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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 28

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

93 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 172▼ 32 vs year ago 125 · −25.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today given the light slaughter numbers the previous week. Available today were several lots of quality reputation slaughter steers. Trade was active. 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	Select	Average	933	240.37	2,243	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,232	225.26	2,775	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	221.23	2,577	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	915	260.00	2,379	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,402	227.09	3,184	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,122	210.73	2,364	3thin

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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	915	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,379	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,122	210.73/cwt	204.00–216.00	2,364	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,391	227.12/cwt	223.00–229.00	3,159	68
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,627	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	3,701	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,695	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	3,797	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	933	240.37/cwt	237.00–242.00	2,243	3
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,075	224.24/cwt	223.50–225.00	2,411	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,210	219.73/cwt	219.00–220.00	2,659	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,232	225.26/cwt	224.00–227.00	2,775	10

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 Jul 28, 2026

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

Receipts 93Last week 172Year ago 125

No comparison stated today given the light slaughter numbers the previous week. Available today were several lots of quality reputation slaughter steers. Trade was active. Demand was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,232	224.00–227.00	225.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,210	219.00–220.00	219.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	933	237.00–242.00	240.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	223.50–225.00	224.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,391	223.00–229.00	227.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,627	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	915	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	204.00–216.00	210.73

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.