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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-07

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 7

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

242 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 203▲ 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to limited receipts undertone on slaughter steers and heifers were sharply lower. Trade moderate. Demand moderate.

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,735	73.01	1,267	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	54.66	791	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	44.15	593	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,128	36.36	410	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	984	78.50	772	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,048	81.50	854	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,371	88.20	1,209	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,304	83.21	1,085	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,000	74.55	746	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,463	89.58	1,311	37
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	84.00	1,088	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,021	76.35	780	5thin

Every lot

16 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,021	76.35/cwt	73.00–83.00	780	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,295	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,088	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,463	89.58/cwt	86.50–92.50	1,311	37
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,000	74.55/cwt	71.00–78.00	746	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,304	83.21/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,085	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,371	88.20/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,209	21
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,418	60.80/cwt	59.00–62.50	862	5
Bulls	—	—	1,769	77.37/cwt	66.00–84.50	1,369	14
Bulls	—	—	1,805	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,570	1
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,775	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,637	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	36.36/cwt	34.00–40.00	410	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	44.63/cwt	41.00–49.00	596	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	54.66/cwt	50.00–58.00	791	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,480	35.99/cwt	35.00–37.00	533	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	984	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	772	14
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,048	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	854	6

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 Apr 7, 2020

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

Receipts 242Last week 203Year ago 0

Due to limited receipts undertone on slaughter steers and heifers were sharply lower. Trade moderate. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,021	73.00–83.00	76.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,463	86.50–92.50	89.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	71.00–78.00	74.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	83.00–84.00	83.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,371	85.00–90.00	88.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,775	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,769	66.00–84.50	77.37
5	—	1,418	59.00–62.50	60.80
1	—	1,805	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	984	78.50	78.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	34.00–40.00	36.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,448	50.00–58.00	54.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,335	41.00–49.00	44.63
2	—	1,480	35.00–37.00	35.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,048	81.50	81.50

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.