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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Nov 8

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15 →

Receipts

754 head

▼ 92 vs last sale 846▼ 294 vs year ago 1,048 · −28.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as last week was not a Precondition Sale. Most of the auction consisted of smaller strings of calves, along with a load lot of yearling steers. Demand was good both in the arena and online, with many buyers looking for light calves.

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 $306.97/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −158.13 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$306.97

103 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$33.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.95

vs IA average

+5.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	308.60	1,633	98
Medium and Large 1-2	501	275.00	1,378	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.60/cwt here — about $255 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale103 hd

306.97

—

IA average5 barns · 819 hd

299.02

+7.95

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+5.12

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−158.13

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

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	256	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,091	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,250	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	1,202.90/head	1,150.00–1,235.00	1,203	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	374.59/cwt	359.00–380.00	1,438	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	335.12/cwt	315.00–344.00	1,461	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,455	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,378	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	313.58/cwt	301.00–322.00	1,631	82
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	283.08/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,631	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	277.10/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,732	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	268.58/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,824	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,721	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	252.79/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,813	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	252.36/cwt	235.00–255.00	2,054	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	1,234.42/head	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,234	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,143	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	302.36/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,285	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	306.82/cwt	296.00–312.00	1,464	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,338	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	275.90/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,429	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	263.18/cwt	254.00–276.00	1,526	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	256.30/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,607	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	248.07/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,655	22
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,008	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,966	4

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 754Last week 846Year ago 1,048

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,008	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	1,125.00	1,125.00
10	350–400	360	317.50	317.50
12	350–400	359	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,234.42
32	400–450	425	298.00–305.00	302.36
47	450–500	477	296.00–312.00	306.82
43	500–550	518	260.00–285.00	275.90
79	550–600	580	254.00–276.00	263.18
22	600–650	627	252.00–257.00	256.30
22	650–700	667	247.00–252.00	248.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	256	975.00	975.00
3	300–350	340	367.50	367.50
32	350–400	384	359.00–380.00	374.59
8	350–400	361	1,150.00–1,235.00	1,202.90
10	400–450	436	315.00–344.00	335.12
5	450–500	452	322.00	322.00
82	500–550	520	301.00–322.00	313.58
16	550–600	576	277.00–290.00	283.08
68	600–650	625	265.00–281.00	277.10
51	650–700	679	260.00–286.00	268.58
18	700–750	717	250.00–255.00	252.79
55	800–850	814	235.00–255.00	252.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	332.50	332.50
5	500–550	501	275.00	275.00
6	650–700	683	252.00	252.00

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.