Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Too light a test this week on Choice slaughter steers, no comparison. Upward trend noted. Choice slaughter heifers 4.00 higher, with light numbers in the previous sale. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand. Active trade.

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	1,106	244.69	2,706	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	233.17	3,220	65
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	240.26	3,126	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	233.14	3,430	23

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Choice	—	1,384	233.28/cwt	230.50–234.35	3,229	54
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,367	232.63/cwt	230.00–234.00	3,180	11
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,130	242.02/cwt	240.00–244.00	2,735	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,094	246.02/cwt	224.00–258.00	2,691	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	233.23/cwt	231.00–234.00	3,307	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,515	229.34/cwt	228.00–230.00	3,475	3
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,464	234.51/cwt	234.10–234.75	3,433	11
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,290	240.46/cwt	235.50–258.00	3,102	22
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,630	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	3,765	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,350	239.39/cwt	237.00–240.00	3,232	5

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 Nov 4, 2025

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

Receipts 130Last week 213Year ago 228

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,384	230.50–234.35	233.28
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,367	230.00–234.00	232.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	240.00–244.00	242.02
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,094	224.00–258.00	246.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,418	231.00–234.00	233.23
3	—	1,515	228.00–230.00	229.34
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,464	234.10–234.75	234.51
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,290	235.50–258.00	240.46
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	231.00	231.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	237.00–240.00	239.39

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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