Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2026-04-07

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 7
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
82 head
27 vs last sale 109 37 vs year ago 119 · 31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the slaughter cattle auction of the prior week, both choice slaughter steers and heifers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher on today's very light offering. Demand was good especially for cattle having no implants. Today's consignments were all small packages.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,402243.493,41336
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,705230.003,9221thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,577243.683,84236
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,637242.333,9663thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,810242.50/cwt242.50–242.504,3892
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,700239.00/cwt239.00–239.004,0634
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,657242.87/cwt242.00–243.004,02416
SteersSelect and Choice1,290242.00/cwt242.00–242.003,1221
SteersChoice1,466245.65/cwt243.00–249.503,60116
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,705230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,9221
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,605238.00/cwt238.00–238.003,8201
HeifersChoice1,396243.65/cwt241.50–247.003,40135

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.