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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 21

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

177 head

▼ 225 vs last sale 402▲ 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; steers were 2.5 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate offering of good cattle 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,225	119.28	1,461	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,096	106.88	1,171	24
Heifers	Select	Average	1,183	87.07	1,030	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	119.81	1,682	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,026	111.56	1,144	13
Steers	Select	Average	972	94.68	920	5thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	858	88.61/cwt	84.00–92.00	760	3
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,009	111.70/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,127	11
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,118	110.79/cwt	110.00–111.50	1,239	2
Steers	—	Select	1,143	103.78/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,186	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,266	122.06/cwt	117.25–123.85	1,545	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,477	118.62/cwt	115.50–121.00	1,752	32
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,047	118.35/cwt	115.50–120.75	1,239	15
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,079	106.92/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,154	23
Heifers	—	Select	1,173	85.30/cwt	79.00–98.00	1,001	6
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,187	87.73/cwt	85.50–90.00	1,041	16
Heifers	—	Choice	1,286	119.60/cwt	115.25–122.25	1,538	44
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,480	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,569	1

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 Jan 21, 2020

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

Receipts 177Last week 402Year ago 0

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; steers were 2.5 lower, heifers were steady. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,286	115.25–122.25	119.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,173	79.00–98.00	85.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,047	115.50–120.75	118.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,187	85.50–90.00	87.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,079	100.00–113.00	106.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,477	115.50–121.00	118.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	100.00–107.00	103.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	110.00–111.50	110.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,266	117.25–123.85	122.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	84.00–92.00	88.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,009	104.00–114.00	111.70

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.