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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 25

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Receipts

1,080 head

▲ 560 vs last sale 520▲ 32 vs year ago 1,048 · +3.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Feeder Sale. No comparison stated today given low receipts last week. Demand was good today's offering of home raised, green feeder calves, many in smaller packages. Internet buyers very active for today's auction. Available today were load lots of quality yearling cattle. Trade was active for today's moderate supply.

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 $292.00/cwt on 198 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −173.10 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$292.00

198 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$41.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.52

vs IA average

−7.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	295.35	1,663	182
Medium and Large 1-2	573	253.90	1,455	16thin

One grade step is worth $41.45/cwt here — about $208 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 sale198 hd

292.00

—

IA average4 barns · 617 hd

288.48

+3.52

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−7.04

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−173.10

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

31 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,228	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	339.66/cwt	327.50–343.00	1,393	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,371	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,455	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	327.22/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,541	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	306.20/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,598	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	253.90/cwt	240.00–271.00	1,455	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	291.89/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,681	138
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	284.95/cwt	273.00–296.00	1,770	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,644	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	271.71/cwt	264.00–281.00	1,839	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	254.57/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,807	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	262.21/cwt	245.00–262.75	2,074	126
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	242.17/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,957	47
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,994	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	2,314	110
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,134	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,165	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	314.43/cwt	302.50–321.00	1,198	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	296.09/cwt	281.00–312.50	1,241	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,209	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	281.87/cwt	271.00–297.00	1,345	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,293	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	270.86/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,419	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	268.31/cwt	260.00–273.50	1,548	74
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	260.23/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,632	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,533	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	245.86/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,642	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,041	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,034	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,295	5

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,080Last week 520Year ago 1,048

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	381	302.50–321.00	314.43
6	400–450	419	281.00–312.50	296.09
54	450–500	477	271.00–297.00	281.87
20	500–550	524	264.00–280.00	270.86
74	550–600	577	260.00–273.50	268.31
25	600–650	627	251.00–268.00	260.23
12	650–700	668	245.00–247.00	245.86
12	850–900	876	233.00	233.00
5	1000–1050	1,034	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	276.00	276.00
3	500–550	513	252.00	252.00
8	600–650	636	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	331.00	331.00
20	400–450	410	327.50–343.00	339.66
40	450–500	471	320.00–330.00	327.22
44	500–550	522	290.00–321.00	306.20
138	550–600	576	282.00–300.00	291.89
55	600–650	621	273.00–296.00	284.95
57	650–700	677	264.00–281.00	271.71
20	700–750	710	250.00–257.00	254.57
126	750–800	791	245.00–262.75	262.21
47	800–850	808	232.00–248.00	242.17
3	850–900	863	231.00	231.00
110	900–950	903	256.25	256.25
9	950–1000	962	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	316.00	316.00
6	450–500	468	311.00	311.00
16	550–600	573	240.00–271.00	253.90
3	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
6	650–700	671	245.00	245.00
13	900–950	928	230.00	230.00

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.