Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-11-18

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 18
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
177 head
3 vs last sale 180 35 vs year ago 142 · +24.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Too light a test on Choice slaughter steers in the last sale, no comparison. Premium on no implant steers today. Limited number of Choice slaughter heifers today, no trend applicable. Lower undertones noted. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings, with half load of steers. 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,466185.002,7123thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,369214.212,93317
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,283210.702,70328
HeifersSelectAverage1,213191.252,3202thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,511216.863,27770
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,300216.102,81028
SteersSelectAverage1,481204.323,0278thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
HeifersChoice1,369214.21/cwt213.00–216.502,93317
HeifersSelect and Choice1,358209.05/cwt205.00–210.002,8395
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,601206.64/cwt205.00–211.003,3084
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,260211.24/cwt208.00–216.252,66210
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,213191.25/cwt190.50–192.002,3202
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,125212.83/cwt211.00–220.502,3949
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,350215.06/cwt211.00–220.002,90315
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,466185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,7123
SteersChoice1,371218.11/cwt215.00–219.502,99013
SteersChoice1,560215.23/cwt214.60–215.353,35828
SteersSelect1,358204.72/cwt204.50–205.002,7805
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,642214.59/cwt214.25–215.353,5244
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,687203.65/cwt203.00–205.003,4363
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,243217.30/cwt212.50–222.502,70113
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,480221.17/cwt219.00–222.253,2736
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,518217.53/cwt217.00–217.753,30219

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.