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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 15

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

457 head

▲ 150 vs last sale 307▲ 268 vs year ago 189 · +141.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers were .40 higher, heifers 1.00 lower. Heavy offerings were met with 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	100.28	1,248	156
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	86.47	1,013	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,450	77.51	1,124	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,384	101.05	1,399	220
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	90.05	1,196	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,238	83.95	1,039	6thin

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	1,185	83.93/cwt	79.00–86.00	995	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,218	91.92/cwt	89.00–95.50	1,120	7
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,263	101.53/cwt	97.50–105.00	1,282	41
Steers	—	Select	1,343	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,128	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,412	100.94/cwt	98.00–104.50	1,425	179
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,425	88.41/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,260	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,080	86.22/cwt	82.00–90.00	931	10
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,207	79.63/cwt	79.50–80.00	961	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,230	100.25/cwt	94.50–103.00	1,233	114
Heifers	—	Choice	1,283	100.36/cwt	98.50–102.00	1,288	42
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,323	86.89/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,150	6
Heifers	—	Select	1,355	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,057	1
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,584	76.39/cwt	76.00–76.50	1,210	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.

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

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Sep 15, 2020

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

Receipts 457Last week 307Year ago 189

Compared to two weeks ago steers were .40 higher, heifers 1.00 lower. Heavy offerings were met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,080	82.00–90.00	86.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,283	98.50–102.00	100.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,230	94.50–103.00	100.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,584	76.00–76.50	76.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,207	79.50–80.00	79.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,323	85.00–92.50	86.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,218	89.00–95.50	91.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,412	98.00–104.50	100.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,263	97.50–105.00	101.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,185	79.00–86.00	83.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,425	88.00–90.00	88.41

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.