Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-06-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 17
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
254 head
58 vs last sale 312 71 vs year ago 183 · +38.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction one week ago, Choice Slaughter Steers were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Today's market for Choice Slaughter Heifers was 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Futures market weaker during today's auction. Demand was good for today's moderate supply of choice slaughter 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,329242.413,22240
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,145233.242,67130
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,124251.382,8268thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,421241.493,431167

Every lot, as filed

10 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 Feed1,004264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,6515
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,257231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,9042
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,605239.00/cwt239.00–239.003,8361
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,376240.65/cwt239.00–244.003,31126
SteersSelect and Choice1,460229.00/cwt229.00–229.003,3431
SteersChoice1,428241.66/cwt239.00–246.003,451140
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,133233.08/cwt212.00–240.502,64127
HeifersSelect and Choice1,253234.67/cwt234.00–235.002,9403
HeifersChoice1,685239.00/cwt239.00–239.004,0271
HeifersChoice1,320242.50/cwt239.50–244.253,20139

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.