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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-29

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 29

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6 →

Receipts

187 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 176▲ 33 vs year ago 154 · +21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the prior week's auction Choice Slaughter Steers were 2.00 to 3.00 lower with Choice Slaughter Heifers were fully steady. Available today were packages of quality home-raised reputation slaughter cattle. 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	1,396	216.20	3,019	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,377	212.67	2,928	18
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,499	219.23	3,286	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	217.11	3,230	62

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,167	235.57/cwt	225.50–251.00	2,749	6
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,260	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,684	2
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,478	217.82/cwt	217.25–218.00	3,219	29
Steers	—	Choice	1,479	216.69/cwt	215.00–223.50	3,205	29
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,583	214.75/cwt	214.00–215.50	3,399	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,658	215.37/cwt	214.00–216.75	3,571	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,746	210.68/cwt	204.00–212.50	3,678	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	975	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,301	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,332	217.43/cwt	216.50–217.50	2,896	23
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,342	212.00/cwt	211.00–213.00	2,845	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,426	215.63/cwt	214.00–217.00	3,075	50
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,507	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,165	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 Sep 29, 2026

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

Receipts 187Last week 176Year ago 154

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,479	215.00–223.50	216.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,478	217.25–218.00	217.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	214.00–215.50	214.75
2	—	1,658	214.00–216.75	215.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,167	225.50–251.00	235.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,746	204.00–212.50	210.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,426	214.00–217.00	215.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,332	216.50–217.50	217.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,342	211.00–213.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,507	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	236.00	236.00

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.