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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-07

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 7

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Mar 31Apr 7Apr 21 →

Receipts

82 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 109▼ 37 vs year ago 119 · −31.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction of the prior week, both choice slaughter steers and heifers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher on today's very light offering. Demand was good especially for cattle having no implants. Today's consignments were all small packages.

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	1,402	243.49	3,413	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,705	230.00	3,922	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,577	243.68	3,842	36
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,637	242.33	3,966	3thin

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 Choice	1,290	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	3,122	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,466	245.65/cwt	243.00–249.50	3,601	16
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,657	242.87/cwt	242.00–243.00	4,024	16
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,700	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	4,063	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,810	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	4,389	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,396	243.65/cwt	241.50–247.00	3,401	35
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,605	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	3,820	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,922	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 Apr 7, 2026

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

Receipts 82Last week 109Year ago 119

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,700	239.00	239.00
16	—	1,657	242.00–243.00	242.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,466	243.00–249.50	245.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,396	241.50–247.00	243.65

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.