Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-06-10

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 10
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
312 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 152▲ 312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today given the low numbers last week. Very strong demand for Choice slaughter steers and heifers today. Several load lots available along with many smaller packages. Trade was active throughout the auction. Supply was moderate.

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
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,041260.582,71266
HeifersChoiceAverage1,385241.993,35124
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,057275.332,91091
SteersChoiceAverage1,556243.833,79474

Every lot

13 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed910294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,67516
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,085272.34/cwt266.00–276.502,95573
Steers—Select and Choice1,200235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,8202
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,479245.50/cwt245.50–245.503,6318
Steers—Choice1,508243.98/cwt239.50–245.753,67944
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,605245.60/cwt245.60–245.603,9425
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,697242.65/cwt240.00–247.004,11816
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,790234.00/cwt234.00–234.004,1891
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,007264.40/cwt252.00–265.502,66358
Heifers—Select and Choice1,286232.88/cwt230.00–237.002,9958
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,342241.00/cwt241.00–241.003,2346
Heifers—Choice1,381242.98/cwt238.00–245.253,35616
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,542237.00/cwt237.00–237.003,6552

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.