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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-08

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 8

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

102 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 106▼ 153 vs year ago 255 · −60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction just one week ago, choice slaughter steers were fully steady. The choice slaughter heifer trade saw 2.00 to 3.00 lower results. The demand for choice slaughter cattle was only good for today's light offering.

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	1,187	232.55	2,760	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,093	217.78	2,380	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	239.32	2,727	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,355	233.94	3,169	44

Every lot

7 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	1,134	241.04/cwt	235.50–248.00	2,733	17
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,235	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,594	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,338	233.76/cwt	230.00–236.00	3,128	37
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,406	235.34/cwt	234.50–235.50	3,309	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,670	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	3,874	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,093	217.78/cwt	211.00–224.00	2,380	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,187	232.55/cwt	230.00–234.00	2,760	37

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 Jul 8, 2025

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

Receipts 102Last week 106Year ago 255

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,134	235.50–248.00	241.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	234.50–235.50	235.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,338	230.00–236.00	233.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	211.00–224.00	217.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,187	230.00–234.00	232.55

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.