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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 15

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

1,918 head

▲ 716 vs last sale 1,202▼ 289 vs year ago 2,207 · −13.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Spring winter weather came to the area last Friday and the sale was not covered. No comparison today. Upward trend noted. Several load lots in the offering today. Demand good in the stands and on the internet, especially on light cattle.

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 $288.26/cwt on 274 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −134.96 against this barn's trailing median of $423.22.

Average price

$288.26

274 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$33.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.40

vs IA average

+12.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	289.00	1,631	268
Medium and Large 1-2	588	255.43	1,502	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.57/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale274 hd

288.26

—

IA average2 barns · 361 hd

285.86

+2.40

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

+12.09

This barn, trailing median16 sales

423.22

−134.96

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

34 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,469	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,569	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,498	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	343.41/cwt	330.00–354.00	1,659	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	369.39/cwt	366.25–397.50	1,803	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	362.01/cwt	351.00–385.00	1,933	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	340.75/cwt	314.00–347.50	1,833	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	351.64/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,973	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	299.77/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,748	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	285.53/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,770	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	317.57/cwt	307.00–325.50	1,991	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	305.95/cwt	284.00–312.50	2,047	198
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,835	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	277.87/cwt	267.00–285.50	1,995	92
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	263.96/cwt	250.00–270.00	2,048	132
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	257.10/cwt	244.00–259.50	2,095	79
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,137	19
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	2,191	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,302	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,249	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	311.81/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,303	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	347.97/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,489	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	322.94/cwt	303.00–332.00	1,505	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	293.65/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,401	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	309.33/cwt	294.00–325.00	1,593	67
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	282.22/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,640	201
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	255.43/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,502	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	274.49/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,685	132
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	250.41/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,705	193
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	249.24/cwt	238.00–252.25	1,814	209
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	210.99/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,635	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	233.59/cwt	224.00–237.50	1,829	24
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	231.46/cwt	229.00–232.50	1,879	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,006	7

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

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Receipts 1,918Last week 1,202Year ago 2,207

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,036	211.50	211.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	387.50	387.50
9	400–450	424	370.00	370.00
62	450–500	488	366.25–397.50	369.39
48	500–550	534	351.00–385.00	362.01
21	550–600	561	350.00–355.00	351.64
44	600–650	627	307.00–325.50	317.57
198	650–700	669	284.00–312.50	305.95
92	700–750	718	267.00–285.50	277.87
132	750–800	776	250.00–270.00	263.96
79	800–850	815	244.00–259.50	257.10
19	850–900	860	248.50	248.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	347.50	347.50
29	450–500	483	330.00–354.00	343.41
19	500–550	538	314.00–347.50	340.75
43	550–600	583	289.00–310.00	299.77
13	600–650	620	272.00–290.00	285.53
6	650–700	690	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	377.50	377.50
4	350–400	361	346.00	346.00
40	400–450	428	345.00–352.00	347.97
21	450–500	466	303.00–332.00	322.94
67	500–550	515	294.00–325.00	309.33
201	550–600	581	270.00–293.00	282.22
132	600–650	614	265.00–277.50	274.49
193	650–700	681	240.00–263.00	250.41
209	700–750	728	238.00–252.25	249.24
24	750–800	783	224.00–237.50	233.59
10	800–850	812	229.00–232.50	231.46
7	950–1000	955	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	418	305.00–316.00	311.81
8	450–500	477	290.00–296.00	293.65
6	550–600	588	250.00–261.00	255.43
10	750–800	775	210.00–212.00	210.99

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.