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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jan 23

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Jan 16Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

1,298 head

▼ 706 vs last sale 2,004▼ 1,279 vs year ago 2,577 · −49.6%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison, as the previous auction was Precondition. The auction consisted of 9 loads of mostly heifers, along with plenty of smaller strings. Light cattle limited today. Smaller crowd, with frigid temps in the area. Good demand, especially on load lots and lightweight calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.13/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 10 of 17 comparable sales and sits +0.70 against this barn's trailing median of $417.42.

Average price

$418.13

47 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.62

vs IA average

+7.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	418.13	2,316	47

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 sale47 hd

418.13

—

IA average8 barns · 1,491 hd

408.51

+9.62

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

+7.26

This barn, trailing median17 sales

417.42

+0.70

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.60, low $372.86, median $417.42 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

31 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,272	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,320	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	509.51/cwt	501.00–522.00	2,486	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,603	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	443.60/cwt	424.00–455.00	2,542	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,455	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	424.91/cwt	420.00–435.50	2,694	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,588	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	405.30/cwt	394.50–425.00	2,724	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,560	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	388.43/cwt	378.00–397.00	2,824	106
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	361.51/cwt	353.50–369.75	2,838	36
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,056	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,703	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	342.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,969	19
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,764	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	1,891	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	469.15/cwt	451.00–485.00	2,205	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	454.95/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,388	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	395.27/cwt	379.50–405.50	2,261	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	375.92/cwt	374.00–381.50	2,406	47
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	356.69/cwt	347.50–361.00	2,415	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	305.28/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,186	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	346.45/cwt	339.50–347.00	2,515	171
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	344.79/cwt	339.50–345.25	2,669	231
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	317.98/cwt	315.00–321.00	2,627	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,755	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	303.30/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,799	144
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,055	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,706	47
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,494	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,407	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 Jan 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,298Last week 2,004Year ago 2,577

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	802	311.00	311.00
4	850–900	872	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	1050–1100	1,055	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	486.00	486.00
36	450–500	470	451.00–485.00	469.15
18	500–550	525	440.00–470.00	454.95
29	550–600	572	379.50–405.50	395.27
47	600–650	640	374.00–381.50	375.92
36	650–700	677	347.50–361.00	356.69
171	700–750	726	339.50–347.00	346.45
231	750–800	774	339.50–345.25	344.79
16	800–850	826	315.00–321.00	317.98
15	850–900	869	317.00	317.00
144	900–950	923	300.00–306.00	303.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	716	300.00–308.00	305.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	575	427.00	427.00
15	600–650	639	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	590.00	590.00
14	400–450	428	542.00	542.00
12	450–500	488	501.00–522.00	509.51
22	500–550	529	492.00	492.00
26	550–600	573	424.00–455.00	443.60
34	600–650	634	420.00–435.50	424.91
40	650–700	672	394.50–425.00	405.30
106	700–750	727	378.00–397.00	388.43
36	750–800	785	353.50–369.75	361.51
70	800–850	826	370.00	370.00
19	850–900	867	330.00–350.00	342.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	679	377.00	377.00
12	800–850	829	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,053	262.50	262.50

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.