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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 15

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Sep 1Sep 15Sep 22 →

Receipts

91 head

▼ 121 vs last sale 212▼ 72 vs year ago 163 · −44.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported auction ( 9/1) Choice slaughter steers were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate for today's light supply.

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 and Choice	Average	1,179	226.73	2,673	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,288	223.00	2,872	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,190	231.69	2,757	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	224.20	3,239	21

Every lot

7 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,190	231.69/cwt	230.50–237.00	2,757	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,428	224.43/cwt	218.00–226.00	3,205	14
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,478	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	3,307	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,173	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,639	13
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,195	231.24/cwt	230.00–233.00	2,763	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,221	222.54/cwt	221.00–223.00	2,717	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,320	223.22/cwt	221.00–229.00	2,947	29

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 Sep 15, 2026

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

Receipts 91Last week 212Year ago 163

Compared to the last reported auction ( 9/1) Choice slaughter steers were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate for today's light supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,320	221.00–229.00	223.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,221	221.00–223.00	222.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,173	225.00	225.00
5	—	1,195	230.00–233.00	231.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,428	218.00–226.00	224.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,478	223.75	223.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,190	230.50–237.00	231.69

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.