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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 1

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

101 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 101▲ 11 vs year ago 90 · +12.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today due to low receipts one week ago. Demand was very good today for all package sizes. Trade was active.

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	Choice	Average	1,297	209.41	2,716	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	205.19	2,469	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	209.54	2,960	29
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,170	201.67	2,359	8thin

Every lot

11 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,144	201.91/cwt	194.00–206.00	2,310	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,344	206.13/cwt	199.00–214.00	2,770	14
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,700	1
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,436	213.07/cwt	207.50–213.50	3,060	12
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,625	212.76/cwt	212.50–213.00	3,457	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,670	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	3,482	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,126	208.43/cwt	200.00–216.00	2,347	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,280	209.68/cwt	207.00–213.00	2,684	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,287	209.77/cwt	203.00–212.50	2,700	43
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,473	193.87/cwt	193.00–195.00	2,856	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,555	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,126	2

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Apr 1, 2025

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

Receipts 101Last week 101Year ago 90

No comparison stated today due to low receipts one week ago. Demand was very good today for all package sizes. Trade was active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,126	200.00–216.00	208.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,280	207.00–213.00	209.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	193.00–195.00	193.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,287	203.00–212.50	209.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,344	199.00–214.00	206.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	194.00–206.00	201.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	208.50	208.50
2	—	1,625	212.50–213.00	212.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,436	207.50–213.50	213.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	200.00	200.00

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.