Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers 2.00 higher, with instances 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady, with no implant heifers 2.00 higher. The auction consisted of half load of heavyweight steers, along with plenty of smaller packages. 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	Choice	Average	1,387	225.90	3,133	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	225.78	2,840	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	229.78	3,110	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,522	228.27	3,473	88

Every lot, as filed

14 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Choice	—	1,386	225.07/cwt	223.50–227.75	3,119	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	220.74/cwt	218.50–222.00	2,909	5
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,700	223.25/cwt	223.00–223.50	3,795	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,102	241.95/cwt	222.00–265.00	2,666	7
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,345	228.65/cwt	228.50–228.75	3,075	14
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,337	216.98/cwt	215.00–220.00	2,901	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,453	224.32/cwt	223.50–224.50	3,259	8
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,436	227.87/cwt	225.00–229.50	3,272	19
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,727	227.80/cwt	224.25–228.50	3,934	19
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,249	236.75/cwt	232.00–238.50	2,957	8
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,606	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	3,682	9
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,372	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	3,070	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,431	228.70/cwt	225.00–232.10	3,273	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,515	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	3,447	8

How this sale compares

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 Jan 13, 2026

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,386	223.50–227.75	225.07
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,318	218.50–222.00	220.74
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	223.00–223.50	223.25
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,102	222.00–265.00	241.95
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,345	228.50–228.75	228.65
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,337	215.00–220.00	216.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,453	223.50–224.50	224.32
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,436	225.00–229.50	227.87
9	—	1,606	229.25	229.25
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,727	224.25–228.50	227.80
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,249	232.00–238.50	236.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,372	223.75	223.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,431	225.00–232.10	228.70
8	—	1,515	227.50	227.50

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.

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