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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-06

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 6

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

96 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 187▼ 93 vs year ago 189 · −49.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers and heifers 2.00 higher. Ample offering of two-way cattle. Mostly smaller groups today. Good demand, both online and in the arena.

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	1,264	220.98	2,793	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	219.88	2,880	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,407	223.59	3,146	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,337	222.37	2,974	39

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,214	226.48/cwt	221.00–233.00	2,749	24
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,330	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,913	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,407	223.59/cwt	220.00–225.25	3,146	24
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,549	215.56/cwt	214.50–217.00	3,339	14
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,147	224.72/cwt	215.00–255.00	2,578	8
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,310	219.88/cwt	217.00–221.50	2,880	17
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,451	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,120	5

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 Oct 6, 2026

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

Receipts 96Last week 187Year ago 189

Compared to last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers and heifers 2.00 higher. Ample offering of two-way cattle. Mostly smaller groups today. Good demand, both online and in the arena.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,451	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,310	217.00–221.50	219.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,147	215.00–255.00	224.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,407	220.00–225.25	223.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	219.00	219.00
14	—	1,549	214.50–217.00	215.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,214	221.00–233.00	226.48

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.