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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-11

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 11

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Aug 4Aug 11Aug 18 →

Receipts

114 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 182▼ 174 vs year ago 288 · −60.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers 2.00-4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. No implant heifers bringing a slight gain. Mostly smaller strings in this light offering today. Good demand.

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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,590	231.00	3,673	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,252	225.00	2,817	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,318	236.77	3,121	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	233.61	2,703	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,417	236.69	3,353	40
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,246	230.31	2,870	10

Every lot

12 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 Choice	1,170	230.27/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,694	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,288	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,962	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,340	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	3,109	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,410	236.46/cwt	234.50–237.50	3,334	20
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,414	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,351	18
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,507	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	3,560	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,091	238.27/cwt	234.00–240.50	2,600	16
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	222.97/cwt	220.00–230.00	2,916	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,316	237.20/cwt	236.25–237.50	3,122	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,321	236.13/cwt	235.50–237.00	3,119	12
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,252	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,817	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,590	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	3,673	6

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 Aug 11, 2026

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

Receipts 114Last week 182Year ago 288

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,410	234.50–237.50	236.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,414	237.00	237.00
2	—	1,507	236.25	236.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	230.00–231.00	230.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,288	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,590	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,252	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,321	235.50–237.00	236.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,316	236.25–237.50	237.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	220.00–230.00	222.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,091	234.00–240.50	238.27

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.