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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 31

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

109 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 129▲ 8 vs year ago 101 · +7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Slaughter Cattle Auction one week ago, both choice slaughter steers and heifers were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was very good for today's light offering.

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	Average	1,170	240.00	2,808	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	233.89	3,183	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	226.58	2,916	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,071	245.34	2,628	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	235.66	3,511	44

Every lot

9 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	1,071	245.34/cwt	232.00–254.00	2,628	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,459	229.42/cwt	229.00–229.50	3,347	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,488	236.92/cwt	234.00–238.50	3,525	36
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,600	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	3,756	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,625	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	3,713	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,131	231.84/cwt	225.00–245.00	2,622	3
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,170	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,808	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,361	233.89/cwt	228.00–237.75	3,183	37
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,443	221.32/cwt	218.00–223.00	3,194	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Mar 31, 2026

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

Receipts 109Last week 129Year ago 101

Compared to the Slaughter Cattle Auction one week ago, both choice slaughter steers and heifers were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was very good for today's light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,361	228.00–237.75	233.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,131	225.00–245.00	231.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	218.00–223.00	221.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,071	232.00–254.00	245.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	234.75	234.75
1	—	1,625	228.50	228.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,459	229.00–229.50	229.42
36	—	1,488	234.00–238.50	236.92

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.