Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2026-06-05

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Jun 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155
Receipts
798 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 836▲ 798 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction two weeks ago: Too light a test for steers in the previous sale. Heifers 600 lbs sharply higher, after a substantial jump in the CME feeder cattle futures yesterday. Limited number of yearlings today. Two loads, three half loads and plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Good demand both online and in the arena. The next feeder auction will be June 26.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $480.49/cwt on 59 head, up $15.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 17 comparable sales and sits +15.39 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.
Average price
$480.49
▲ 15.39 vs prior sale
59 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,545
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−13.99
vs IA average
+21.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530480.492,54559
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 sale59 hd
480.49
—
IA average5 barns · 586 hd
494.48
−13.99
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+21.30
This barn, trailing median17 sales
465.10
+15.39
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
533474414355median 465.1003/0604/1006/0509/1110/30
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

23 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427529.58/cwt502.50–555.002,2616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477515.24/cwt499.00–525.002,45811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515490.88/cwt480.00–500.002,52846
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582443.73/cwt436.00–456.002,58313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617460.53/cwt436.00–470.002,84190
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637399.50/cwt399.50–399.502,54563
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652439.16/cwt437.25–458.002,86345
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732411.34/cwt400.00–429.003,011112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,79610
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765399.00/cwt399.00–399.003,05210
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832361.52/cwt358.00–370.003,00810
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1961319.00/cwt319.00–319.003,0664
Steers1050–1100Large 11,075300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,22513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429534.00/cwt534.00–534.002,2915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505476.89/cwt448.00–500.002,40827
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,3726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566447.11/cwt433.00–452.002,53163
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579401.98/cwt400.00–403.002,3279
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617410.12/cwt392.00–431.002,53056
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675383.55/cwt376.00–384.002,58988
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728359.01/cwt356.00–360.002,61412
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,74512
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808341.54/cwt325.00–346.002,76014

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.