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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 2

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Apr 25May 2May 16 →

Receipts

1,129 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 1,062▼ 890 vs year ago 2,019 · −44.1%

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 load lots of yearling steers and replacement/feeding heifers, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering. CME feeder cattle futures gaining almost 3.00 today. Demand was very active, both online and in the arena, especially on the featured consignment and load lots. The next auction is May 16.

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 $404.02/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −61.08 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$404.02

69 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.05

vs IA average

+29.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	404.02	2,203	69

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale69 hd

404.02

—

IA average5 barns · 795 hd

391.97

+12.05

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+29.59

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−61.08

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	446.45/cwt	420.00–459.00	1,714	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,907	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	421.96/cwt	421.00–423.00	1,987	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	389.45/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,013	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	534	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,270	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	373.75/cwt	360.00–394.00	2,153	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	343.69/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,110	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	327.33/cwt	320.00–329.00	2,223	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	717	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,438	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	315.75/cwt	315.75–315.75	2,441	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	301.45/cwt	285.50–308.00	2,535	190
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	282.98/cwt	267.00–289.75	2,586	89
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	271.25/cwt	271.25–271.25	2,615	90
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,164	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,660	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,605	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,656	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	375.64/cwt	363.00–383.00	1,829	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,866	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,797	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	306.86/cwt	299.00–309.00	1,912	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	627	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,781	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	659	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,198	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,981	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,099	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	270.86/cwt	268.00–272.00	2,113	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	810	2,476.02/head	2,460.00–2,510.00	2,476	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	271.74/cwt	270.50–274.00	2,250	33
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	268.83/cwt	265.00–269.50	2,307	69
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	867	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	22
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,340	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	367.00/cwt	360.00–386.00	1,949	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,953	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

Fri May 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,129Last week 1,062Year ago 2,019

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	384	420.00–459.00	446.45
3	400–450	421	453.00	453.00
8	450–500	471	421.00–423.00	421.96
9	500–550	517	380.00–400.00	389.45
22	550–600	576	360.00–394.00	373.75
12	600–650	614	330.00–351.00	343.69
21	650–700	679	320.00–329.00	327.33
72	750–800	773	315.75	315.75
190	800–850	841	285.50–308.00	301.45
89	900–950	914	267.00–289.75	282.98
90	950–1000	964	271.25	271.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1150–1200	1,164	228.50	228.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	534	425.00	425.00
51	700–750	717	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	531	360.00–386.00	367.00
4	600–650	632	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	441.00	441.00
4	400–450	422	392.50	392.50
59	450–500	487	363.00–383.00	375.64
24	600–650	623	299.00–309.00	306.86
12	650–700	682	290.50	290.50
14	700–750	743	282.50	282.50
20	750–800	780	268.00–272.00	270.86
33	800–850	828	270.50–274.00	271.74
69	850–900	858	265.00–269.50	268.83
6	950–1000	983	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
88	650–700	659	333.50	333.50
22	800–850	810	2,460.00–2,510.00	2,476.02
22	850–900	867	2,450.00	2,450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	353.50	353.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	627	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	339.00	339.00

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.