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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 1

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Apr 17May 1May 22 →

Receipts

1,239 head

▼ 874 vs last sale 2,113▲ 110 vs year ago 1,129 · +9.7%

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; Too light a test for steers 700-850 lb range in the previous sale, 900 lbs steers 5.00 higher today. Limited offering in the previous sale for 550-650 lb heifers, 700 lbs 3.00 higher. The auction consisted of seven loads, four half loads and many smaller packages. Smaller crowd today, as farmers are getting back in the field. Demand good online and in the arena.

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 $483.58/cwt on 61 head, down $16.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 17 comparable sales and sits +18.48 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$483.58

▼ 16.51 vs prior sale

61 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.86

vs IA average

+2.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	483.58	2,730	61

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 sale61 hd

483.58

—

IA average3 barns · 696 hd

498.44

−14.86

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+2.56

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

+18.48

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

26 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	627.00/cwt	627.00–627.00	2,301	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,536	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	548.17/cwt	547.00–551.00	2,571	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,574	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	481.29/cwt	458.00–501.00	2,763	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,743	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,897	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	417.60/cwt	388.00–420.75	3,057	138
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	3,049	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,923	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	370.04/cwt	365.75–373.75	3,193	125
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	350.75/cwt	350.75–350.75	3,318	138
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,071	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,481	53
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,221	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,358	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	491.90/cwt	481.00–502.50	2,150	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	497.14/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,287	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	455.20/cwt	451.00–465.00	2,403	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	437.21/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,466	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	419.52/cwt	417.00–422.00	2,555	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	374.18/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,593	93
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	365.76/cwt	363.25–371.50	2,732	105
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	367.69/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,805	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	828	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	833	354.66/cwt	352.50–356.50	2,954	89
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,858	9

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 May 1, 2026

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

Receipts 1,239Last week 2,113Year ago 1,129

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	481.00–502.50	491.90
30	450–500	460	475.00–500.00	497.14
35	500–550	528	451.00–465.00	455.20
60	550–600	564	435.00–440.00	437.21
22	600–650	609	417.00–422.00	419.52
93	650–700	693	374.00–380.00	374.18
4	700–750	703	2,900.00	2,900.00
105	700–750	747	363.25–371.50	365.76
17	750–800	763	360.00–373.00	367.69
9	850–900	893	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
89	800–850	833	352.50–356.50	354.66
20	800–850	828	3,150.00	3,150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	821	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	627.00	627.00
11	400–450	441	575.00	575.00
20	450–500	469	547.00–551.00	548.17
11	500–550	521	494.00	494.00
50	550–600	574	458.00–501.00	481.29
13	600–650	611	449.00	449.00
32	650–700	660	439.00	439.00
138	700–750	732	388.00–420.75	417.60
12	750–800	751	406.00	406.00
125	850–900	863	365.75–373.75	370.04
138	900–950	946	350.75	350.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	1050–1100	1,071	325.00	325.00
9	1200–1250	1,221	275.00	275.00

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.