Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-01-28

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 28
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
269 head
25 vs last sale 294 34 vs year ago 235 · +14.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks, no price comparison available. Mostly smaller packages in the offering today. CME live cattle futures continue to rise. Lighter offering of steers today. No implant and drug free steers mostly 3.00-4.00 premium. Small strings of no implant and drug free heifers showing a 3.00-4.00 premium. Good demand.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,361210.052,85994
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,247204.532,55164
SteersChoiceAverage1,443209.463,02249
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305205.772,68540

Every lot, as filed

17 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
HeifersChoice1,323206.62/cwt204.00–209.002,73433
HeifersSelect and Choice1,364200.35/cwt199.00–202.002,73311
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,700201.50/cwt201.50–201.503,4262
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,399212.04/cwt208.50–214.002,96616
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,635201.00/cwt201.00–201.003,2862
HeifersSelect and ChoiceNatural1,103205.50/cwt205.50–205.502,2674
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,651201.09/cwt196.00–202.003,3207
SteersChoiceNatural1,427212.47/cwt211.00–213.503,03216
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,151210.86/cwt197.00–224.002,42720
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,527213.00/cwt213.00–213.003,2537
HeifersChoiceNatural1,376211.86/cwt208.50–213.502,91545
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,194205.75/cwt196.50–213.002,45745
SteersChoice1,351205.42/cwt203.50–208.002,77514
SteersChoice1,535206.13/cwt205.00–209.003,1644
SteersSelect and Choice1,355200.47/cwt196.50–202.002,71613
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,475209.50/cwt209.50–209.503,0906
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,635207.78/cwt205.50–210.003,3972

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.