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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, May 16

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← May 2May 16Jun 27 →

Receipts

1,402 head

▲ 273 vs last sale 1,129▼ 538 vs year ago 1,940 · −27.7%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Too light a test on steers under 700 lbs. Steers 800 lbs 5.00 lower with load lot prices bringing 2.00 lower. Steers 900 lbs 2.00 higher, 950 lbs 6.00 lower on colored/mixed load. Not enough 700-750 lb heifers last sale for comparison. Heifers 850 lbs 5.00 higher on a load lot. CME feeder cattle futures dipped 6.00 yesterday and rebounded 2.00 today. Active bidding, especially on heavy cattle and replacement heifers. The next feeder sale June 7, World Livestock Auctioneer Championship! See you there!

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 $388.22/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −76.88 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$388.22

14 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.22

vs IA average

+3.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	388.22	2,027	14thin

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 sale14 hd

388.22

—

IA average4 barns · 455 hd

404.44

−16.22

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+3.62

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−76.88

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

30 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,841	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	407.16/cwt	395.00–415.50	2,007	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	388.22/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,027	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,902	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	328.17/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,225	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	326.66/cwt	321.00–331.50	2,342	58
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	295.93/cwt	288.00–299.60	2,436	115
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	293.86/cwt	292.50–294.50	2,560	96
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	284.82/cwt	274.00–290.50	2,589	56
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,578	56
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	269.60/cwt	269.25–269.75	2,750	205
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,090	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,785	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,857	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,573	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	348.92/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,853	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	339.15/cwt	331.00–345.50	1,994	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	330.35/cwt	329.50–343.00	2,104	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	327.74/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,163	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,009	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	295.49/cwt	293.00–301.00	2,187	175
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,248	140
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	791	2,385.00/head	2,385.00–2,385.00	2,385	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	58
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,220	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	883	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	904	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	2,502	36
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	908	2,535.00/head	2,535.00–2,535.00	2,535	31
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,008	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,429	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Replacement	1,022	2,510.00/head	2,510.00–2,510.00	2,510	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	958	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,629	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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 1,402Last week 1,129Year ago 1,940

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,008	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,022	2,510.00	2,510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	395.00	395.00
10	500–550	531	340.00–357.00	348.92
9	550–600	588	331.00–345.50	339.15
46	600–650	637	329.50–343.00	330.35
18	650–700	660	325.00–340.00	327.74
175	700–750	740	293.00–301.00	295.49
140	750–800	762	295.00	295.00
58	850–900	850	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
13	750–800	791	2,385.00	2,385.00
12	850–900	883	2,425.00	2,425.00
36	900–950	904	276.75	276.75
31	900–950	908	2,535.00	2,535.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	321.00	321.00
5	650–700	663	303.00	303.00
5	850–900	881	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	1000–1050	1,020	269.25–269.75	269.60
12	1050–1100	1,090	255.50	255.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	493	395.00–415.50	407.16
14	500–550	522	380.00–393.00	388.22
3	600–650	648	293.50	293.50
49	650–700	678	321.00–339.00	328.17
58	700–750	717	321.00–331.50	326.66
115	800–850	823	288.00–299.60	295.93
96	850–900	871	292.50–294.50	293.86
56	900–950	909	274.00–290.50	284.82
56	950–1000	972	265.25	265.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	958	170.00	170.00

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.