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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 13

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

277 head

▲ 156 vs last sale 121▲ 277 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated given last week's light receipts. One large consignment today made load lots of steer cattle available. Demand was good for choice steers and heifers.

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	Prime	Average	1,366	224.75	3,070	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,521	222.37	3,382	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,386	199.21	2,762	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	244.03	2,884	171
Steers	Choice	Average	1,576	224.60	3,539	35

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,178	244.98/cwt	239.50–255.50	2,886	166
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,304	212.57/cwt	210.00–214.00	2,772	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,430	224.71/cwt	220.00–226.50	3,213	13
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,591	224.55/cwt	222.00–229.25	3,573	14
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,786	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	4,010	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,072	203.00/cwt	198.00–206.00	2,176	3
Heifers	—	Prime	1,366	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	3,070	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,441	224.18/cwt	212.00–227.00	3,230	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,460	201.57/cwt	200.00–205.00	2,943	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,576	221.11/cwt	217.50–224.50	3,485	13
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,747	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,319	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue May 13, 2025

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

Receipts 277Last week 121Year ago 0

No comparison stated given last week's light receipts. One large consignment today made load lots of steer cattle available. Demand was good for choice steers and heifers.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,430	220.00–226.50	224.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,786	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,591	222.00–229.25	224.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,304	210.00–214.00	212.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,178	239.50–255.50	244.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,441	212.00–227.00	224.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,576	217.50–224.50	221.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,366	224.75	224.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,460	200.00–205.00	201.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,747	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	198.00–206.00	203.00

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.