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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-01

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Nov 1

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

846 head

▼ 234 vs last sale 1,080▼ 202 vs year ago 1,048 · −19.3%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as last week was a Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Several load lots of heifer calves and yearling steers, along with many smaller groups in the offering today. Good demand, especially on the load lots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.54/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −159.69 against this barn's trailing median of $423.22.

Average price

$263.54

58 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,463

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$26.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.53

vs IA average

+3.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	264.93	1,465	55
Medium and Large 1-2	595	238.00	1,416	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about $49 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 sale58 hd

263.54

—

IA average5 barns · 783 hd

267.06

−3.53

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

+3.08

This barn, trailing median16 sales

423.22

−159.69

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

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.60, low $372.86, median $423.22 across 16 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	331	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,241	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	334.83/cwt	327.00–336.00	1,306	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	315.58/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,505	77
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	286.79/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,465	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,618	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	277.80/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,739	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,626	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	259.28/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,773	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,877	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	253.56/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,952	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,881	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,139	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	2,294	33
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,128	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	283.39/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,224	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,133	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	271.17/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,264	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	270.81/cwt	264.00–273.00	1,443	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	258.37/cwt	254.50–265.00	1,486	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,416	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	239.81/cwt	239.00–240.16	1,506	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	249.21/cwt	243.50–270.00	1,570	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	673	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,548	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	1,687	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	252.35/cwt	252.35–252.35	1,855	147
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	233.07/cwt	228.50–237.50	1,934	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,477	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 Nov 1, 2024

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

Receipts 846Last week 1,080Year ago 1,048

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	553	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	300.00	300.00
20	400–450	432	282.00–292.00	283.39
51	450–500	466	264.00–276.00	271.17
29	500–550	533	264.00–273.00	270.81
26	550–600	575	254.50–265.00	258.37
31	600–650	630	243.50–270.00	249.21
18	650–700	674	250.25	250.25
147	700–750	735	252.35	252.35
23	800–850	830	228.50–237.50	233.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	254.00	254.00
9	650–700	673	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	595	238.00	238.00
17	600–650	628	239.00–240.16	239.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	390	327.00–336.00	334.83
77	450–500	477	310.00–322.00	315.58
16	500–550	511	270.00–291.00	286.79
46	550–600	558	290.00	290.00
46	600–650	626	264.00–280.00	277.80
18	650–700	684	246.00–262.00	259.28
15	700–750	719	261.00	261.00
20	750–800	770	247.00–258.00	253.56
63	850–900	852	251.00	251.00
33	900–950	928	247.25	247.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	331	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	635	256.00	256.00
4	800–850	818	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.