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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 10

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

101 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 91▼ 5 vs year ago 106 · −4.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Slaughter Cattle Auction just one week ago both Choice slaughter steers and heifers were lower as much as 10.00 to 12.00. Demand was moderate for today's light supply.

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	1,095	231.00	2,529	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,532	228.74	3,504	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	243.83	2,971	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	229.98	3,396	21

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,142	248.33/cwt	246.50–252.00	2,836	18
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,380	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,719	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,398	229.02/cwt	225.00–233.00	3,202	9
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,482	231.37/cwt	228.75–234.00	3,429	8
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,597	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	3,653	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,687	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,880	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,828	226.75/cwt	226.00–227.50	4,145	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,095	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,529	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,504	228.54/cwt	227.50–230.50	3,437	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,533	228.94/cwt	224.50–229.60	3,510	51
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,608	1

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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Receipts 101Last week 91Year ago 106

Compared to the Slaughter Cattle Auction just one week ago both Choice slaughter steers and heifers were lower as much as 10.00 to 12.00. Demand was moderate for today's light supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	226.00–227.50	226.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,687	230.00	230.00
9	—	1,398	225.00–233.00	229.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,142	246.50–252.00	248.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,597	228.75	228.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,482	228.75–234.00	231.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,504	227.50–230.50	228.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,533	224.50–229.60	228.94

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.