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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 6

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

283 head

▲ 186 vs last sale 97▼ 11 vs year ago 294 · −3.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; Choice slaughter steers 1.00-2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Mostly smaller strings in this moderate 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,493	184.50	2,755	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,386	225.84	3,130	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,213	224.98	2,728	34
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	232.23	2,976	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,504	226.39	3,406	92

Every lot

17 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,265	233.01/cwt	225.00–256.00	2,948	34
Steers	—	Choice	1,414	226.41/cwt	224.00–228.25	3,201	31
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,457	226.89/cwt	225.50–228.25	3,306	15
Steers	—	Choice	1,531	227.00/cwt	226.50–229.00	3,475	5
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,552	227.25/cwt	227.25–227.25	3,527	8
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,557	226.73/cwt	223.50–228.50	3,530	26
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,560	219.02/cwt	218.00–220.00	3,417	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,737	222.50/cwt	221.50–223.50	3,865	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,150	227.53/cwt	225.00–231.00	2,617	22
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,281	221.17/cwt	217.00–222.00	2,833	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,306	220.14/cwt	217.00–222.00	2,875	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,359	225.33/cwt	223.00–227.60	3,062	54
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,391	226.49/cwt	223.60–228.00	3,150	47
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,398	227.25/cwt	227.25–227.25	3,177	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,664	222.55/cwt	219.50–223.50	3,703	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,690	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,667	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,493	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,755	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jan 6, 2026

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

Receipts 283Last week 97Year ago 294

Compared to last Tuesday; Choice slaughter steers 1.00-2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Mostly smaller strings in this moderate offering today. Good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,737	221.50–223.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,557	223.50–228.50	226.73
15	—	1,457	225.50–228.25	226.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	218.00–220.00	219.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,531	226.50–229.00	227.00
31	—	1,414	224.00–228.25	226.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,265	225.00–256.00	233.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,552	227.25	227.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,391	223.60–228.00	226.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,150	225.00–231.00	227.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,398	227.25	227.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,664	219.50–223.50	222.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,281	217.00–222.00	221.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	217.00–222.00	220.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,359	223.00–227.60	225.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	184.50	184.50

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.