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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-12

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Apr 12

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Apr 5Apr 12Apr 26 →

Receipts

1,180 head

▼ 429 vs last sale 1,609▼ 1,680 vs year ago 2,860 · −58.7%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was a Western Iowa Precondition sale. Demand was moderate to good for light offerings. Load lot offerings sold on the best demand. Several sets of short weaned calves were sold at a discount to long weaned offerings. The next sale is April 26.

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 $334.38/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −130.73 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$334.38

28 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+20.67

vs IA average

+28.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	334.38	1,796	28

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 sale28 hd

334.38

—

IA average8 barns · 683 hd

313.71

+20.67

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+28.90

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−130.73

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

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,260	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,703	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,369	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,782	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,812	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	277.49/cwt	276.00–279.00	1,687	14
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	626	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,659	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	290.29/cwt	289.00–291.00	1,916	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,760	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	251.67/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,810	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	739	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,796	20
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	749	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,813	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	242.74/cwt	240.00–244.75	1,855	32
Steers	800–850	Medium 1	825	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,881	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	239.93/cwt	230.00–240.50	2,104	268
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	888	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,909	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,916	19
Steers	900–950	Large 1	944	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	1,980	35
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	215.54/cwt	213.75–217.00	2,086	113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,230	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,516	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	502	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,340	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,464	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	288.38/cwt	274.00–301.00	1,551	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,475	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	262.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,522	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	253.19/cwt	247.00–261.50	1,570	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,651	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	231.14/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,740	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	797	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,741	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	216.86/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,796	46
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	221.39/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,919	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1Fleshy	883	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,687	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,930	72
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,972	19
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	985	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,881	11

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 Apr 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,180Last week 1,609Year ago 2,860

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	900–950	944	209.75	209.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	626	265.00	265.00
14	700–750	749	242.00	242.00
13	800–850	825	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	528	337.50	337.50
14	600–650	608	276.00–279.00	277.49
7	650–700	677	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	488	349.00	349.00
7	550–600	565	325.00	325.00
19	600–650	602	301.00	301.00
17	650–700	660	289.00–291.00	290.29
11	700–750	719	250.00–253.00	251.67
32	750–800	764	240.00–244.75	242.74
268	850–900	877	230.00–240.50	239.93
113	950–1000	968	213.75–217.00	215.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	342.50	342.50
19	900–950	930	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	739	243.00	243.00
7	850–900	888	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	883	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	750–800	797	218.50	218.50
11	950–1000	985	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	497	305.00	305.00
20	550–600	579	260.00–270.00	262.92
30	600–650	620	247.00–261.50	253.19
26	700–750	718	230.00	230.00
7	750–800	753	230.00–232.00	231.14
46	800–850	828	216.00–219.00	216.86
29	850–900	867	217.00–224.00	221.39
72	900–950	946	204.00	204.00
19	950–1000	955	206.50	206.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	538	274.00–301.00	288.38
6	550–600	576	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	502	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	523	280.00	280.00

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.