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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-18

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 18

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

109 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 207▲ 109 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 higher, heifers steady. Light offering of good quality cattle. Active trade, 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	1,543	83.28	1,285	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,195	116.83	1,396	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,150	103.62	1,192	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,436	77.86	1,118	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,358	117.95	1,602	31
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	110.00	1,254	1thin

Every lot

9 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,140	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,254	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,358	117.95/cwt	115.00–121.50	1,602	31
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	827	121.20/cwt	116.00–123.50	1,002	6
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,090	105.63/cwt	103.50–110.50	1,151	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,226	101.11/cwt	97.50–104.00	1,240	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,243	116.26/cwt	112.00–119.75	1,445	46
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,260	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	932	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,480	78.82/cwt	75.00–84.50	1,167	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,543	83.28/cwt	83.25–83.50	1,285	8

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 109Last week 207Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were .50 higher, heifers steady. Light offering of good quality cattle. Active trade, good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,480	75.00–84.50	78.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,090	103.50–110.50	105.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	827	116.00–123.50	121.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,226	97.50–104.00	101.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,243	112.00–119.75	116.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,543	83.25–83.50	83.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,358	115.00–121.50	117.95

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.