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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 12

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

105 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 104▼ 172 vs year ago 277 · −62.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated given the very light numbers the previous week. Demand for today's light volume of both choice steers and heifers 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	Choice	Average	1,366	255.06	3,485	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,402	239.34	3,356	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	253.91	3,728	56
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,371	247.63	3,395	8thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,256	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	3,153	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,397	254.23/cwt	252.00–259.00	3,552	39
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,440	245.60/cwt	241.00–249.00	3,537	5
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,582	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	4,030	4
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,644	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	4,110	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,650	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	4,208	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,148	247.31/cwt	243.00–252.00	2,839	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,356	255.06/cwt	252.00–257.00	3,459	29
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,503	236.03/cwt	230.00–243.00	3,548	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,665	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	4,246	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,933	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 May 12, 2026

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

Receipts 105Last week 104Year ago 277

No comparison stated given the very light numbers the previous week. Demand for today's light volume of both choice steers and heifers was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,650	255.00	255.00
6	—	1,644	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,256	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,440	241.00–249.00	245.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,582	254.75	254.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,397	252.00–259.00	254.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	243.00–252.00	247.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	230.00–243.00	236.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,356	252.00–257.00	255.06

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.