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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Apr 25

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

1,062 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 1,024▼ 1,002 vs year ago 2,064 · −48.5%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. The last auction was not Precondition, comparison is not applicable. Upward trend noted. Two load lots of yearling heifers, over two loads of advertised 1100 lb steers, along with many smaller strings in this light sale today. Market was active, especially on light cattle getting scarce this time of year and load lots/larger strings of yearlings.

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 $376.43/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −88.67 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$376.43

122 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$28.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.97

vs IA average

+2.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	379.45	2,066	109
Medium and Large 1-2	587	351.09	2,061	13thin

One grade step is worth $28.36/cwt here — about $5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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

376.43

—

IA average6 barns · 1,019 hd

380.40

−3.97

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+2.41

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−88.67

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

32 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	200–250	Medium and Large 1	246	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	266	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	494.83/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,806	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	484.06/cwt	462.50–499.00	2,043	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	441.13/cwt	437.50–447.50	1,919	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	400.23/cwt	390.50–412.50	1,929	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	369.40/cwt	360.50–397.00	1,962	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	388.97/cwt	377.00–395.50	2,167	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	351.09/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,061	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	351.81/cwt	329.00–356.00	2,206	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	334.03/cwt	324.50–340.00	2,235	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,228	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	294.93/cwt	294.00–296.00	2,289	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,374	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,069	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	285.48/cwt	284.85–286.25	2,487	88
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,103	252.75/cwt	252.75–252.75	2,788	119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	241	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	444.76/cwt	434.00–467.50	1,477	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	401.64/cwt	388.00–411.00	1,695	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,617	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	372.13/cwt	365.50–387.50	1,779	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	344.67/cwt	336.00–352.00	1,820	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	575	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,059	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	333.85/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,940	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,966	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	298.42/cwt	280.00–306.75	1,979	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,871	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	278.72/cwt	275.50–281.00	1,996	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,212	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	265.40/cwt	261.00–266.00	2,341	144

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 1,062Last week 1,024Year ago 2,064

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	1100–1150	1,103	252.75	252.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	200–250	246	1,600.00	1,600.00
5	250–300	266	1,550.00	1,550.00
8	350–400	365	490.00–500.00	494.83
7	400–450	422	462.50–499.00	484.06
20	450–500	482	390.50–412.50	400.23
53	500–550	531	360.50–397.00	369.40
56	550–600	557	377.00–395.50	388.97
19	600–650	627	329.00–356.00	351.81
76	650–700	669	324.50–340.00	334.03
3	700–750	728	306.00	306.00
28	750–800	776	294.00–296.00	294.93
11	800–850	806	294.50	294.50
88	850–900	871	284.85–286.25	285.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	705	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	435	437.50–447.50	441.13
13	550–600	587	350.00–355.00	351.09
4	850–900	862	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	241	1,325.00	1,325.00
12	300–350	332	434.00–467.50	444.76
15	400–450	422	388.00–411.00	401.64
35	450–500	478	365.50–387.50	372.13
38	500–550	528	336.00–352.00	344.67
65	550–600	581	330.00–344.00	333.85
4	600–650	626	314.00	314.00
42	650–700	663	280.00–306.75	298.42
15	700–750	716	275.50–281.00	278.72
10	800–850	827	267.50	267.50
144	850–900	882	261.00–266.00	265.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	344.00	344.00
3	650–700	698	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	575	358.00	358.00

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.