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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Feb 6

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Jan 30Feb 6Feb 13 →

Receipts

2,119 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 2,210▲ 250 vs year ago 1,869 · +13.4%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. Compared to last Friday; Steers 600-650 lbs mixed, 700-800 lbs 2.00-10.00 higher. Heifers 500-550 lbs 1.00-7.00 higher, 600-650 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement heifers sharply higher. The auction consisted of four loads, many half loads and smaller strings. Good demand, both online and in the stands. Exceptional interest in replacement heifers today.

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 $480.68/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 11 of 17 comparable sales and sits +15.58 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$480.68

148 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$31.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

vs IA average

−2.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	486.30	2,714	122
Medium and Large 1-2	545	454.35	2,478	26

One grade step is worth $31.95/cwt here — about $236 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 sale148 hd

480.68

—

IA average3 barns · 714 hd

480.85

−0.16

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−2.35

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

+15.58

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

34 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	411	591.83/cwt	557.50–605.00	2,432	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,231	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,519	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	502.93/cwt	488.00–522.00	2,640	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,484	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,458	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	481.79/cwt	470.00–498.00	2,732	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	444.49/cwt	424.00–459.50	2,765	221
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	422.38/cwt	404.50–433.50	2,851	301
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	407.65/cwt	385.00–423.50	2,911	120
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	379.02/cwt	359.50–387.50	2,945	142
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	367.05/cwt	352.00–374.25	2,991	102
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	365.50/cwt	356.00–370.75	3,140	177
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,815	3
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,018	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	1,649	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	506.33/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,096	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	480.47/cwt	464.00–504.00	2,345	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,280	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	451.41/cwt	435.00–479.50	2,415	99
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	426.52/cwt	403.00–443.00	2,470	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,348	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	393.33/cwt	372.00–409.00	2,482	160
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,342	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	375.23/cwt	365.00–379.50	2,480	130
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	679	391.95/cwt	377.00–446.00	2,661	79
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,329	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	721	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	3,057	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	367.86/cwt	353.00–370.00	2,722	47
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	353.42/cwt	351.75–356.00	2,661	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	819	374.11/cwt	367.00–388.00	3,064	38
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	344.29/cwt	338.00–351.50	2,820	42
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,723	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,038	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,761	3

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 Feb 6, 2026

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Receipts 2,119Last week 2,210Year ago 1,869

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,038	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	414	485.00–527.50	506.33
39	450–500	488	464.00–504.00	480.47
99	500–550	535	435.00–479.50	451.41
81	550–600	579	403.00–443.00	426.52
160	600–650	631	372.00–409.00	393.33
130	650–700	661	365.00–379.50	375.23
47	700–750	740	353.00–370.00	367.86
23	750–800	753	351.75–356.00	353.42
42	800–850	819	338.00–351.50	344.29
8	850–900	870	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	478.00	478.00
5	500–550	529	431.00	431.00
15	550–600	596	394.00	394.00
4	600–650	633	370.00	370.00
3	650–700	681	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	679	377.00–446.00	391.95
20	700–750	721	424.00	424.00
38	800–850	819	367.00–388.00	374.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	411	557.50–605.00	591.83
3	450–500	473	532.50	532.50
26	500–550	525	488.00–522.00	502.93
96	550–600	567	470.00–498.00	481.79
221	600–650	622	424.00–459.50	444.49
301	650–700	675	404.50–433.50	422.38
120	700–750	714	385.00–423.50	407.65
142	750–800	777	359.50–387.50	379.02
102	800–850	815	352.00–374.25	367.05
177	850–900	859	356.00–370.75	365.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	537.50	537.50
19	500–550	540	460.00	460.00
7	550–600	560	439.00	439.00
3	900–950	923	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,023	295.00	295.00

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.