Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2025-11-25

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 25
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
140 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 177▲ 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday; Too light a test on Choice slaughter steers, no comparison. Choice slaughter heifers 9.00 lower, with light numbers last week. No implant cattle bringing a premium. CME live cattle futures continuing to fall this week. The auction consisted of mostly smaller strings, including plenty of "two weight cattle". Good demand for this light sale.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,112210.872,34429
HeifersChoiceAverage1,358205.902,79637
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,191213.292,54028
SteersChoiceAverage1,478206.863,05821

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,146213.84/cwt200.00–224.002,4515
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,175215.43/cwt202.00–227.002,53120
Steers—Select and Choice1,372198.06/cwt195.00–200.002,7173
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,441207.52/cwt205.00–209.002,99012
Steers—Choice1,479205.88/cwt205.50–206.003,0454
Steers—Choice1,515203.50/cwt203.50–203.503,0832
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,601207.75/cwt207.75–207.753,3263
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,083213.38/cwt210.00–229.502,31124
Heifers—Select and Choice1,249198.81/cwt194.50–200.002,4835
Heifers—Choice1,344205.42/cwt202.00–207.002,76129
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,409207.63/cwt207.00–208.002,9268

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.