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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-21

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 21

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Mar 14Mar 21Mar 28 →

Receipts

1,256 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 1,314▼ 583 vs year ago 1,839 · −31.7%

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. Several load lots, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Snow & wind storms came through the area, leaving power line poles and trees down. Lighter numbers today but decent crowd, considering the weather. Demand good.

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 $364.25/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −100.85 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$364.25

101 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$39.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs IA average

+7.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	370.98	2,047	84
Medium and Large 1-2	577	331.00	1,910	17thin

One grade step is worth $39.98/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale101 hd

364.25

—

IA average5 barns · 724 hd

368.04

−3.79

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+7.09

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−100.85

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

29 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	412.81/cwt	400.00–432.00	1,944	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	384.89/cwt	379.00–400.00	2,055	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	363.65/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,040	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,910	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	346.92/cwt	333.00–362.00	2,168	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	327.90/cwt	323.00–338.00	2,269	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	310.56/cwt	296.00–320.00	2,230	120
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	298.42/cwt	288.00–310.25	2,322	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,199	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	283.18/cwt	278.00–285.50	2,325	149
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	273.70/cwt	270.00–274.25	2,370	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,451	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,505	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,609	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	362.50/cwt	361.00–365.00	1,649	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,570	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	331.92/cwt	315.00–342.00	1,713	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	315.13/cwt	303.00–318.75	1,853	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	313.72/cwt	304.00–318.00	1,926	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	682	304.84/cwt	304.00–309.00	2,079	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,877	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	296.73/cwt	287.00–304.00	2,042	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	285.39/cwt	279.50–299.00	2,106	162
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,135	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	266.27/cwt	265.00–267.00	2,173	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	826	266.16/cwt	265.00–271.00	2,198	36
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,228	8

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,256Last week 1,314Year 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
4	350–400	397	379.00	379.00
5	400–450	447	360.00	360.00
15	450–500	455	361.00–365.00	362.50
33	500–550	516	315.00–342.00	331.92
77	550–600	588	303.00–318.75	315.13
39	600–650	614	304.00–318.00	313.72
36	650–700	688	287.00–304.00	296.73
162	700–750	738	279.50–299.00	285.39
22	750–800	782	273.00	273.00
28	800–850	816	265.00–267.00	266.27
8	900–950	902	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	650–700	682	304.00–309.00	304.84
36	800–850	826	265.00–271.00	266.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	325.00	325.00
3	650–700	685	274.00	274.00
3	700–750	725	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	471	400.00–432.00	412.81
29	500–550	534	379.00–400.00	384.89
55	550–600	561	360.00–380.00	363.65
39	600–650	625	333.00–362.00	346.92
46	650–700	692	323.00–338.00	327.90
120	700–750	718	296.00–320.00	310.56
62	750–800	778	288.00–310.25	298.42
149	800–850	821	278.00–285.50	283.18
70	850–900	866	270.00–274.25	273.70
17	900–950	911	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	370.00	370.00
17	550–600	577	331.00	331.00
3	750–800	788	279.00	279.00

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.