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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-14

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 14

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

172 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 140▼ 79 vs year ago 251 · −31.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction one week ago Choice Slaughter Steers were lower by 9.00 to 10.00. Choice Slaughter Heifers were lower by 10.00 to 11.00. Nice run of quality reputation cattle available throughout. Demand 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	1,373	240.87	3,307	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,106	239.03	2,644	25
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	249.63	3,018	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,496	242.75	3,632	113
Steers	Select	Average	1,305	229.00	2,988	1thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,168	253.40/cwt	239.00–270.00	2,960	13
Steers	—	Select	1,305	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,988	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,343	237.38/cwt	237.00–237.50	3,188	4
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,356	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	3,309	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,459	242.73/cwt	239.00–244.50	3,541	84
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,640	243.18/cwt	242.25–244.50	3,988	8
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,645	242.36/cwt	235.50–245.00	3,987	17
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,106	239.03/cwt	237.75–260.00	2,644	25
Heifers	—	Choice	1,373	240.87/cwt	238.50–242.25	3,307	28

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 Jul 14, 2026

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

Receipts 172Last week 140Year ago 251

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,373	238.50–242.25	240.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,106	237.75–260.00	239.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,459	239.00–244.50	242.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	237.00–237.50	237.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,356	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,640	242.25–244.50	243.18
17	—	1,645	235.50–245.00	242.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,168	239.00–270.00	253.40

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.