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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Oct 31

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Oct 17Oct 31Nov 7 →

Receipts

1,441 head

▲ 515 vs last sale 926▲ 595 vs year ago 846 · +70.3%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison, as the previous sale was not Preconditioned. The auction consisted of 6 loads of yearling steers and plenty of smaller packages of calves and yearlings. Downward trend in the market this week but good demand and active trade throughout the 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 $440.19/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 4 of 17 comparable sales and sits −24.92 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$440.19

195 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$41.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.46

vs IA average

+10.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	442.76	2,458	183
Medium and Large 1-2	595	401.00	2,386	12thin

One grade step is worth $41.76/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale195 hd

440.19

—

IA average4 barns · 579 hd

427.73

+12.46

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+10.47

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−24.92

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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,162	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	476.66/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,236	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	461.67/cwt	440.50–477.50	2,391	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	434.20/cwt	405.00–447.50	2,484	126
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,386	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	405.07/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,495	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	361.88/cwt	349.00–377.50	2,443	91
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	366.59/cwt	353.00–377.00	2,632	181
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	352.46/cwt	344.00–358.00	2,700	54
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,492	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	344.62/cwt	338.50–347.75	2,878	195
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	3,036	44
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	338.73/cwt	338.00–342.50	3,157	30
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,767	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	325.25/cwt	318.00–329.25	3,171	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	262	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,388	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	451.92/cwt	445.00–458.00	1,948	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	426.76/cwt	407.00–444.00	2,023	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,905	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	388.30/cwt	364.00–400.50	2,011	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,902	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	380.29/cwt	371.00–392.00	2,194	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	357.72/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,182	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	355.88/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,342	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	330.10/cwt	326.50–344.00	2,377	52
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,471	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,508	11

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 Oct 31, 2025

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

Receipts 1,441Last week 926Year ago 846

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	262	1,275.00	1,275.00
3	300–350	305	455.00	455.00
3	350–400	361	1,450.00	1,450.00
15	400–450	431	445.00–458.00	451.92
47	450–500	474	407.00–444.00	426.76
36	500–550	518	364.00–400.50	388.30
56	550–600	577	371.00–392.00	380.29
30	600–650	610	340.00–362.00	357.72
20	650–700	658	344.00–362.00	355.88
52	700–750	720	326.50–344.00	330.10
4	750–800	765	323.00	323.00
11	800–850	804	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	481	396.00	396.00
3	550–600	556	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	507.50	507.50
17	450–500	469	470.00–480.00	476.66
57	500–550	518	440.50–477.50	461.67
126	550–600	572	405.00–447.50	434.20
58	600–650	616	395.00–410.00	405.07
91	650–700	675	349.00–377.50	361.88
181	700–750	718	353.00–377.00	366.59
54	750–800	766	344.00–358.00	352.46
195	800–850	835	338.50–347.75	344.62
44	850–900	895	339.25	339.25
30	900–950	932	338.00–342.50	338.73
87	950–1000	975	318.00–329.25	325.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	595	401.00	401.00
3	750–800	786	317.00	317.00
4	950–1000	951	291.00	291.00

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.