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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Sep 11

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25 →

Receipts

1,187 head

▼ 711 vs last sale 1,898▲ 1,187 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. Compared to the auction two weeks ago: steers 750 lbs sharply higher, 900 lbs sharply higher with load lots in the offering today and much lighter numbers in the previous sale. Too light a test for heifers this week, no comparison. Many unweaned calves today. CME feeder cattle futures up 5.00. Six full loads, three half loads of yearling cattle, along with many smaller packages of both calves and yearlings. Mostly good demand today. The next feeder sale is September 25.

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 $443.33/cwt on 59 head, up $74.63 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −21.78 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$443.33

▲ 74.63 vs prior sale

59 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.73

vs IA average

+52.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	443.33	2,378	59

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 sale59 hd

443.33

—

IA average2 barns · 141 hd

427.60

+15.73

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

+52.74

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−21.78

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

36 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	487.75/cwt	475.00–491.50	2,097	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	447.41/cwt	431.00–457.00	2,139	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	448.21/cwt	438.00–449.50	2,367	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,407	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,164	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	380.84/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,346	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,311	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	355.12/cwt	348.00–361.00	2,347	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	346.68/cwt	320.00–348.50	2,611	230
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	313.55/cwt	313.00–313.75	2,778	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	319.06/cwt	316.25–321.00	2,954	192
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,924	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	988	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,668	3
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,825	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	323	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	376	1,837.49/head	1,750.00–1,860.00	1,837	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,223	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	406.83/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,973	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	394.86/cwt	394.50–395.00	2,010	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	576	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,246	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	366.30/cwt	356.50–369.00	2,150	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,119	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	338.36/cwt	326.00–341.00	2,291	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,351	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	313.86/cwt	306.00–323.00	2,423	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	294.13/cwt	290.25–311.00	2,630	64
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	291.20/cwt	289.50–295.75	2,630	26
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	966	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,425	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,914	30
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,068	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,713	7
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,168	248.62/cwt	248.00–251.50	2,904	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	1,835.00/head	1,835.00–1,835.00	1,835	28
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	461.48/cwt	448.00–472.00	2,164	77

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 Sep 11, 2026

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

Receipts 1,187Last week 1,898Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	966	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	412	1,875.00	1,875.00
40	450–500	485	400.00–422.00	406.83
11	500–550	509	394.50–395.00	394.86
17	550–600	587	356.50–369.00	366.30
6	600–650	615	344.50	344.50
22	650–700	677	326.00–341.00	338.36
4	700–750	737	319.00	319.00
11	750–800	772	306.00–323.00	313.86
64	850–900	894	290.25–311.00	294.13
26	900–950	903	289.50–295.75	291.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
22	300–350	323	1,675.00	1,675.00
15	350–400	376	1,750.00–1,860.00	1,837.49
47	450–500	464	479.00	479.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	576	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,039	280.50	280.50
7	1050–1100	1,068	254.00	254.00
23	1150–1200	1,168	248.00–251.50	248.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	601	360.00	360.00
3	950–1000	988	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	350–400	381	2,175.00	2,175.00
44	500–550	528	438.00–449.50	448.21
10	600–650	623	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	430	475.00–491.50	487.75
24	450–500	478	431.00–457.00	447.41
15	550–600	561	429.00	429.00
37	600–650	616	375.00–384.00	380.84
14	650–700	661	348.00–361.00	355.12
230	750–800	753	320.00–348.50	346.68
19	850–900	886	313.00–313.75	313.55
192	900–950	926	316.25–321.00	319.06
6	950–1000	965	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1050–1100	1,072	263.50	263.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	334	1,835.00	1,835.00
77	450–500	469	448.00–472.00	461.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	400–450	426	1,975.00	1,975.00

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.