Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited numbers today, no comparison. Upward trend noted. Mostly 2.00 premium for no implant cattle. CME live cattle futures climbing 5.00 today. The auction consisted of mainly small strings. 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	1,167	212.95	2,485	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,395	211.34	2,947	31
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,346	211.37	2,845	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,514	210.68	3,190	44

Every lot, as filed

8 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	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,346	211.37/cwt	208.00–216.00	2,845	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,618	209.70/cwt	207.00–210.00	3,393	10
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,428	209.67/cwt	207.00–210.25	2,994	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,547	212.91/cwt	212.50–213.00	3,294	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	207.15/cwt	206.50–208.00	2,946	3
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,167	212.95/cwt	208.00–231.00	2,485	11
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,414	211.85/cwt	208.00–213.00	2,996	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,371	210.73/cwt	207.50–212.50	2,889	14

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 Dec 2, 2025

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,346	208.00–216.00	211.37
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,618	207.00–210.00	209.70
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,428	207.00–210.25	209.67
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,547	212.50–213.00	212.91
3	—	1,422	206.50–208.00	207.15
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,167	208.00–231.00	212.95
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,414	208.00–213.00	211.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,371	207.50–212.50	210.73

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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