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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Fri, Aug 28

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2155

← Aug 7Aug 28Sep 11 →

Receipts

1,898 head

▼ 1,442 vs last sale 3,340▲ 1,898 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialSat Jun 7, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No trend applicable, as the previous sale was three weeks ago. Lower trend noted, following the downturn in the market. Most of the auction consisted of full load lots of yearling cattle, along with plenty of smaller packages. Good demand, especially on advertised load lots of heavy cattle. The next feeder sale is September 11.

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 $368.70/cwt on 12 head, down $74.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −96.40 against this barn's trailing median of $465.10.

Average price

$368.70

▼ 74.24 vs prior sale

12 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.05

vs IA average

−2.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	368.70	2,094	12thin

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 sale12 hd

368.70

—

IA average3 barns · 51 hd

390.75

−22.05

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−2.30

This barn, trailing median17 sales

465.10

−96.40

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

22 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,152	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,039	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	367.05/cwt	363.00–371.00	2,122	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	353.23/cwt	349.00–355.50	2,247	53
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,253	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	342.62/cwt	320.00–348.25	2,515	100
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	324.26/cwt	324.00–325.00	2,474	83
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	323.85/cwt	323.00–325.00	2,626	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	313.80/cwt	296.50–315.00	2,721	271
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	295.79/cwt	294.50–303.00	2,760	33
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	296.04/cwt	294.00–296.75	2,833	664
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,063	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,958	57
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,135	264.75/cwt	264.75–264.75	3,005	70
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,165	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,982	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,886	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	315.58/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,140	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,428	294
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	316.25/cwt	316.25–316.25	2,669	59
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,640	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	288.52/cwt	275.00–299.25	2,640	18

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 Aug 28, 2026

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

Receipts 1,898Last week 3,340Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1050–1100	1,063	278.25	278.25
70	1100–1150	1,135	264.75	264.75
9	1150–1200	1,165	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	372.00	372.00
8	550–600	578	363.00–371.00	367.05
53	600–650	636	349.00–355.50	353.23
4	650–700	653	345.00	345.00
100	700–750	734	320.00–348.25	342.62
83	750–800	763	324.00–325.00	324.26
7	800–850	811	323.00–325.00	323.85
271	850–900	867	296.50–315.00	313.80
33	900–950	933	294.50–303.00	295.79
664	950–1000	957	294.00–296.75	296.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	456.00	456.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	1,850.00	1,850.00
4	500–550	518	364.00	364.00
20	650–700	678	312.00–320.00	315.58
294	750–800	753	322.50	322.50
59	800–850	844	316.25	316.25
15	850–900	892	296.00	296.00
18	900–950	915	275.00–299.25	288.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	450–500	450	1,900.00	1,900.00

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.