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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-31

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 31

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

87 head

▼ 282 vs last sale 369▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, due to no recent coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Light offering of cattle was met with good demand, although light crowd today with the holiday.

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 Heifers	Select	Average	1,515	79.11	1,199	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,381	102.81	1,420	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,530	92.00	1,408	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,417	74.25	1,052	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	121.81	1,520	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,514	91.73	1,389	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,072	78.61	842	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	118.21	1,615	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,575	110.53	1,741	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,311	84.58	1,109	7thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,209	81.55/cwt	80.00–89.00	986	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,366	118.21/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,615	10
Steers	—	Select	1,565	92.15/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,442	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,575	110.53/cwt	110.00–111.25	1,741	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	960	74.92/cwt	70.00–80.00	719	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	985	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,034	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,248	121.81/cwt	117.50–122.25	1,520	14
Heifers	—	Select	1,295	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,114	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,549	90.85/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,407	15
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,200	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	840	1
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,265	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,176	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,381	102.81/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,420	6
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,633	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,282	1
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,795	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,633	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,515	79.11/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,199	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Dec 31, 2019

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

Receipts 87Last week 369Year ago 0

There is no comparison today, due to no recent coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Light offering of cattle was met with good demand, although light crowd today with the holiday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,633	78.50	78.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,381	101.00–105.00	102.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,209	80.00–89.00	81.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	110.00–111.25	110.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	89.00–95.00	92.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,366	115.00–123.00	118.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	70.00–80.00	74.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,549	90.00–97.00	90.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,248	117.50–122.25	121.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	75.00–86.00	79.11

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.