Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-10-14

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 14
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
134 head
55 vs last sale 189 77 vs year ago 211 · 36.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, not enough Choice slaughter steers in the previous sale to compare this week. Upward trend noted. Choice slaughter heifers 9.00 higher on this good quality offering. The sale consisted of mostly smaller strings. Demand good.

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 ChoiceAverage1,249239.932,99610
HeifersChoiceAverage1,384238.763,30430
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,263247.323,12422
SteersChoiceAverage1,503238.623,58769

Every lot, as filed

9 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 Feed1,179251.13/cwt240.00–265.002,96111
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,322245.90/cwt242.00–248.003,2519
SteersSelect and Choice1,460232.75/cwt232.00–233.503,3982
SteersChoice1,560238.96/cwt234.00–239.853,72836
SteersChoice1,441238.25/cwt236.50–240.003,43333
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,140247.22/cwt238.25–266.002,8183
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,219239.63/cwt235.00–242.002,9214
HeifersSelect and Choice1,397233.04/cwt230.00–235.003,2563
HeifersChoice1,384238.76/cwt237.00–241.503,30430

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.