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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-22

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 22

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

309 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 251▲ 115 vs year ago 194 · +59.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction one week ago, choice slaughter steers today were 2.00 to 3.00 lower while choice heifers were fully steady. Demand for choice cattle was very good for today's moderate supply. 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	1,300	240.89	3,132	100
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,156	234.81	2,714	6thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,395	248.00	3,460	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	240.32	3,441	159
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	235.81	3,096	20

Every lot

8 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	1,194	245.50/cwt	235.00–256.00	2,931	6
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,364	231.66/cwt	230.00–236.00	3,160	14
Steers	—	Prime	1,395	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,460	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,426	240.33/cwt	238.00–243.75	3,427	153
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,582	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,797	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,085	235.80/cwt	231.00–243.00	2,558	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,227	233.81/cwt	232.00–237.00	2,869	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	240.89/cwt	237.00–242.75	3,132	100

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 Jul 22, 2025

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

Receipts 309Last week 251Year ago 194

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,194	235.00–256.00	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,582	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,364	230.00–236.00	231.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,395	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	1,426	238.00–243.75	240.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	231.00–243.00	235.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,227	232.00–237.00	233.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,300	237.00–242.75	240.89

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.