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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-03

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 3

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Oct 27Nov 3latest

Receipts

116 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 145▼ 14 vs year ago 130 · −10.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Choice slaughter steers 7.00 lower, with steers over 1500 lbs 6.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 9.00 lower. No implant heifers 8.00 lower. The auction consisted of half load of heavy steers, and many smaller strings. 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	1,374	216.10	2,969	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	210.61	2,796	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	219.19	2,949	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,524	217.72	3,319	61

Every lot

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	1,290	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,735	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,337	221.37/cwt	218.00–227.00	2,960	12
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,423	209.69/cwt	208.50–211.00	2,984	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,424	217.25/cwt	215.00–220.00	3,094	15
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,443	218.36/cwt	218.00–218.50	3,151	11
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,546	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	3,378	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,587	217.93/cwt	215.00–218.10	3,459	28
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,708	214.82/cwt	214.50–215.50	3,669	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,110	222.66/cwt	215.00–232.00	2,472	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,347	217.80/cwt	217.00–218.00	2,934	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,391	215.04/cwt	213.00–217.50	2,991	16
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,473	202.57/cwt	200.00–206.50	2,984	3

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 3, 2026

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

Receipts 116Last week 145Year ago 130

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,424	215.00–220.00	217.25
28	—	1,587	215.00–218.10	217.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,443	218.00–218.50	218.36
4	—	1,546	218.50	218.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	208.50–211.00	209.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,337	218.00–227.00	221.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,708	214.50–215.50	214.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,391	213.00–217.50	215.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,347	217.00–218.00	217.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	200.00–206.50	202.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	215.00–232.00	222.66

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.