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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 20

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

140 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 206▲ 140 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 were fully steady to 2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The auction consisted of a load of choice heifers and many smaller quality packages. Demand was 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
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	249.50	2,908	37
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	229.56	3,179	56
Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	229.10	3,354	44
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	229.00	2,805	1thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,620	215.00	3,483	1thin

Every lot

8 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,225	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,805	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,396	228.58/cwt	223.50–232.00	3,191	30
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,587	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	3,678	12
Steers	—	PrimeHeavy Weight	1,620	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,483	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,750	221.00/cwt	220.00–222.00	3,868	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,145	253.57/cwt	224.00–294.00	2,903	33
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,333	215.95/cwt	215.00–217.00	2,879	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,385	229.56/cwt	221.00–232.50	3,179	56

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 140Last week 206Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	220.00–222.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,587	231.75	231.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,396	223.50–232.00	228.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,145	224.00–294.00	253.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,333	215.00–217.00	215.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,385	221.00–232.50	229.56

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.