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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 7

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Feb 28Mar 7Mar 14 →

Receipts

1,428 head

▲ 102 vs last sale 1,326▲ 1,428 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was not Precondition. The auction consisted of several load lots of yearlings, including an advertised load of replacement heifers, along with plenty of smaller packages of cattle mostly over 700 lbs. Even with a snow storm the last couple days, attendance and demand was good. CME feeder cattle futures 4.00+ higher 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 $351.43/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −113.67 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$351.43

71 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$7.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.07

vs IA average

+2.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	353.61	1,935	50
Medium and Large 1-2	540	346.26	1,870	21

One grade step is worth $7.35/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale71 hd

351.43

—

IA average4 barns · 285 hd

355.50

−4.07

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+2.15

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−113.67

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	428.65/cwt	424.00–430.00	1,697	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	377.91/cwt	367.00–381.00	1,818	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	374.92/cwt	360.00–392.00	1,942	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	346.26/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,870	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	333.93/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,917	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	333.84/cwt	312.00–345.00	2,086	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	304.38/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,954	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	331.61/cwt	305.00–336.00	2,199	82
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,192	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	285.67/cwt	268.00–293.00	2,183	102
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	278.86/cwt	265.00–284.25	2,242	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	264.72/cwt	250.00–270.50	2,340	94
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	264.49/cwt	255.00–268.25	2,394	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	254.68/cwt	240.00–255.50	2,463	96
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,033	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,562	118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,415	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	351.09/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,569	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	315.02/cwt	309.00–329.00	1,544	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	322.35/cwt	302.00–332.00	1,673	47
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	295.85/cwt	281.00–305.00	1,701	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,815	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	266.77/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,779	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	270.57/cwt	261.50–273.50	1,964	94
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	735	276.29/cwt	271.50–278.00	2,031	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	268.39/cwt	252.00–275.50	2,040	118
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,970	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	836	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,224	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	240.77/cwt	240.00–241.00	2,102	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	890	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	2,209	64
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,180	3

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 Mar 7, 2025

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Receipts 1,428Last week 1,326Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	361.00	361.00
10	400–450	447	342.00–355.00	351.09
12	450–500	490	309.00–329.00	315.02
47	500–550	519	302.00–332.00	322.35
67	550–600	575	281.00–305.00	295.85
6	600–650	607	299.00	299.00
37	650–700	667	260.00–272.00	266.77
94	700–750	726	261.50–273.50	270.57
118	750–800	760	252.00–275.50	268.39
13	850–900	873	240.00–241.00	240.77
3	900–950	916	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	791	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	735	271.50–278.00	276.29
19	800–850	836	266.00	266.00
64	850–900	890	248.25	248.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	396	424.00–430.00	428.65
5	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
14	450–500	481	367.00–381.00	377.91
24	500–550	518	360.00–392.00	374.92
26	550–600	574	330.00–343.00	333.93
36	600–650	625	312.00–345.00	333.84
82	650–700	663	305.00–336.00	331.61
19	700–750	713	307.50	307.50
102	750–800	764	268.00–293.00	285.67
60	800–850	804	265.00–284.25	278.86
94	850–900	884	250.00–270.50	264.72
60	900–950	905	255.00–268.25	264.49
96	950–1000	967	240.00–255.50	254.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	540	340.00–351.00	346.26
33	600–650	642	300.00–306.00	304.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	1000–1050	1,033	248.00	248.00

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.