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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 23

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

146 head

▼ 141 vs last sale 287▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 4.5 higher, choice heifers 3.25 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	1,105	90.00	995	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	923	66.00	609	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	112.07	1,460	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	95.10	1,203	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,281	76.80	984	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,342	113.95	1,529	30
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,342	103.54	1,390	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,313	89.04	1,169	6thin

Every lot

16 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,126	100.52/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,132	5
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,140	86.13/cwt	82.00–88.00	982	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,275	113.50/cwt	110.00–115.25	1,447	23
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,477	105.43/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,557	8
Steers	—	Select	1,485	91.94/cwt	90.00–96.50	1,365	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,563	115.44/cwt	112.00–117.50	1,804	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,076	81.31/cwt	69.00–88.50	875	12
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,085	100.31/cwt	94.50–104.00	1,088	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,260	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,262	111.05/cwt	106.00–117.50	1,401	31
Heifers	—	Choice	1,393	114.32/cwt	108.00–116.50	1,592	14
Heifers	—	Select	1,437	70.83/cwt	64.50–76.00	1,018	7
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,581	84.75/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,340	4
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,625	73.72/cwt	66.00–78.50	1,198	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,105	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	995	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	923	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	609	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 Mar 23, 2021

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

Receipts 146Last week 287Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 4.5 higher, choice heifers 3.25 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
31	—	1,262	106.00–117.50	111.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,393	108.00–116.50	114.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,625	66.00–78.50	73.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,085	94.50–104.00	100.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,581	82.00–90.00	84.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,076	69.00–88.50	81.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,437	64.50–76.00	70.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,563	112.00–117.50	115.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	90.00–96.50	91.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	95.00–106.00	100.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,275	110.00–115.25	113.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,477	105.00–107.00	105.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,140	82.00–88.00	86.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	66.00	66.00

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.