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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-20

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 20

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

101 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 96▼ 95 vs year ago 196 · −48.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale TWO weeks ago: Choice slaughter steers 3.00+ higher. Choice slaughter heifers 5.00-6.00 higher. No implant cattle bringing a premium. Two half loads of heifers, along with plenty of smaller packages in the 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
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,079	239.80	2,588	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	225.69	3,058	46
Steers	Choice	Average	1,531	225.43	3,452	31
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	224.78	3,136	11

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. 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 ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,193	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,815	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,428	220.31/cwt	220.00–220.50	3,146	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,430	224.63/cwt	224.00–226.00	3,212	3
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,489	226.25/cwt	226.25–226.25	3,369	10
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,535	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	3,385	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,540	225.71/cwt	224.50–226.25	3,476	16
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,560	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	3,463	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,822	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	4,013	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,065	239.15/cwt	237.00–251.00	2,547	8
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,117	241.53/cwt	238.00–243.50	2,698	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,311	225.88/cwt	223.50–226.25	2,961	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,395	225.51/cwt	224.50–225.75	3,146	24

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Oct 20, 2026

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

Receipts 101Last week 96Year ago 196

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	224.00–226.00	224.63
16	—	1,540	224.50–226.25	225.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,489	226.25	226.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,428	220.00–220.50	220.31
2	—	1,535	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	236.00	236.00
1	—	1,560	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,822	220.25	220.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,395	224.50–225.75	225.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,311	223.50–226.25	225.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,117	238.00–243.50	241.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,065	237.00–251.00	239.15

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.