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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-17

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 17

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← May 3May 17Jun 7 →

Receipts

1,940 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 2,019▲ 826 vs year ago 1,114 · +74.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: 550 lb steers were 12.00 higher, 650 lbs 3.00 lower with light numbers, 800 lbs 2.00 higher, 850 lbs 13.00 higher. Heifers 700 lbs were sharply higher this week, with limited numbers in the last sale. There were loads of heifers in the 450-550 lb range but the last sale had too light a test for comparison. A majority of the sale was load lots and large groups of both light cattle and yearlings. Good demand today, both in the stands and on the internet, especially on the load lots of light calves. The next feeder sale is June 7th.

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 $337.00/cwt on 286 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −128.10 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$337.00

286 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.49

vs IA average

+26.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	337.00	1,901	286

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 sale286 hd

337.00

—

IA average3 barns · 740 hd

339.49

−2.49

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

+26.23

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−128.10

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

24 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	448	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	1,732	93
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	335.83/cwt	325.00–344.00	1,615	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,901	286
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	298.16/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,884	106
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	293.75/cwt	293.75–293.75	2,039	71
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,984	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,868	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	755	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,767	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	251.01/cwt	239.00–252.75	2,119	78
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	245.82/cwt	244.75–246.75	2,136	111
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,160	29
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,133	6
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,034	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,285	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	334.27/cwt	299.00–336.50	1,508	130
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,431	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	274.88/cwt	272.00–279.00	1,484	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	295.74/cwt	263.50–301.50	1,674	353
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	259.85/cwt	253.50–274.50	1,627	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,585	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	257.10/cwt	249.00–259.50	1,733	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	688	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,479	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	250.77/cwt	246.60–255.00	1,838	163
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	220.78/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,832	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,962	10

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,940Last week 2,019Year ago 1,114

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	295.00	295.00
7	600–650	643	246.50	246.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	688	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	450–500	451	299.00–336.50	334.27
25	500–550	540	272.00–279.00	274.88
353	550–600	566	263.50–301.50	295.74
50	600–650	626	253.50–274.50	259.85
60	650–700	674	249.00–259.50	257.10
163	700–750	733	246.60–255.00	250.77
20	800–850	830	215.00–224.00	220.78
10	850–900	888	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	750	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	755	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	400–450	448	386.50	386.50
30	450–500	481	325.00–344.00	335.83
286	550–600	564	337.00	337.00
106	600–650	632	280.00–305.00	298.16
71	650–700	694	293.75	293.75
86	700–750	719	276.00	276.00
78	800–850	844	239.00–252.75	251.01
111	850–900	869	244.75–246.75	245.82
29	900–950	941	229.50	229.50
6	950–1000	961	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1000–1050	1,034	221.00	221.00

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.