Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-04-29

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 29
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
121 head
19 vs last sale 102 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction one week ago (April 22) choice steers and heifers were 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Quality groups were available today. Demand was very good for today's light supply.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,360220.032,99156
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,233208.382,56916
SteersChoiceAverage1,467219.423,21837
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,259215.552,7156thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,178217.83/cwt212.00–235.002,5664
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,687217.76/cwt210.50–220.003,6748
SteersSelect and Choice1,422211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,0002
SteersChoice1,406219.88/cwt218.75–221.003,09229
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,172207.38/cwt201.00–213.002,4309
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,325214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,8361
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,321220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,9062
HeifersSelect and Choice1,309208.95/cwt201.00–216.002,7356
HeifersChoice1,361220.03/cwt217.00–221.002,99554

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.