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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 31

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Aug 17Aug 31Sep 7 →

Receipts

393 head

▲ 111 vs last sale 282▲ 86 vs year ago 307 · +28.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 4.00 lower, choice heifers 5.00 lower. 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	1,230	122.96	1,513	171
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,137	108.98	1,239	24
Heifers	Select	Average	1,225	94.03	1,152	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,314	121.92	1,602	161
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,187	108.36	1,287	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,479	98.20	1,452	5thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,114	107.08/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,193	13
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,273	121.12/cwt	115.50–128.75	1,542	112
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,285	100.00/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,285	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,407	123.75/cwt	117.50–127.00	1,741	49
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,505	113.89/cwt	112.00–115.50	1,714	3
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,770	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,690	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,035	112.02/cwt	106.50–115.00	1,159	7
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,093	97.80/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,069	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,159	123.81/cwt	117.00–135.75	1,435	72
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,179	107.73/cwt	107.50–111.00	1,270	17
Heifers	—	Choice	1,279	122.39/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,565	98
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,490	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,289	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,876	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 31, 2021

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

Receipts 393Last week 282Year ago 307

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 4.00 lower, choice heifers 5.00 lower. Demand was good today. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,114	105.00–108.00	107.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	112.00–115.50	113.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,407	117.50–127.00	123.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	97.00–102.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,273	115.50–128.75	121.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	95.50	95.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	96.00–100.00	97.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,159	117.00–135.75	123.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,035	106.50–115.00	112.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	86.50	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,179	107.50–111.00	107.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,279	120.00–126.50	122.39

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.