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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 6

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Mar 23Apr 6Apr 13 →

Receipts

229 head

▲ 83 vs last sale 146▼ 13 vs year ago 242 · −5.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 8.00 higher, choice heifers 8.25 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	92.50	1,312	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	120.94	1,504	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	106.67	1,435	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,385	96.00	1,330	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	123.11	1,745	113
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,273	111.43	1,419	11

Every lot

13 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,189	110.41/cwt	106.00–112.50	1,313	7
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,227	118.58/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,455	26
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,421	113.21/cwt	112.00–114.50	1,609	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,472	123.54/cwt	117.00–125.60	1,819	59
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,480	126.40/cwt	125.50–126.50	1,871	28
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,120	104.56/cwt	102.50–108.00	1,171	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,152	115.26/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,328	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,277	122.68/cwt	118.25–125.60	1,567	24
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,314	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,656	12
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,385	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,330	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,414	110.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,563	12
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,595	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,531	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,418	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,312	3

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 Apr 6, 2021

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

Receipts 229Last week 146Year ago 242

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 8.00 higher, choice heifers 8.25 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,120	102.50–108.00	104.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,414	110.00–115.00	110.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,152	112.00–119.00	115.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,277	118.25–125.60	122.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,314	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,189	106.00–112.50	110.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,421	112.00–114.50	113.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,227	114.00–124.00	118.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,472	117.00–125.60	123.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,480	125.50–126.50	126.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	92.50	92.50

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.