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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 4

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Sep 20Oct 4Oct 18 →

Receipts

1,732 head

▲ 707 vs last sale 1,025▼ 701 vs year ago 2,433 · −28.8%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Steers 400-550 lbs were 6.00-10.00 lower, with a majority of the light steers coming off cows today. Too light a test for heavier steer calves and yearlings, no comparison. Heifers 450 lbs 5.00-7.00 lower with many being unweaned. Not enough yearling heifers either week for comparison. Two load lots of 730 lb heifers, along with many strings of light calves in the offering today. Demand was good throughout the sale, both in the arena and online.

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 $297.06/cwt on 373 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −168.04 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$297.06

373 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$7.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs IA average

+10.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	297.42	1,667	355
Medium and Large 1-2	519	290.03	1,505	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.39/cwt here — about $161 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 sale373 hd

297.06

—

IA average6 barns · 1,196 hd

296.47

+0.59

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+10.24

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−168.04

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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	1,308.65/head	1,275.00–1,380.00	1,309	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,273	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	343.16/cwt	332.00–356.00	1,472	75
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	325.75/cwt	312.00–343.00	1,560	91
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	307.47/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,513	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	290.03/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,505	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	305.93/cwt	296.00–324.00	1,643	142
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	291.74/cwt	274.00–301.50	1,680	213
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	283.78/cwt	265.00–292.00	1,782	209
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	267.05/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,803	60
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	249.58/cwt	238.50–252.00	1,787	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,918	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,166	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,036	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	306.39/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,140	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	309.10/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,323	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	280.58/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,235	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	284.78/cwt	275.00–301.00	1,358	101
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	281.09/cwt	270.00–290.50	1,445	105
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	260.90/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,362	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,435	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	263.05/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,497	158
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	589	270.21/cwt	268.00–273.50	1,592	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	619	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,677	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	251.04/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,559	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,648	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	1,805	139

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 Oct 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,732Last week 1,025Year ago 2,433

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	314.00	314.00
21	350–400	372	300.00–311.00	306.39
40	400–450	428	290.00–320.00	309.10
101	450–500	477	275.00–301.00	284.78
105	500–550	514	270.00–290.50	281.09
158	550–600	569	260.00–267.00	263.05
26	600–650	621	246.00–259.00	251.04
7	650–700	662	249.00	249.00
139	700–750	736	245.25	245.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	440	271.00–287.00	280.58
22	500–550	522	251.00–265.00	260.90
9	550–600	565	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	589	268.00–273.50	270.21
30	600–650	619	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	380	1,275.00–1,380.00	1,308.65
75	400–450	429	332.00–356.00	343.16
91	450–500	479	312.00–343.00	325.75
142	500–550	537	296.00–324.00	305.93
213	550–600	576	274.00–301.50	291.74
209	600–650	628	265.00–292.00	283.78
60	650–700	675	260.00–273.00	267.05
34	700–750	716	238.50–252.00	249.58
25	750–800	767	250.00	250.00
11	900–950	908	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	387	329.00	329.00
12	450–500	492	300.00–310.00	307.47
18	500–550	519	285.00–294.00	290.03

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.