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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 13

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

206 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 283▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers 2.00 higher, with instances 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady, with no implant heifers 2.00 higher. The auction consisted of half load of heavyweight steers, along with plenty of smaller packages. 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,387	225.90	3,133	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	225.78	2,840	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	229.78	3,110	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,522	228.27	3,473	88

Every lot

14 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	1,249	236.75/cwt	232.00–238.50	2,957	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,372	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	3,070	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,431	228.70/cwt	225.00–232.10	3,273	33
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,436	227.87/cwt	225.00–229.50	3,272	19
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,453	224.32/cwt	223.50–224.50	3,259	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,515	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	3,447	8
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,606	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	3,682	9
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,727	227.80/cwt	224.25–228.50	3,934	19
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,102	241.95/cwt	222.00–265.00	2,666	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,318	220.74/cwt	218.50–222.00	2,909	5
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,337	216.98/cwt	215.00–220.00	2,901	10
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,345	228.65/cwt	228.50–228.75	3,075	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,386	225.07/cwt	223.50–227.75	3,119	40
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,700	223.25/cwt	223.00–223.50	3,795	2

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 206Last week 283Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,386	223.50–227.75	225.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,318	218.50–222.00	220.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	223.00–223.50	223.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,102	222.00–265.00	241.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,345	228.50–228.75	228.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,337	215.00–220.00	216.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,453	223.50–224.50	224.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,436	225.00–229.50	227.87
9	—	1,606	229.25	229.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,727	224.25–228.50	227.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,249	232.00–238.50	236.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,372	223.75	223.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,431	225.00–232.10	228.70
8	—	1,515	227.50	227.50

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.