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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-03

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 3

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

176 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 206▲ 176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 4.25 lower, heifers were 4.75 lower. 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	85.31	1,275	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	75.50	910	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,292	112.74	1,456	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,184	100.55	1,191	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,356	77.65	1,053	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,370	112.30	1,539	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,136	105.26	1,195	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,160	91.00	1,056	1thin

Every lot

14 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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,105	110.61/cwt	109.50–112.00	1,222	9
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,116	105.62/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,179	12
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,160	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,056	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,370	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,384	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,397	112.74/cwt	110.50–115.50	1,575	46
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,565	111.44/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,744	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,040	83.73/cwt	80.00–86.00	871	3
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,138	100.19/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,140	11
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,200	111.63/cwt	111.25–112.00	1,340	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,296	112.79/cwt	111.50–113.50	1,462	43
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,311	101.55/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,331	4
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,546	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,144	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,205	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	910	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,495	85.31/cwt	83.25–85.75	1,275	10

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 Mar 3, 2020

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

Receipts 176Last week 206Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday; steers were 4.25 lower, heifers were 4.75 lower. Moderate offering today. Active trade, good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,546	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,138	96.00–105.00	100.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	111.25–112.00	111.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	100.00–107.00	101.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,296	111.50–113.50	112.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,040	80.00–86.00	83.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,105	109.50–112.00	110.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,116	101.00–106.00	105.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,565	109.00–115.00	111.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,397	110.50–115.50	112.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,495	83.25–85.75	85.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	75.50	75.50

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.