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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-28

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 28

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

356 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 376▲ 32 vs year ago 324 · +9.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .50 lower, heifers .50 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. 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	1,363	76.69	1,045	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,238	96.62	1,196	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	86.69	1,143	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,508	76.31	1,151	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	100.53	1,373	158
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	98.15	1,297	34
Steers	Select	Average	1,304	85.47	1,114	9thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,117	109.98/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,228	16
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,182	86.33/cwt	83.50–89.00	1,020	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,279	100.07/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,280	27
Steers	—	Choice	1,394	99.46/cwt	96.00–105.25	1,386	142
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,487	90.73/cwt	89.00–94.50	1,349	7
Steers	—	Select	1,547	83.74/cwt	79.50–85.50	1,295	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,079	85.96/cwt	80.00–89.50	928	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,183	96.83/cwt	92.00–98.85	1,145	70
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,202	71.44/cwt	69.00–76.00	859	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,320	98.07/cwt	97.00–98.50	1,295	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,334	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,201	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,421	95.22/cwt	94.00–97.50	1,353	18
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,481	85.87/cwt	84.50–90.50	1,272	10
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,604	77.83/cwt	75.50–80.00	1,248	16
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,123	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	775	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,416	78.40/cwt	78.00–79.50	1,110	9

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jul 28, 2020

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

Receipts 356Last week 376Year ago 324

Compared to last Tuesday, steers were .50 lower, heifers .50 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,487	89.00–94.50	90.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,279	98.00–103.00	100.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,394	96.00–105.25	99.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,117	105.00–117.00	109.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	79.50–85.50	83.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,182	83.50–89.00	86.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,481	84.50–90.50	85.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,320	97.00–98.50	98.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,079	80.00–89.50	85.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,421	94.00–97.50	95.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,183	92.00–98.85	96.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,604	75.50–80.00	77.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,202	69.00–76.00	71.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,334	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,416	78.00–79.50	78.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	69.00	69.00

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.