Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-02-04

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 4
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
203 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 269▼ 3 vs year ago 206 · −1.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; Too light a test on choice slaughter steers, no comparison. Choice slaughter heifers mostly steady. No implant cattle bringing a premium. Mostly smaller groups in the offering today. Demand good, although not as strong as last week.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,387208.452,89156
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260197.652,49067
SteersChoiceAverage1,560209.213,26334
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,267205.142,60026

Every lot

14 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,154207.29/cwt200.50–213.002,39215
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,335202.03/cwt200.50–202.502,6974
Steers—Select and Choice1,412198.06/cwt196.00–200.502,7973
Steers—Choice1,423205.87/cwt202.50–208.252,9304
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,492211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,1484
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,517205.50/cwt205.50–205.503,1174
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,531208.00/cwt208.00–208.003,1843
Steers—Choice1,588202.00/cwt202.00–202.003,2084
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,601211.25/cwt211.25–211.253,38219
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,174197.20/cwt186.00–203.502,31538
Heifers—Select and Choice1,349199.32/cwt194.00–201.502,68927
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,350209.66/cwt205.00–210.252,83028
Heifers—Choice1,424207.24/cwt205.50–209.502,95128
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,680183.77/cwt182.50–185.003,0872

This sale against other markets

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.