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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 21

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

196 head

▲ 62 vs last sale 134▼ 12 vs year ago 208 · −5.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, Choice slaughter steers 2.00 lower. No implant steers bringing 2.00 premium. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Mostly small strings in the offering today. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,161	227.33	2,639	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	238.33	2,844	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,403	237.81	3,336	36
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	252.29	3,027	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,526	236.75	3,614	81

Every lot

12 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 ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,200	252.29/cwt	246.50–269.00	3,027	18
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,427	238.57/cwt	237.75–239.25	3,404	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,457	236.40/cwt	235.50–237.25	3,444	20
Steers	—	Choice	1,550	236.49/cwt	236.00–237.75	3,666	45
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,580	238.16/cwt	236.50–239.00	3,763	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,671	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,960	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,146	239.76/cwt	231.00–243.00	2,748	21
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,214	244.49/cwt	243.00–245.00	2,968	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,375	227.37/cwt	225.00–230.00	3,126	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,399	237.48/cwt	236.50–238.75	3,322	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,404	237.91/cwt	237.00–240.00	3,340	28
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Certified Prgms	1,161	227.33/cwt	227.00–229.00	2,639	6

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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Receipts 196Last week 134Year ago 208

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,375	225.00–230.00	227.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,404	237.00–240.00	237.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,399	236.50–238.75	237.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,146	231.00–243.00	239.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,214	243.00–245.00	244.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,161	227.00–229.00	227.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,457	235.50–237.25	236.40
45	—	1,550	236.00–237.75	236.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,427	237.75–239.25	238.57
3	—	1,580	236.50–239.00	238.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,671	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,200	246.50–269.00	252.29

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.