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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-03

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 3

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Apr 26May 3May 17 →

Receipts

2,019 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 2,064▼ 224 vs year ago 2,243 · −10.0%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison stated today as the previous auction was a Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Many load lots of high quality yearling cattle were available in today's moderate offering. Trade was very active. Demand was very good coming a great crowd of buyers.

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 $332.46/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −132.64 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$332.46

63 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.52

vs IA average

+23.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	332.46	1,839	63

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 sale63 hd

332.46

—

IA average4 barns · 834 hd

328.94

+3.52

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+23.85

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−132.64

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

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,503	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	343.77/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,870	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	1,820	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	307.10/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,978	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	297.21/cwt	284.50–313.50	1,953	52
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	261.22/cwt	239.00–274.00	1,745	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,844	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	246.62/cwt	237.00–256.50	1,921	141
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	248.79/cwt	236.25–260.00	2,062	248
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	232.54/cwt	226.00–237.50	2,063	166
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,804	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	930	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,181	73
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	223.53/cwt	202.50–224.75	2,164	482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,316	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	287.87/cwt	276.00–291.50	1,520	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,545	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	262.65/cwt	260.00–263.50	1,691	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,607	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	234.36/cwt	225.00–236.50	1,706	58
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,549	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	1,839	85
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	225.09/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,864	180
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	890	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,078	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	899	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,807	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	533	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,599	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	699	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,650	11
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	965	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,795	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

Fri May 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,019Last week 2,064Year ago 2,243

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	435	302.50	302.50
44	500–550	528	276.00–291.50	287.87
10	550–600	592	261.00	261.00
80	600–650	644	260.00–263.50	262.65
15	650–700	667	241.00	241.00
58	700–750	728	225.00–236.50	234.36
85	750–800	785	234.25	234.25
180	800–850	828	215.00–245.00	225.09
9	850–900	899	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	734	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	890	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	432	348.00	348.00
24	500–550	544	340.00–352.50	343.77
39	550–600	559	325.50	325.50
19	600–650	644	305.00–309.00	307.10
52	650–700	657	284.50–313.50	297.21
9	700–750	712	259.00	259.00
141	750–800	779	237.00–256.50	246.62
248	800–850	829	236.25–260.00	248.79
166	850–900	887	226.00–237.50	232.54
9	900–950	902	200.00	200.00
482	950–1000	968	202.50–224.75	223.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	668	239.00–274.00	261.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	900–950	930	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	533	300.00	300.00
11	650–700	699	236.00	236.00
7	950–1000	965	186.00	186.00

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.