Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today given the low numbers last week. Very strong demand for Choice slaughter steers and heifers today. Several load lots available along with many smaller packages. Trade was active throughout the auction. Supply was moderate.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,041	260.58	2,712	66
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	241.99	3,351	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,057	275.33	2,910	91
Steers	Choice	Average	1,556	243.83	3,794	74

Every lot, as filed

13 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,697	242.65/cwt	240.00–247.00	4,118	16
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,007	264.40/cwt	252.00–265.50	2,663	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,286	232.88/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,995	8
Heifers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,342	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	3,234	6
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	910	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,675	16
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,542	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,655	2
Steers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,605	245.60/cwt	245.60–245.60	3,942	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,381	242.98/cwt	238.00–245.25	3,356	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,200	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,820	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,085	272.34/cwt	266.00–276.50	2,955	73
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,790	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	4,189	1
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,479	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	3,631	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,508	243.98/cwt	239.50–245.75	3,679	44

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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jun 10, 2025

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,697	240.00–247.00	242.65
1	—	1,790	234.00	234.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	910	294.00	294.00
73	—	1,085	266.00–276.50	272.34
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,605	245.60	245.60
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	235.00	235.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,479	245.50	245.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,508	239.50–245.75	243.98
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,007	252.00–265.50	264.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,286	230.00–237.00	232.88
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,342	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,542	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,381	238.00–245.25	242.98

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.

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