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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 22

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← May 1May 22Jun 5 →

Receipts

836 head

▼ 403 vs last sale 1,239▲ 836 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. No trend, as the last feeder auction was three weeks ago. The sale consisted of four loads, four half loads and many smaller strings. CME feeder cattle futures 6.00 lower today, slowing demand. Load lots and larger packages still popular among the buyers. The next feeder auction is June 5.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.34/cwt on 58 head, down $29.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −8.88 against this barn's trailing median of $423.22.

Average price

$414.34

▼ 29.50 vs prior sale

58 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.15

vs IA average

−3.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	414.34	2,333	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

414.34

—

IA average7 barns · 1,399 hd

449.49

−35.15

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−3.92

This barn, trailing median16 sales

423.22

−8.88

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

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.60, low $372.86, median $423.22 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	667.50/cwt	667.50–667.50	2,043	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,374	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	477.25/cwt	474.50–480.00	2,582	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	463.12/cwt	445.00–468.25	2,593	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,454	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	426.75/cwt	415.50–443.00	2,676	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,784	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	373.16/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,713	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,676	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	349.22/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,892	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,986	19
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	322.79/cwt	321.25–326.50	3,189	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	478.52/cwt	460.00–497.50	2,125	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	450.31/cwt	444.00–455.00	2,161	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	422.91/cwt	400.00–442.50	2,220	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	409.83/cwt	391.00–420.00	2,389	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	391.38/cwt	381.00–400.50	2,442	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	358.58/cwt	358.00–359.25	2,399	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	337.21/cwt	334.00–341.00	2,425	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	348.39/cwt	319.50–350.75	2,662	234
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	338.87/cwt	326.00–346.00	2,762	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,761	63
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,565	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,997	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,377	4

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 22, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	444	460.00–497.50	478.52
7	450–500	480	444.00–455.00	450.31
20	500–550	525	400.00–442.50	422.91
38	550–600	583	391.00–420.00	409.83
93	600–650	624	381.00–400.50	391.38
15	650–700	669	358.00–359.25	358.58
13	700–750	719	334.00–341.00	337.21
234	750–800	764	319.50–350.75	348.39
14	800–850	815	326.00–346.00	338.87
63	850–900	867	318.50	318.50
4	900–950	925	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	916	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	306	667.50	667.50
5	450–500	450	527.50	527.50
18	500–550	541	474.50–480.00	477.25
36	550–600	560	445.00–468.25	463.12
35	600–650	627	415.50–443.00	426.75
40	650–700	674	413.00	413.00
11	700–750	727	365.00–380.00	373.16
15	800–850	828	346.00–350.00	349.22
48	950–1000	988	321.25–326.50	322.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	590	416.00	416.00
11	750–800	787	340.00	340.00
19	900–950	936	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	653	364.00	364.00

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.