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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 23

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

240 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 230▲ 34 vs year ago 206 · +16.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today. 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	1,273	110.63	1,409	85
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,117	104.77	1,170	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,045	90.46	945	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,295	111.83	1,449	112
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,601	98.52	1,577	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,098	87.90	965	2thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,098	87.90/cwt	86.00–90.00	965	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,113	111.99/cwt	106.00–114.50	1,246	51
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,240	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,277	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,448	111.70/cwt	106.25–114.75	1,617	61
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,661	97.77/cwt	94.50–103.50	1,624	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,045	90.46/cwt	90.00–92.00	945	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,101	105.05/cwt	99.00–106.50	1,157	23
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,216	111.29/cwt	107.50–114.00	1,353	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,281	110.54/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,416	75
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,295	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	1,314	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.

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

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Feb 23, 2021

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

Receipts 240Last week 230Year ago 206

No comparison today. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,448	106.25–114.75	111.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,113	106.00–114.50	111.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,661	94.50–103.50	97.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	86.00–90.00	87.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,281	105.00–113.50	110.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,216	107.50–114.00	111.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,101	99.00–106.50	105.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	101.50	101.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,045	90.00–92.00	90.46

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.