Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction one week ago, both choice slaughter steers and heifers were 3.50 to 4.50 lower. In today's offering were many "two - way" cattle with many returning to the feed yard. Demand was good for today's moderate offering.

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	Average	1,047	270.53	2,832	3thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	257.48	2,922	44
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,288	241.54	3,111	67
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,192	252.22	3,008	53
Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	242.75	3,510	95

Every lot, as filed

12 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	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,605	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	3,924	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,047	270.53/cwt	263.00–274.00	2,832	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,133	258.17/cwt	233.00–273.00	2,925	40
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,135	257.48/cwt	242.00–259.50	2,922	44
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,320	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	3,142	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,380	233.56/cwt	230.00–238.00	3,223	12
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,115	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,866	1
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,179	243.69/cwt	243.50–243.75	2,873	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,317	240.97/cwt	238.00–244.00	3,174	53
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,598	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	3,951	4
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,384	244.14/cwt	242.00–249.50	3,379	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,449	241.91/cwt	239.00–253.50	3,505	71

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Aug 12, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	244.50	244.50
16	—	1,384	242.00–249.50	244.14
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,133	233.00–273.00	258.17
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	238.00	238.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,380	230.00–238.00	233.56
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	257.00	257.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,598	247.25	247.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,449	239.00–253.50	241.91
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	263.00–274.00	270.53
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,135	242.00–259.50	257.48
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,179	243.50–243.75	243.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,317	238.00–244.00	240.97

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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