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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 29

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

267 head

▼ 158 vs last sale 425▲ 267 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .50 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate offering was met with 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
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	79.89	1,061	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	108.38	1,404	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	104.44	1,262	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,087	95.10	1,034	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,471	111.46	1,640	24
Steers	Choice	Average	1,380	107.52	1,484	60
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,583	104.02	1,646	48
Steers	Select	Average	1,540	92.17	1,420	3thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,116	103.74/cwt	103.25–104.25	1,158	5
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,297	108.08/cwt	106.75–109.00	1,402	13
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,305	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	1,233	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,403	107.36/cwt	105.25–110.25	1,506	47
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,471	111.46/cwt	111.00–111.50	1,640	24
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,637	104.05/cwt	98.00–104.50	1,703	43
Steers	—	Select	1,658	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,509	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,043	104.75/cwt	104.75–104.75	1,093	3
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,087	95.10/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,034	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,250	107.48/cwt	106.25–108.00	1,344	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,261	104.69/cwt	104.00–105.25	1,320	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,298	108.42/cwt	106.50–110.00	1,407	62
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,495	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,532	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,236	78.59/cwt	69.00–80.50	971	9
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,356	80.29/cwt	77.75–81.75	1,089	29

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 Oct 29, 2019

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

Receipts 267Last week 425Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .50 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate offering was met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,250	106.25–108.00	107.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,298	106.50–110.00	108.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	88.00–99.00	95.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,261	104.00–105.25	104.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,043	104.75	104.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,403	105.25–110.25	107.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,297	106.75–109.00	108.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,471	111.00–111.50	111.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	94.50	94.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,637	98.00–104.50	104.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,116	103.25–104.25	103.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,356	77.75–81.75	80.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,236	69.00–80.50	78.59

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.