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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 8

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Dec 1Dec 8Dec 15 →

Receipts

406 head

▲ 79 vs last sale 327▲ 37 vs year ago 369 · +10.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 5.7 lower, heifers 6.00 lower. Heavy offerings were met with moderate to 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	Average	1,538	74.50	1,146	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,293	101.75	1,316	181
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	98.41	1,299	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,136	82.48	937	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,451	102.54	1,488	170
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	94.43	1,207	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,504	78.49	1,180	4thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,150	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,116	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,297	94.06/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,220	7
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,301	103.07/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,341	42
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,338	77.97/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,043	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,483	102.64/cwt	101.50–103.25	1,522	115
Steers	—	Select	1,605	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,380	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,652	99.95/cwt	97.00–100.50	1,651	13
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,735	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,249	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,136	82.48/cwt	80.00–85.50	937	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,219	96.78/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,180	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,261	101.78/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,283	133
Heifers	—	Choice	1,366	101.99/cwt	101.25–102.60	1,393	43
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,395	99.64/cwt	99.10–100.50	1,390	8
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,533	98.93/cwt	93.00–100.50	1,517	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,538	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,146	2

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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Receipts 406Last week 327Year ago 369

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 5.7 lower, heifers 6.00 lower. Heavy offerings were met with moderate to good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	80.00–85.50	82.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,395	99.10–100.50	99.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,219	95.00–98.00	96.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,366	101.25–102.60	101.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,533	93.00–100.50	98.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,261	100.00–104.50	101.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	75.00–81.00	77.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,297	90.00–98.50	94.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,483	101.50–103.25	102.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,652	97.00–100.50	99.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,301	101.00–106.00	103.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	74.50	74.50

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.