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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 19

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← May 12May 19Jun 9 →

Receipts

117 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 105▼ 26 vs year ago 143 · −18.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction last week choice slaughter steers were 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. No implants and steers over 1550 lbs brought a premium today. Today's consignments consisted of many quality small packages. Demand was very good for today's small offering of quality cattle.

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	1,454	258.17	3,753	38
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	232.10	3,147	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	259.22	3,949	50
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,403	248.81	3,491	2thin

Every lot

10 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	1,403	248.81/cwt	245.00–253.00	3,491	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,463	261.38/cwt	256.00–263.00	3,824	35
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,564	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	4,109	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,655	252.11/cwt	251.00–254.50	4,172	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,769	246.68/cwt	240.00–253.50	4,364	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,300	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	3,276	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,356	232.10/cwt	224.00–248.00	3,147	16
Heifers	—	Choice	1,425	259.89/cwt	252.00–265.00	3,703	27
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,519	255.94/cwt	253.50–257.50	3,888	8
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,660	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	4,100	2

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 May 19, 2026

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

Receipts 117Last week 105Year ago 143

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,425	252.00–265.00	259.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,356	224.00–248.00	232.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,519	253.50–257.50	255.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,463	256.00–263.00	261.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	245.00–253.00	248.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,564	262.75	262.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,655	251.00–254.50	252.11
6	—	1,769	240.00–253.50	246.68

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.