Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers 2.00-4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. No implant heifers bringing a slight gain. Mostly smaller strings in this light offering today. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,590	231.00	3,673	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,252	225.00	2,817	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,318	236.77	3,121	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	233.61	2,703	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,417	236.69	3,353	40
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,246	230.31	2,870	10

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	236.46/cwt	234.50–237.50	3,334	20
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,590	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	3,673	6
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,414	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,351	18
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,170	230.27/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,694	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,252	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,817	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,340	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	3,109	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,288	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,962	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	236.13/cwt	235.50–237.00	3,119	12
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,316	237.20/cwt	236.25–237.50	3,122	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,308	222.97/cwt	220.00–230.00	2,916	7
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,091	238.27/cwt	234.00–240.50	2,600	16
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,507	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	3,560	2

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 Aug 11, 2026

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

Receipts 114Last week 182Year ago 288

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,410	234.50–237.50	236.46
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,414	237.00	237.00
2	—	1,507	236.25	236.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	230.00–231.00	230.27
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	232.00	232.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,288	230.00	230.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,590	231.00	231.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,252	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,321	235.50–237.00	236.13
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,316	236.25–237.50	237.20
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	220.00–230.00	222.97
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,091	234.00–240.50	238.27

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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