Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-11-11

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 11
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
180 head
50 vs last sale 130 14 vs year ago 194 · 7.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Too light a test for Choice slaughter steers in the previous sale, no comparison. Downward trend noted. Choice slaughter heifers 9.00 lower, with no implant heifers 7.00 lower. CME live cattle futures down today, following a distressing week in the market. Half loads and smaller packages in the offering today. 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,388224.553,11681
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,206215.672,6015thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,284225.802,89910
SteersChoiceAverage1,492225.023,35774

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,282221.33/cwt220.00–222.002,8373
SteersSelect and ChoiceNatural1,275225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,8691
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,450225.04/cwt224.25–225.753,26328
SteersSelect and Choice1,418216.51/cwt216.00–217.003,0702
SteersChoiceNatural1,530224.65/cwt224.25–224.753,4375
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,713224.55/cwt224.00–224.753,8474
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,220234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,8554
SteersChoice1,563225.60/cwt225.50–225.753,52613
SteersChoice1,457224.84/cwt222.50–225.503,27624
HeifersChoiceNatural1,273224.50/cwt224.50–224.502,8584
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,206215.67/cwt210.00–217.002,6015
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,371225.31/cwt225.25–225.353,08926
HeifersChoice1,405224.17/cwt220.00–225.003,15051

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.