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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 15

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

308 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 406▲ 308 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers 1.6 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,243	103.49	1,287	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,055	93.54	987	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	104.24	1,463	206
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,354	95.64	1,295	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,330	88.97	1,184	3thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,210	94.91/cwt	94.50–95.50	1,148	6
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,213	104.83/cwt	100.00–110.25	1,272	57
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,228	88.45/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,086	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,470	104.11/cwt	101.50–105.00	1,530	146
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,526	96.51/cwt	94.00–100.25	1,473	5
Steers	—	Select	1,535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,382	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,787	99.49/cwt	98.00–100.50	1,778	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,055	93.54/cwt	91.50–95.00	987	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,186	103.39/cwt	99.50–107.00	1,226	36
Heifers	—	Choice	1,333	103.64/cwt	101.00–104.10	1,382	23

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 15, 2020

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

Receipts 308Last week 406Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers 1.6 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,213	100.00–110.25	104.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,787	98.00–100.50	99.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	1,470	101.50–105.00	104.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,210	94.50–95.50	94.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,526	94.00–100.25	96.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	87.00–90.00	88.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,186	99.50–107.00	103.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,333	101.00–104.10	103.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,055	91.50–95.00	93.54

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.