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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 16

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

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Receipts

2,004 head

▼ 703 vs last sale 2,707▼ 313 vs year ago 2,317 · −13.5%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to the auction last Friday; Steers 600-650 lbs 1.00-4.00 higher, 700-750 lbs mixed, 800 lbs 2.00 lower. Heifers 550 lbs 2.00 higher, 600-650 lbs mixed, 700 lbs 21.00 lower, with less numbers this week. CME feeder cattle futures down 8.00 today. Mostly half loads and smaller strings in the offering. Good demand, both in the arena and online.

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 $441.63/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 4 of 17 comparable sales and sits −23.47 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$441.63

152 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$44.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.56

vs IA average

−30.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	456.49	2,638	101
Medium and Large 1-2	590	412.20	2,432	51

One grade step is worth $44.29/cwt here — about $206 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 sale152 hd

441.63

—

IA average9 barns · 1,717 hd

469.19

−27.56

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−30.35

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−23.47

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

35 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,072	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	556.61/cwt	547.50–580.00	2,371	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	518.22/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,420	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	481.94/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,284	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,534	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	454.69/cwt	435.00–477.00	2,642	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	412.20/cwt	400.00–428.00	2,432	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	421.49/cwt	405.00–441.00	2,634	187
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	380.09/cwt	365.00–387.00	2,569	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	411.70/cwt	393.00–427.00	2,828	216
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	393.92/cwt	369.00–403.50	2,817	219
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	368.47/cwt	349.00–374.50	2,878	141
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	362.32/cwt	357.50–364.75	2,924	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	337.41/cwt	313.00–342.00	2,939	26
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,907	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	311.58/cwt	301.00–316.00	3,072	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,804	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	470.80/cwt	462.50–485.00	2,034	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	445.91/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,145	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	439.17/cwt	425.50–442.00	2,266	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,083	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	565	430.50/cwt	430.50–430.50	2,432	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	365.57/cwt	351.00–382.00	2,102	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	409.74/cwt	400.00–425.50	2,389	112
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	380.02/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,394	123
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,300	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	647	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,808	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	373.81/cwt	360.00–391.00	2,486	69
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	352.24/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,423	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	348.48/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,540	104
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	337.22/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,600	76
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,608	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,692	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,684	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,853	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 Jan 16, 2026

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

Receipts 2,004Last week 2,707Year ago 2,317

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	520.00	520.00
26	400–450	432	462.50–485.00	470.80
30	450–500	481	435.00–460.00	445.91
49	500–550	516	425.50–442.00	439.17
112	550–600	583	400.00–425.50	409.74
123	600–650	630	365.00–399.00	380.02
69	650–700	665	360.00–391.00	373.81
104	700–750	729	341.00–356.00	348.48
76	750–800	771	320.00–345.00	337.22
4	800–850	836	312.00	312.00
10	850–900	860	313.00	313.00
11	950–1000	959	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	541	385.00	385.00
25	550–600	575	351.00–382.00	365.57
3	600–650	638	360.50	360.50
39	650–700	688	350.00–353.00	352.24
8	900–950	932	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	565	430.50	430.50
42	600–650	647	434.00	434.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	607.50	607.50
18	400–450	426	547.50–580.00	556.61
37	450–500	467	490.00–535.00	518.22
5	500–550	516	491.00	491.00
96	550–600	581	435.00–477.00	454.69
187	600–650	625	405.00–441.00	421.49
216	650–700	687	393.00–427.00	411.70
219	700–750	715	369.00–403.50	393.92
141	750–800	781	349.00–374.50	368.47
62	800–850	807	357.50–364.75	362.32
26	850–900	871	313.00–342.00	337.41
5	900–950	900	323.00	323.00
10	950–1000	986	301.00–316.00	311.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	474	475.00–485.00	481.94
51	550–600	590	400.00–428.00	412.20
29	650–700	676	365.00–387.00	380.09

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.