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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 27

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Oct 13Oct 27Nov 3 →

Receipts

267 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 297▲ 0 vs year ago 267 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers were 4.5 lower, heifers 3.00 lower. Light 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,281	82.00	1,050	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,333	100.81	1,344	91
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,324	88.19	1,168	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,154	78.63	908	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	101.22	1,472	130
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	90.48	1,239	4thin

Every lot

11 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,180	97.43/cwt	96.50–100.00	1,150	7
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,240	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,122	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,413	90.47/cwt	85.00–93.50	1,278	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,470	101.44/cwt	97.00–104.75	1,491	123
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,051	79.19/cwt	74.00–82.00	832	5
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,121	89.44/cwt	85.50–94.00	1,003	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,158	100.18/cwt	98.50–105.00	1,160	21
Heifers	—	Choice	1,386	101.00/cwt	95.25–104.00	1,400	70
Heifers	—	Select	1,413	77.24/cwt	74.00–80.50	1,091	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,595	86.52/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,380	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,281	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,050	4

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 Oct 27, 2020

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

Receipts 267Last week 297Year ago 267

Compared to two weeks ago steers were 4.5 lower, heifers 3.00 lower. Light offerings were met with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	74.00–80.50	77.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,051	74.00–82.00	79.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	82.00–90.00	86.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,121	85.50–94.00	89.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,386	95.25–104.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,158	98.50–105.00	100.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,413	85.00–93.50	90.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	90.50	90.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,470	97.00–104.75	101.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,180	96.50–100.00	97.43

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.