Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-06-17

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 17
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
254 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 312▲ 71 vs year ago 183 · +38.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction one week ago, Choice Slaughter Steers were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Today's market for Choice Slaughter Heifers was 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Futures market weaker during today's auction. Demand was good for today's moderate supply of choice slaughter cattle.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,329242.413,22240
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,145233.242,67130
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,124251.382,8268thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,421241.493,431167

Every lot

10 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,004264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,6515
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,257231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,9042
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,376240.65/cwt239.00–244.003,31126
Steers—Choice1,428241.66/cwt239.00–246.003,451140
Steers—Select and Choice1,460229.00/cwt229.00–229.003,3431
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,605239.00/cwt239.00–239.003,8361
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,133233.08/cwt212.00–240.502,64127
Heifers—Select and Choice1,253234.67/cwt234.00–235.002,9403
Heifers—Choice1,320242.50/cwt239.50–244.253,20139
Heifers—Choice1,685239.00/cwt239.00–239.004,0271

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.