Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-01-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 7
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
294 head
104 vs last sale 190 294 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks, no price comparison available. No implant steers bringing a premium, especially those over 1500 lbs. No implant and drug free heifers bringing top prices. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings. Good demand on this larger offering of fat cattle.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,359198.152,69285
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,242195.332,42665
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,197201.292,41017
SteersChoiceAverage1,461198.992,908103

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersChoiceNatural1,642197.50/cwt197.50–197.503,2432
SteersChoiceNatural1,404199.88/cwt199.50–200.002,80612
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,245199.45/cwt197.00–205.002,4833
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,426198.25/cwt196.00–202.002,82737
SteersSelect and Choice1,408193.52/cwt193.00–194.002,7252
SteersChoice1,533197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,0203
SteersChoice1,411198.02/cwt195.00–200.252,79425
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,340187.19/cwt187.00–187.502,5085
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,573201.06/cwt200.50–201.753,16324
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,150203.04/cwt192.00–214.502,33512
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,162199.82/cwt189.50–211.502,32238
HeifersChoiceNatural1,242198.75/cwt197.50–199.002,46825
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,627189.22/cwt186.50–191.003,0793
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,398198.38/cwt196.00–200.252,77346
HeifersChoice1,437196.31/cwt194.00–197.502,82114
HeifersSelect and Choice1,316189.47/cwt187.00–192.002,49319

How this sale compares

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.