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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 25

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

206 head

▲ 97 vs last sale 109▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .75 lower, heifers 1.25 higher. Moderate offering today. 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,495	78.00	1,166	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	82.00	1,210	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,313	117.34	1,541	94
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	104.43	1,277	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,174	87.45	1,026	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,337	116.51	1,558	77
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,460	107.57	1,571	5thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,151	113.46/cwt	111.50–115.00	1,306	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,375	117.13/cwt	113.50–120.00	1,611	64
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,460	107.57/cwt	106.00–108.50	1,571	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,093	88.17/cwt	85.00–91.00	964	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,117	115.04/cwt	114.00–117.50	1,285	7
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,223	104.43/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,277	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,329	117.53/cwt	113.00–119.35	1,562	87
Heifers	—	Select	1,335	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,148	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,495	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,166	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,475	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,210	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 Feb 25, 2020

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

Receipts 206Last week 109Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .75 lower, heifers 1.25 higher. Moderate offering today. Active trade, good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,495	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	85.00–91.00	88.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,329	113.00–119.35	117.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	102.00–108.00	104.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,117	114.00–117.50	115.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,151	111.50–115.00	113.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,460	106.00–108.50	107.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,375	113.50–120.00	117.13

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.