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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 4

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Jan 28Feb 4Feb 11 →

Receipts

149 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 224▲ 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 1.5 lower, heifers were 1.00 lower. Light offering of cattle with active trade and 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	Choice	Average	1,563	83.14	1,299	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,257	118.61	1,491	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,123	103.18	1,158	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,145	84.46	967	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	118.50	1,665	52
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,426	107.53	1,533	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,361	91.32	1,243	9thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	835	88.65/cwt	85.00–92.00	740	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,079	118.04/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,274	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,426	107.53/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,533	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,432	118.54/cwt	112.00–123.50	1,697	48
Steers	—	Select	1,511	92.08/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,391	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	910	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	874	1
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,105	80.48/cwt	78.00–82.00	889	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,158	104.38/cwt	98.50–110.50	1,209	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,177	115.81/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,363	15
Heifers	—	Select	1,205	90.44/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,090	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,289	119.75/cwt	115.50–124.00	1,544	37
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,563	83.14/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,299	2

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 Feb 4, 2020

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

Receipts 149Last week 224Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 1.5 lower, heifers were 1.00 lower. Light offering of cattle with active trade and good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,289	115.50–124.00	119.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	90.00–91.00	90.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,158	98.50–110.50	104.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,177	111.00–121.00	115.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	78.00–82.00	80.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,432	112.00–123.50	118.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,511	87.00–95.00	92.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	106.00–110.00	107.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	114.00–120.00	118.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	85.00–92.00	88.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	81.00–85.00	83.14

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.