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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 4

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 →

Receipts

130 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 213▼ 98 vs year ago 228 · −43.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Too light a test this week on Choice slaughter steers, no comparison. Upward trend noted. Choice slaughter heifers 4.00 higher, with light numbers in the previous sale. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand. Active trade.

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	Select and Choice	Average	1,106	244.69	2,706	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	233.17	3,220	65
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	240.26	3,126	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	233.14	3,430	23

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,290	240.46/cwt	235.50–258.00	3,102	22
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,350	239.39/cwt	237.00–240.00	3,232	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,418	233.23/cwt	231.00–234.00	3,307	7
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,464	234.51/cwt	234.10–234.75	3,433	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,515	229.34/cwt	228.00–230.00	3,475	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,630	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	3,765	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,094	246.02/cwt	224.00–258.00	2,691	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,130	242.02/cwt	240.00–244.00	2,735	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,367	232.63/cwt	230.00–234.00	3,180	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,384	233.28/cwt	230.50–234.35	3,229	54

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 Nov 4, 2025

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

Receipts 130Last week 213Year ago 228

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,384	230.50–234.35	233.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,367	230.00–234.00	232.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	240.00–244.00	242.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,094	224.00–258.00	246.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,418	231.00–234.00	233.23
3	—	1,515	228.00–230.00	229.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,464	234.10–234.75	234.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,290	235.50–258.00	240.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	237.00–240.00	239.39

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.