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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Apr 4

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

1,392 head

▲ 204 vs last sale 1,188▼ 217 vs year ago 1,609 · −13.5%

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. A couple load lots, many half loads, and plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. CME feeder cattle futures down this week. Demand still active, especially on lightweight cattle as numbers dwindle.

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 $356.99/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −108.11 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$356.99

122 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$44.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.42

vs IA average

−12.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	360.26	1,970	113
Medium and Large 1-2	565	315.92	1,784	9thin

One grade step is worth $44.34/cwt here — about $186 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 sale122 hd

356.99

—

IA average6 barns · 1,016 hd

371.41

−14.42

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−12.02

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−108.11

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

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	430.03/cwt	418.00–447.00	1,613	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	411	394.73/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,622	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	419.60/cwt	413.00–421.00	1,804	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	409.36/cwt	402.00–440.00	1,989	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,746	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	528	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,091	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	361.47/cwt	341.00–368.00	1,941	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	340.31/cwt	328.00–356.00	1,930	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	307.88/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,798	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	337.84/cwt	335.00–340.75	2,111	89
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	310.51/cwt	292.00–320.00	2,052	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	290.88/cwt	286.25–300.00	2,138	46
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	284.83/cwt	279.00–288.75	2,202	146
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	276.21/cwt	271.00–276.60	2,309	72
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,349	20
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,459	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	223	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	1,262.42/head	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,262	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	396.99/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,513	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	376.44/cwt	360.00–392.00	1,592	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	362.33/cwt	357.00–368.00	1,699	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	341.03/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,767	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,633	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	305.27/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,752	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	287.73/cwt	284.00–301.00	1,810	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	295.94/cwt	278.00–299.75	1,938	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,802	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	277.28/cwt	256.00–280.00	1,952	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	265.80/cwt	252.00–273.00	2,057	131
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	2,119	23
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,194	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

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Receipts 1,392Last week 1,188Year ago 1,609

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	223	975.00	975.00
9	250–300	272	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,262.42
6	300–350	330	1,375.00	1,375.00
10	350–400	381	392.50–400.00	396.99
14	400–450	423	360.00–392.00	376.44
98	450–500	469	357.00–368.00	362.33
53	500–550	518	320.00–344.00	341.03
55	550–600	574	301.00–310.00	305.27
55	600–650	629	284.00–301.00	287.73
88	650–700	655	278.00–299.75	295.94
33	700–750	704	256.00–280.00	277.28
131	750–800	774	252.00–273.00	265.80
23	850–900	857	247.25	247.25
4	900–950	920	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	546	299.00	299.00
4	650–700	680	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	418.00–447.00	430.03
22	400–450	430	413.00–421.00	419.60
20	450–500	486	402.00–440.00	409.36
46	500–550	537	341.00–368.00	361.47
44	550–600	567	328.00–356.00	340.31
89	600–650	625	335.00–340.75	337.84
68	650–700	661	292.00–320.00	310.51
46	700–750	735	286.25–300.00	290.88
146	750–800	773	279.00–288.75	284.83
72	800–850	836	271.00–276.60	276.21
20	900–950	921	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	411	385.00–400.00	394.73
22	450–500	490	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	526	332.00	332.00
6	550–600	584	300.00–316.00	307.88
21	600–650	645	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	528	396.00	396.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,053	233.50	233.50

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.