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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-17

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 17

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

282 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 207▼ 51 vs year ago 333 · −15.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.00 higher, choice heifers 1.00 higher. Demand was good today. 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,187	127.63	1,514	139
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	949	111.21	1,055	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,187	88.75	1,053	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,369	127.17	1,741	112
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	100.54	1,212	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,159	88.41	1,025	4thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,142	123.55/cwt	116.00–127.50	1,411	13
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,159	88.41/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,025	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,205	100.54/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,212	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,399	127.65/cwt	122.50–129.50	1,786	99
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	949	111.21/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,055	7
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,063	87.18/cwt	85.00–91.00	927	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,112	127.75/cwt	119.00–138.50	1,421	78
Heifers	—	Choice	1,282	127.47/cwt	119.00–129.75	1,634	61
Heifers	—	Select	1,310	96.26/cwt	95.50–97.00	1,261	2
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,435	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,148	1

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 Aug 17, 2021

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

Receipts 282Last week 207Year ago 333

Compared to last Tuesday choice steers were 2.00 higher, choice heifers 1.00 higher. Demand was good today. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,142	116.00–127.50	123.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,399	122.50–129.50	127.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	100.00–101.00	100.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,159	86.00–92.00	88.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,112	119.00–138.50	127.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,282	119.00–129.75	127.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	949	105.00–115.00	111.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,063	85.00–91.00	87.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	95.50–97.00	96.26

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.