week 1,122Year ago 1,188

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	570.00	570.00
3	450–500	486	466.00	466.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	484	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	569.00–592.50	581.22
3	400–450	448	492.50	492.50
19	450–500	487	478.00	478.00
34	500–550	519	432.50–457.00	444.59
32	550–600	577	390.00–420.00	413.85
24	600–650	627	393.00–413.00	405.43
83	650–700	680	357.00–384.00	369.29
98	700–750	724	355.00–372.00	371.28
55	750–800	778	340.00–348.00	345.65
65	800–850	834	331.00–347.00	337.68
31	950–1000	953	291.50	291.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	380	528.00–533.00	531.57
28	900–950	937	275.00–286.00	282.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	473	502.00	502.00
10	750–800	754	340.00	340.00
3	950–1000	980	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	381	600.00–612.50	602.48
28	400–450	439	581.00	581.00
8	450–500	456	562.50	562.50
49	500–550	533	470.00–507.50	491.80
23	600–650	614	429.00–457.00	437.74
10	650–700	684	385.00–426.00	401.41
8	700–750	712	380.00–384.00	382.02
31	750–800	758	372.00–384.50	382.87
196	850–900	861	343.00–356.25	354.35
317	900–950	931	339.50–350.50	344.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	584	467.00	467.00
3	750–800	756	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	1000–1050	1,026	318.25	318.25

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.