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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Apr 11

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 25 →

Receipts

1,024 head

▼ 368 vs last sale 1,392▼ 156 vs year ago 1,180 · −13.2%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was Western Iowa Precondition. Many unweaned calves today. Limited number of light steers in the offering. Upward trend on yearling steers. Fancy replacement heifers in the market today, bringing a premium. Many half loads and small strings, along with a load lot of yearling steers in this light offering. Demand was active both in the arena and online. Next auction is April 25th, Western Iowa Preconditioned feeder sale.

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 $372.38/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −92.72 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$372.38

84 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$24.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.14

vs IA average

+18.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	375.60	1,988	73
Medium and Large 1-2	549	351.00	1,927	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.60/cwt here — about $61 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 sale84 hd

372.38

—

IA average5 barns · 787 hd

359.24

+13.14

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+18.08

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−92.72

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	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	291	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,360	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,675	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	324	502.13/cwt	497.50–509.00	1,627	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	469.43/cwt	440.00–478.00	1,892	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,793	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,850	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	385.26/cwt	381.00–393.00	1,976	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,927	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	353.21/cwt	338.00–365.00	2,003	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,019	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	308.41/cwt	299.00–313.00	2,085	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	295.94/cwt	288.00–307.50	2,143	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	289.75/cwt	286.25–301.75	2,243	93
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	285.48/cwt	270.00–287.75	2,341	32
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	281.03/cwt	263.50–283.50	2,417	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	266.67/cwt	251.00–271.75	2,523	73
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,390	3
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1Fleshy	1,275	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,531	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,481	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	384.16/cwt	361.00–394.00	1,613	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,560	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	365.65/cwt	344.00–369.00	1,715	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	316.90/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,619	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,572	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	295.95/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,755	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	292.94/cwt	281.00–294.35	1,825	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	274.46/cwt	260.00–280.50	2,009	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,801	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	261.62/cwt	260.50–262.00	1,996	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,825	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	805	263.98/cwt	262.00–269.00	2,125	36
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	2,146	45
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	886	2,372.05/head	2,325.00–2,385.00	2,372	58
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,714	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 Apr 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,024Last week 1,392Year ago 1,180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	476	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	351	422.00	422.00
24	400–450	420	361.00–394.00	384.16
30	450–500	469	344.00–369.00	365.65
27	500–550	511	309.00–327.00	316.90
9	550–600	593	292.00–301.00	295.95
71	600–650	623	281.00–294.35	292.94
78	700–750	732	260.00–280.50	274.46
16	750–800	763	260.50–262.00	261.62
45	850–900	875	245.25	245.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	738	244.00	244.00
3	750–800	790	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	437	357.00	357.00
5	550–600	578	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	800–850	805	262.00–269.00	263.98
58	850–900	886	2,325.00–2,385.00	2,372.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	324	497.50–509.00	502.13
9	400–450	415	432.00	432.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	467.50	467.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	316	530.00	530.00
27	400–450	403	440.00–478.00	469.43
51	500–550	513	381.00–393.00	385.26
22	550–600	567	338.00–365.00	353.21
7	600–650	629	321.00	321.00
38	650–700	676	299.00–313.00	308.41
39	700–750	724	288.00–307.50	295.94
93	750–800	774	286.25–301.75	289.75
32	800–850	820	270.00–287.75	285.48
33	850–900	860	263.50–283.50	281.03
73	900–950	946	251.00–271.75	266.67
3	950–1000	956	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	417.50	417.50
11	500–550	549	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1250–1300	1,275	198.50	198.50

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.