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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 18

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

177 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 180▲ 35 vs year ago 142 · +24.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Too light a test on Choice slaughter steers in the last sale, no comparison. Premium on no implant steers today. Limited number of Choice slaughter heifers today, no trend applicable. Lower undertones noted. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings, with half load of steers. Demand good.

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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	185.00	2,712	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,369	214.21	2,933	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	210.70	2,703	28
Heifers	Select	Average	1,213	191.25	2,320	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	216.86	3,277	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	216.10	2,810	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,481	204.32	3,027	8thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,243	217.30/cwt	212.50–222.50	2,701	13
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,350	215.06/cwt	211.00–220.00	2,903	15
Steers	—	Select	1,358	204.72/cwt	204.50–205.00	2,780	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,371	218.11/cwt	215.00–219.50	2,990	13
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,480	221.17/cwt	219.00–222.25	3,273	6
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,518	217.53/cwt	217.00–217.75	3,302	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,560	215.23/cwt	214.60–215.35	3,358	28
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,642	214.59/cwt	214.25–215.35	3,524	4
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,687	203.65/cwt	203.00–205.00	3,436	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,125	212.83/cwt	211.00–220.50	2,394	9
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,213	191.25/cwt	190.50–192.00	2,320	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,260	211.24/cwt	208.00–216.25	2,662	10
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,358	209.05/cwt	205.00–210.00	2,839	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,369	214.21/cwt	213.00–216.50	2,933	17
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,601	206.64/cwt	205.00–211.00	3,308	4
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,466	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,712	3

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 Nov 18, 2025

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

Receipts 177Last week 180Year ago 142

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,369	213.00–216.50	214.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,358	205.00–210.00	209.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,601	205.00–211.00	206.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,260	208.00–216.25	211.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	190.50–192.00	191.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,125	211.00–220.50	212.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,350	211.00–220.00	215.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,371	215.00–219.50	218.11
28	—	1,560	214.60–215.35	215.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,358	204.50–205.00	204.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,642	214.25–215.35	214.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,687	203.00–205.00	203.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,243	212.50–222.50	217.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,480	219.00–222.25	221.17
19	—	1,518	217.00–217.75	217.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,466	185.00	185.00

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.