Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Choice slaughter steers 3.00 lower, with light numbers this week. Choice slaughter heifers steady. No implant cattle bringing a premium. The auction consisted of a few partial loads 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,151	242.74	2,794	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,277	230.13	2,939	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	252.50	2,929	41
Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	230.33	3,299	33

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	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,401	230.65/cwt	229.00–232.50	3,231	17
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	221.10/cwt	219.00–223.50	2,907	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,542	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	3,531	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	230.11/cwt	225.00–230.75	3,304	11
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,226	249.43/cwt	247.00–251.00	3,058	9
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,523	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	3,507	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,130	255.52/cwt	230.00–280.00	2,887	30
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,585	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	3,471	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,143	250.22/cwt	225.00–268.00	2,860	8
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,285	230.87/cwt	230.25–232.50	2,967	25
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,055	252.26/cwt	226.00–259.00	2,661	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,230	223.33/cwt	220.00–224.00	2,747	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	229.75/cwt	227.50–230.75	2,925	48

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Receipts 189Last week 154Year ago 141

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,401	229.00–232.50	230.65
3	—	1,523	230.25	230.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	219.00–223.50	221.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,542	229.00	229.00
11	—	1,436	225.00–230.75	230.11
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,226	247.00–251.00	249.43
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,130	230.00–280.00	255.52
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,143	225.00–268.00	250.22
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,285	230.25–232.50	230.87
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,055	226.00–259.00	252.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,230	220.00–224.00	223.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,273	227.50–230.75	229.75

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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