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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-27

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 27

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

145 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 101▼ 68 vs year ago 213 · −31.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers steady. Choice slaughter heifers mostly steady, with instances 1.00 lower. No implant steers bringing a premium. Mostly smaller groups in the auction, with a good offering of lighter two-way cattle. 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
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,167	229.33	2,677	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,333	225.04	2,999	37
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	230.96	2,967	31
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	224.91	3,352	60

Every lot

13 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,255	231.59/cwt	226.00–240.00	2,906	24
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,370	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	3,161	6
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,421	226.05/cwt	225.50–226.50	3,212	16
Steers	—	Choice	1,442	224.53/cwt	220.50–225.75	3,238	26
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,490	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,233	1
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,535	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	3,465	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,540	223.86/cwt	223.00–225.00	3,447	7
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,841	223.70/cwt	223.50–224.50	4,118	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,109	229.35/cwt	223.00–235.00	2,543	5
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,140	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,679	8
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,295	217.96/cwt	217.00–220.00	2,823	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,327	224.70/cwt	222.00–226.50	2,982	24
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,343	225.66/cwt	225.25–226.25	3,031	13

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 145Last week 101Year ago 213

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,442	220.50–225.75	224.53
7	—	1,540	223.00–225.00	223.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,421	225.50–226.50	226.05
6	—	1,535	225.75	225.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,255	226.00–240.00	231.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,370	230.75	230.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,841	223.50–224.50	223.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,327	222.00–226.50	224.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,343	225.25–226.25	225.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,109	223.00–235.00	229.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	217.00–220.00	217.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,140	235.00	235.00

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.