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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-02

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 2

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

182 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 240▲ 6 vs year ago 176 · +3.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers 2.00 higher. Light 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,215	86.34	1,049	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	111.84	1,403	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,057	98.85	1,045	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,189	81.72	971	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,391	112.94	1,570	57
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	105.12	1,341	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,368	88.50	1,210	2thin

Every lot

14 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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,259	112.30/cwt	110.50–114.00	1,414	11
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,260	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,071	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,273	106.18/cwt	105.75–106.50	1,352	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,280	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,318	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,422	113.09/cwt	108.25–114.50	1,608	46
Steers	—	Select	1,475	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,357	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,020	98.36/cwt	91.50–101.50	1,003	14
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,022	82.08/cwt	76.00–88.00	839	12
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,079	110.20/cwt	106.25–114.00	1,189	20
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,318	102.28/cwt	98.50–106.50	1,348	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,319	112.70/cwt	110.00–114.35	1,487	47
Heifers	—	Select	1,474	81.10/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,195	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,740	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,818	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,215	86.34/cwt	80.50–87.50	1,049	6

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 Mar 2, 2021

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

Receipts 182Last week 240Year ago 176

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 1.5 higher, choice heifers 2.00 higher. Light offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,079	106.25–114.00	110.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	104.50	104.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,319	110.00–114.35	112.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,022	76.00–88.00	82.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,474	80.00–86.00	81.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,020	91.50–101.50	98.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	98.50–106.50	102.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,422	108.25–114.50	113.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,259	110.50–114.00	112.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	105.75–106.50	106.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,215	80.50–87.50	86.34

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.