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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Nov 15

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

829 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 754▼ 80 vs year ago 909 · −8.8%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the last sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Load lot of heifer calves, along with many smaller groups in the offering today. Smaller crowd but good demand in the arena and online.

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 $267.43/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −155.79 against this barn's trailing median of $423.22.

Average price

$267.43

71 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.77

vs IA average

+2.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	267.43	1,431	71

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale71 hd

267.43

—

IA average5 barns · 706 hd

266.66

+0.77

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

+2.33

This barn, trailing median16 sales

423.22

−155.79

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

36 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,253	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	320.87/cwt	318.00–326.00	1,389	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	313.39/cwt	307.00–323.00	1,482	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	313.98/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,604	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,548	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	284.99/cwt	274.00–299.00	1,627	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	263.75/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,527	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,618	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	255.46/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,719	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	737	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,843	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,817	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	246.21/cwt	240.00–248.00	2,019	18
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	228.91/cwt	228.50–229.25	2,099	11
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,163	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	294.66/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,276	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,178	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,288	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	272.72/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,424	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,392	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	255.91/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,451	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,330	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	246.62/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,561	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	238.03/cwt	235.00–240.75	1,600	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	241.10/cwt	241.10–241.10	1,748	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	238.00/cwt	221.00–239.75	1,852	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,994	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,862	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,225	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	695	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,571	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	229.99/cwt	227.00–234.00	1,642	14
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,897	12

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 15, 2024

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Receipts 829Last week 754Year ago 909

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	714	227.00–234.00	229.99
12	850–900	870	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	249.00	249.00
7	650–700	695	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	354	1,060.00	1,060.00
31	400–450	433	290.00–300.00	294.66
28	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
49	500–550	522	261.00–281.00	272.72
19	550–600	567	254.00–260.00	255.91
46	600–650	633	246.00–248.00	246.62
27	650–700	672	235.00–240.75	238.03
58	700–750	725	241.10	241.10
33	750–800	778	221.00–239.75	238.00
12	800–850	824	242.00	242.00
6	850–900	854	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	438	269.00	269.00
3	450–500	486	265.00	265.00
6	600–650	602	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	433	318.00–326.00	320.87
34	450–500	473	307.00–323.00	313.39
33	500–550	511	301.00–319.00	313.98
65	550–600	571	274.00–299.00	284.99
16	600–650	606	267.00	267.00
46	650–700	673	245.00–260.00	255.46
18	800–850	820	240.00–248.00	246.21
11	900–950	917	228.50–229.25	228.91
3	950–1000	983	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	543	285.00	285.00
27	550–600	579	257.00–270.00	263.75
3	750–800	773	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	737	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	275.00	275.00

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.