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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 27

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Apr 13Apr 27May 4 →

Receipts

273 head

▲ 116 vs last sale 157▲ 273 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice steers were 4.75 lower, choice heifers .70 lower. 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	1,460	91.25	1,332	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	994	73.98	735	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,338	122.22	1,635	155
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,355	106.09	1,438	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,461	117.75	1,720	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,179	108.17	1,275	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,033	88.00	909	2thin

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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,033	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	909	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,168	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,285	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,186	111.52/cwt	107.50–113.50	1,323	14
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,200	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,254	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,535	119.43/cwt	115.50–124.50	1,833	52
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,188	113.53/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,349	8
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,230	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,310	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,280	109.28/cwt	108.50–110.25	1,399	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,344	122.76/cwt	116.00–124.75	1,650	146
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,555	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,594	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,605	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,814	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	994	73.98/cwt	73.00–77.00	735	12
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,460	91.25/cwt	91.25–91.25	1,332	7

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 Apr 27, 2021

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

Receipts 273Last week 157Year ago 0

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice steers were 4.75 lower, choice heifers .70 lower. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	994	73.00–77.00	73.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,460	91.25	91.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	104.50	104.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,186	107.50–113.50	111.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,535	115.50–124.50	119.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	108.50–110.25	109.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,188	110.00–120.00	113.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	106.50	106.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	1,344	116.00–124.75	122.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	113.00	113.00

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.