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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 17

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

145 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 172▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were 2.25 lower, heifers were .50 lower. Moderate demand for the light offerings. Trade active.

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	1,456	80.12	1,167	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	105.76	1,403	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,272	95.59	1,216	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,548	80.33	1,244	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	106.39	1,493	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,144	89.41	1,023	47
Steers	Select	Average	1,209	82.32	995	4thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,122	89.12/cwt	87.50–92.00	1,000	42
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,137	81.93/cwt	80.00–84.00	932	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,333	91.84/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,224	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,403	106.39/cwt	98.50–108.75	1,493	49
Steers	—	Select	1,425	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,190	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,272	95.59/cwt	92.00–97.50	1,216	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,327	105.76/cwt	103.75–108.25	1,403	8
Heifers	—	Select	1,410	81.18/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,145	3
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,652	79.70/cwt	77.50–80.50	1,317	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,456	80.12/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,167	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 Mar 17, 2020

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

Receipts 145Last week 172Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were 2.25 lower, heifers were .50 lower. Moderate demand for the light offerings. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,456	80.00–81.00	80.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,137	80.00–84.00	81.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	90.00–94.00	91.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,403	98.50–108.75	106.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,122	87.50–92.00	89.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	83.50	83.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,272	92.00–97.50	95.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,327	103.75–108.25	105.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	79.00–85.00	81.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,652	77.50–80.50	79.70

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.