Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction one week ago choice slaughter steers were fully steady to 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate. Active internet bidding. Mostly smaller packages available today.

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	1,054	223.50	2,355	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	222.25	2,908	43
Heifers	Select	Average	1,368	210.59	2,881	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,377	225.01	3,097	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,496	220.00	3,291	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,490	216.50	3,226	1thin

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	—	1,379	224.91/cwt	220.00–230.50	3,102	43
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,368	225.36/cwt	218.00–228.00	3,083	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,317	219.23/cwt	219.00–220.00	2,887	25
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,296	226.45/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,935	18
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,570	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,391	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,018	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,301	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,203	218.36/cwt	201.00–227.00	2,627	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,368	210.59/cwt	206.00–215.00	2,881	2
Steers	Select	—	1,490	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	3,226	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,160	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,506	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,622	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,731	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,773	214.46/cwt	213.00–216.00	3,802	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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 125Last week 133Year ago 165

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,379	220.00–230.50	224.91
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,368	218.00–228.00	225.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	216.00	216.00
2	—	1,773	213.00–216.00	214.46
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	201.00–227.00	218.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	216.50	216.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,622	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,317	219.00–220.00	219.23
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,296	224.00–228.00	226.45
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,018	226.00	226.00
1	—	1,160	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	206.00–215.00	210.59

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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