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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Dec 6

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Nov 22Dec 6Dec 13 →

Receipts

3,570 head

▲ 2,430 vs last sale 1,140▲ 1,731 vs year ago 1,839 · +94.1%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the sale last week: steers 600-700 lbs 14.00 to sharply higher. Limited number of steers 750 lbs and over last week, no comparison. Heifers 450-600 lbs 10.00 to sharply higher, 650 lbs 3.00 higher. Light number of heifers 700 lbs and over last week, no comparison. Most of the sale consisted of half loads, along with a couple load lots of yearling steers and heifers. Good demand on this quality offering today.

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 $321.70/cwt on 402 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −143.40 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$321.70

402 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$21.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs IA average

−3.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	322.02	1,831	396
Medium and Large 1-2	561	300.51	1,686	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.51/cwt here — about $145 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 sale402 hd

321.70

—

IA average8 barns · 2,195 hd

323.58

−1.88

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−3.67

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−143.40

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

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,161	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,209	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	419.80/cwt	406.00–435.00	1,352	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	380.14/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,441	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	342.99/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,509	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,706	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	333.61/cwt	322.50–343.00	1,551	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	321.66/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,695	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	300.51/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,686	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	322.08/cwt	308.50–332.00	1,852	342
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	305.10/cwt	287.00–316.00	1,910	153
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	289.82/cwt	274.50–302.00	1,942	261
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	269.46/cwt	267.50–271.00	1,951	95
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	280.77/cwt	274.00–301.00	2,047	209
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	280.93/cwt	274.00–295.00	2,129	172
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	257.59/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,999	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	251.81/cwt	246.00–260.00	2,108	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	254.56/cwt	236.00–255.75	2,238	79
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	244.20/cwt	236.00–245.50	2,283	36
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,330	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	357.18/cwt	357.00–357.50	1,204	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	344.11/cwt	337.50–353.00	1,284	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	322.80/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,356	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,313	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	319.95/cwt	305.00–337.00	1,523	77
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	291.50/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,396	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	299.19/cwt	291.00–318.00	1,589	173
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	287.65/cwt	272.00–302.00	1,645	244
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	603	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,815	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	277.77/cwt	266.75–296.00	1,731	296
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	260.25/cwt	256.00–263.50	1,658	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	264.09/cwt	249.00–271.00	1,775	153
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	252.13/cwt	247.50–258.00	1,851	212
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	252.76/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,941	156
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,946	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	844	253.17/cwt	252.00–255.00	2,137	62
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	2,021	42
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	869	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,133	16

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 Dec 6, 2024

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

Receipts 3,570Last week 1,140Year ago 1,839

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	357.00–357.50	357.18
21	350–400	373	337.50–353.00	344.11
27	400–450	420	320.00–330.00	322.80
77	450–500	476	305.00–337.00	319.95
173	500–550	531	291.00–318.00	299.19
244	550–600	572	272.00–302.00	287.65
296	600–650	623	266.75–296.00	277.77
153	650–700	672	249.00–271.00	264.09
212	700–750	734	247.50–258.00	252.13
156	750–800	768	237.00–255.00	252.76
5	800–850	811	240.00	240.00
42	850–900	861	234.75	234.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	603	301.00	301.00
62	800–850	844	252.00–255.00	253.17
16	850–900	869	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	427	307.50	307.50
28	450–500	479	286.00–301.00	291.50
57	600–650	637	256.00–263.50	260.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	385.00	385.00
15	400–450	440	340.00–345.00	342.99
6	550–600	561	300.00–301.00	300.51
95	700–750	724	267.50–271.00	269.46
33	750–800	776	257.00–262.00	257.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	417.50	417.50
8	300–350	322	406.00–435.00	419.80
8	350–400	379	370.00–397.50	380.14
4	400–450	443	385.00	385.00
33	450–500	465	322.50–343.00	333.61
54	500–550	527	310.00–337.50	321.66
342	550–600	575	308.50–332.00	322.08
153	600–650	626	287.00–316.00	305.10
261	650–700	670	274.50–302.00	289.82
209	700–750	729	274.00–301.00	280.77
172	750–800	758	274.00–295.00	280.93
71	800–850	837	246.00–260.00	251.81
79	850–900	879	236.00–255.75	254.56
36	900–950	935	236.00–245.50	244.20
48	950–1000	969	240.50	240.50

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.