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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 4

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

202 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 273▲ 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 4.5 lower, choice heifers were 8.00 lower. 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	1,194	86.19	1,029	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	83.50	1,088	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,269	114.80	1,457	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,280	103.95	1,331	42
Heifers	Select	Average	1,279	90.17	1,153	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,379	115.41	1,591	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	100.40	1,340	5thin

Every lot

15 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	1,100	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,111	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,103	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,164	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,188	107.12/cwt	107.00–107.25	1,273	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,382	114.79/cwt	110.50–116.85	1,586	40
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,401	117.42/cwt	114.25–117.75	1,645	29
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,683	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,599	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,152	86.95/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,002	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,230	108.48/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,334	16
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,258	115.10/cwt	115.10–115.10	1,448	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,269	114.77/cwt	113.50–116.00	1,456	32
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,286	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,472	9
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,311	101.17/cwt	97.00–105.50	1,326	26
Heifers	—	Select	1,470	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,397	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,194	86.19/cwt	81.50–90.00	1,029	12
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,303	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,088	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 May 4, 2021

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

Receipts 202Last week 273Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 4.5 lower, choice heifers were 8.00 lower. Light 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
40	—	1,382	110.50–116.85	114.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,188	107.00–107.25	107.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,401	114.25–117.75	117.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,683	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	105.50	105.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,269	113.50–116.00	114.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	114.50	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,258	115.10	115.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,311	97.00–105.50	101.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,230	108.00–109.00	108.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	83.00–90.00	86.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,194	81.50–90.00	86.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	83.50	83.50

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.