Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2024-06-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jun 7
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
1,393 head
▼ 547 vs last sale 1,940▼ 272 vs year ago 1,665 · −16.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots of both calves and yearlings, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Demand was good both online and in the arena. The next sale is June 28.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $336.32/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −128.79 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.
Average price
$336.32
102 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$58.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.17
vs IA average
+27.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529339.771,79796
Medium and Large 1-2593281.001,6666thin
One grade step is worth $58.77/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale102 hd
336.32
—
IA average7 barns · 586 hd
325.14
+11.17
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
+27.16
This barn, trailing median17 sales
465.10
−128.79
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
533474414355median 465.1003/0604/1006/0509/1110/30
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

29 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,57922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,59630
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1498362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8056
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,65211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518349.49/cwt338.00–353.501,81070
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593305.99/cwt300.00–310.001,81515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6666
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,76113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642301.46/cwt291.00–305.501,935118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679274.35/cwt272.00–280.001,86330
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720268.32/cwt255.00–279.001,93231
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8307
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780253.95/cwt253.00–254.501,98146
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825251.59/cwt248.00–253.252,07634
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864242.95/cwt241.00–245.502,09916
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929238.98/cwt235.00–240.002,22063
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1989230.75/cwt230.75–230.752,28258
Steers1000–1050Large 11,033221.17/cwt221.00–223.002,28558
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 13001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1505
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474326.08/cwt315.00–336.001,54667
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned492297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,4619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535300.42/cwt296.00–304.001,60719
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,69479
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667262.31/cwt258.50–278.001,75046
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733250.87/cwt241.00–251.751,839151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762245.15/cwt245.00–245.501,86827
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890221.72/cwt219.00–228.501,973136
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,99717

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.