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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-20

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Sep 20

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Sep 6Sep 20Oct 4 →

Receipts

1,025 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 1,102▼ 852 vs year ago 1,877 · −45.4%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend applicable. The previous sale showed a limited number of steer cattle. Light supply of heifers today, making it difficult to show a comparison. A load lot of yearling steers, along with many smaller packages of mostly calves were in the offering today. Light crowd in the stands, as harvest is in full swing. Demand was good both in the arena and on the internet. The next feeder sale is October 4.

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 $307.81/cwt on 225 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −157.29 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$307.81

225 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$21.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.16

vs IA average

+41.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	310.70	1,658	195
Medium and Large 1-2	528	289.03	1,527	30

One grade step is worth $21.68/cwt here — about $132 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale225 hd

307.81

—

IA average5 barns · 1,130 hd

297.65

+10.16

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+41.17

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−157.29

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

30 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,365	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	1,418.29/head	1,400.00–1,435.00	1,418	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	349.00/cwt	333.00–354.00	1,476	60
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	332.72/cwt	315.00–339.00	1,531	65
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,451	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	315.80/cwt	308.00–324.50	1,639	135
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	292.63/cwt	291.00–294.00	1,525	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,528	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	299.24/cwt	281.00–306.00	1,697	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	272.62/cwt	265.00–278.50	1,712	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	246.86/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,740	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	251.90/cwt	240.00–252.50	2,093	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,242	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	307	1,133.33/head	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,133	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	1,262.50/head	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,263	59
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,155	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	298.82/cwt	289.50–304.00	1,288	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	291.73/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,394	108
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	282.72/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,504	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	275.82/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,578	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,478	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	250.30/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,574	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	190.44/cwt	180.00–198.50	1,891	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,313	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,412	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	254.17/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,568	16
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,817	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,870	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 Sep 20, 2024

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

Receipts 1,025Last week 1,102Year ago 1,877

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	304.00	304.00
5	500–550	523	270.00	270.00
16	600–650	617	251.00–256.00	254.17
5	750–800	773	235.00	235.00
10	850–900	850	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
7	550–600	591	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
6	250–300	286	1,150.00	1,150.00
9	300–350	307	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,133.33
59	350–400	391	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,262.50
21	400–450	431	289.50–304.00	298.82
108	450–500	478	280.00–300.00	291.73
24	500–550	532	271.00–288.00	282.72
26	550–600	572	261.00–281.00	275.82
13	600–650	629	248.00–251.00	250.30
16	950–1000	993	180.00–198.50	190.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	363.00	363.00
18	350–400	378	1,400.00–1,435.00	1,418.29
60	400–450	423	333.00–354.00	349.00
65	450–500	460	315.00–339.00	332.72
135	500–550	519	308.00–324.50	315.80
60	550–600	567	281.00–306.00	299.24
7	600–650	628	265.00–278.50	272.62
14	700–750	705	246.00–250.00	246.86
63	800–850	831	240.00–252.50	251.90
10	900–950	948	236.50	236.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	482	301.00	301.00
25	500–550	521	291.00–294.00	292.63
5	550–600	564	271.00	271.00

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.