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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Mar 6

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Feb 27Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

1,595 head

▲ 672 vs last sale 923▲ 167 vs year ago 1,428 · +11.7%

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition Sale. No comparison today, as the previous sale was not Precondition. The sale consisted of three loads, many half loads and smaller strings. Good demand in the arena and online, especially on replacement heifers.

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 $480.84/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 11 of 17 comparable sales and sits +15.74 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$480.84

107 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$377

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

$71.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.03

vs IA average

+5.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	494.78	2,720	86
Medium and Large 1-2	553	423.74	2,343	21

One grade step is worth $71.04/cwt here — about $377 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale107 hd

480.84

—

IA average5 barns · 709 hd

471.81

+9.03

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+5.28

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

+15.74

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

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	637.00/cwt	637.00–637.00	2,134	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	601.49/cwt	588.00–604.00	2,250	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,088	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	544.25/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,324	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	493.79/cwt	478.00–511.50	2,390	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	501.24/cwt	467.00–516.00	2,596	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	423.74/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,343	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	489.67/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,816	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	445.11/cwt	426.00–469.50	2,786	69
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,506	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	420.91/cwt	406.00–432.00	2,879	149
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	391.08/cwt	382.50–409.50	2,843	91
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	368.99/cwt	354.00–385.00	2,834	89
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	812	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,753	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	362.86/cwt	359.50–365.00	2,954	75
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	340.56/cwt	330.00–342.75	3,021	87
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	335.59/cwt	316.00–338.25	3,034	57
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,016	307.25/cwt	307.25–307.25	3,122	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	553.74/cwt	552.50–555.00	1,838	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,063	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	467.14/cwt	452.50–482.50	2,270	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	451.84/cwt	420.00–457.00	2,381	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,252	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	420.00/cwt	408.00–443.00	2,432	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,214	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	397.39/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,464	103
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	649	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,726	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	360.68/cwt	357.50–375.00	2,424	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	716	420.72/cwt	415.00–422.00	3,012	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	362.76/cwt	346.00–376.00	2,619	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,816	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	344.83/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,676	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	777	395.24/cwt	385.00–410.00	3,071	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	332.71/cwt	332.00–332.75	2,738	83
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	847	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	3,168	32

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 Mar 6, 2026

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Receipts 1,595Last week 923Year ago 1,428

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	552.50–555.00	553.74
9	400–450	407	507.00	507.00
43	450–500	486	452.50–482.50	467.14
38	500–550	527	420.00–457.00	451.84
54	550–600	579	408.00–443.00	420.00
103	600–650	620	380.00–415.00	397.39
39	650–700	672	357.50–375.00	360.68
50	700–750	722	346.00–376.00	362.76
25	750–800	755	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
10	550–600	576	391.00	391.00
9	600–650	600	369.00	369.00
7	750–800	776	338.00–350.00	344.83
83	800–850	823	332.00–332.75	332.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	649	420.00	420.00
16	700–750	716	415.00–422.00	420.72
33	750–800	777	385.00–410.00	395.24
32	800–850	847	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	637.00	637.00
20	350–400	374	588.00–604.00	601.49
7	400–450	427	540.00–550.00	544.25
44	450–500	484	478.00–511.50	493.79
38	500–550	518	467.00–516.00	501.24
48	550–600	575	465.00–500.00	489.67
69	600–650	626	426.00–469.50	445.11
149	650–700	684	406.00–432.00	420.91
91	700–750	727	382.50–409.50	391.08
89	750–800	768	354.00–385.00	368.99
75	800–850	814	359.50–365.00	362.86
87	850–900	887	330.00–342.75	340.56
57	900–950	904	316.00–338.25	335.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	492.50	492.50
21	550–600	553	417.50–437.50	423.74
7	650–700	656	382.00	382.00
4	800–850	812	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,016	307.25	307.25

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.