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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 18

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1 →

Receipts

333 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 285▲ 154 vs year ago 179 · +86.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers were 4.7 higher, heifers 2.75 lower. 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	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	70.50	832	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,205	102.09	1,230	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	92.67	1,153	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,293	73.49	950	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,370	106.24	1,456	227
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	94.26	1,240	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,185	82.82	981	7thin

Every lot

13 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,080	81.67/cwt	79.00–85.00	882	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,100	91.70/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,009	4
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,268	105.22/cwt	99.50–113.00	1,334	79
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	106.79/cwt	104.00–107.25	1,522	148
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,438	95.72/cwt	92.25–100.00	1,376	7
Steers	—	Select	1,448	85.68/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,241	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,178	90.28/cwt	86.00–94.50	1,063	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,197	102.72/cwt	101.00–105.50	1,230	29
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,200	101.57/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,219	29
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,293	73.49/cwt	71.00–75.00	950	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,302	94.71/cwt	92.50–98.00	1,233	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,565	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,549	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,180	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	832	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 Aug 18, 2020

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

Receipts 333Last week 285Year ago 179

Compared to two weeks ago steers were 4.7 higher, heifers 2.75 lower. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,197	101.00–105.50	102.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,200	96.00–105.00	101.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	71.00–75.00	73.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,302	92.50–98.00	94.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,178	86.00–94.50	90.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,425	104.00–107.25	106.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,268	99.50–113.00	105.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	82.00–90.00	85.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,080	79.00–85.00	81.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,438	92.25–100.00	95.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,100	90.00–93.00	91.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	70.50	70.50

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.