Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-09-02

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 2
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
273 head
108 vs last sale 165 273 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Choice slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher on this week's offering of good quality cattle. The auction consisted of a load of choice steers, two half loads of choice heifers, and plenty of smaller packages. 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
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,104247.002,72728
HeifersChoiceAverage1,293243.133,143107
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,232261.713,22316
SteersChoiceAverage1,388243.483,379101

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 Feed1,207263.73/cwt252.00–274.003,18313
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,260260.40/cwt258.00–263.003,2812
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,543243.13/cwt242.00–243.503,7518
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,437243.39/cwt243.25–243.753,49810
SteersSelect and Choice1,495238.00/cwt238.00–238.003,5581
SteersChoice1,367243.52/cwt242.85–244.003,32983
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,104247.00/cwt240.00–258.002,72728
HeifersChoiceNatural1,315243.50/cwt243.50–243.503,20215
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,307242.44/cwt242.00–243.003,16924
HeifersChoice1,283243.29/cwt241.50–245.003,12168

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.