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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 30

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Receipts

154 head

▼ 114 vs last sale 268▲ 16 vs year ago 138 · +11.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Choice slaughter steers steady to 2.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00-4.00 lower with limited numbers. No implant cattle bringing a slight premium today. The auction consisted of one load of steers, and smaller packages. Good demand.

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	1,341	229.69	3,080	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,242	228.47	2,838	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	238.28	3,053	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,474	232.93	3,434	42

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,269	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	3,027	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,283	238.25/cwt	234.50–238.50	3,057	31
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,421	233.63/cwt	232.00–233.75	3,320	30
Steers	—	Choice	1,522	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	3,523	2
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,558	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	3,615	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,654	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	3,817	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceNatural	1,088	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,540	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,200	229.25/cwt	227.00–231.00	2,751	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,329	229.45/cwt	227.00–230.50	3,049	21
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,373	230.32/cwt	228.50–231.00	3,162	8
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,425	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	3,192	8

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 Sep 30, 2025

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

Receipts 154Last week 268Year ago 138

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,329	227.00–230.50	229.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,425	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,373	228.50–231.00	230.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,200	227.00–231.00	229.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,522	231.50	231.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,421	232.00–233.75	233.63
3	—	1,558	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,269	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,654	230.75	230.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,283	234.50–238.50	238.25

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.