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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-12

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 12

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

201 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 193▼ 96 vs year ago 297 · −32.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were steady, choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Demand was good today. Trading 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	1,315	120.70	1,587	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	927	107.71	998	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,109	95.00	1,053	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,345	121.83	1,639	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	107.03	1,167	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,102	86.98	959	3thin

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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,090	107.03/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,167	2
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,102	86.98/cwt	84.00–94.00	959	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,279	123.13/cwt	115.00–123.50	1,575	43
Steers	—	Choice	1,432	120.13/cwt	117.00–121.75	1,720	33
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	927	107.71/cwt	103.00–110.00	998	3
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,011	95.01/cwt	89.00–99.00	961	9
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,260	119.79/cwt	115.50–122.00	1,509	36
Heifers	—	Choice	1,334	121.66/cwt	116.50–122.85	1,623	56
Heifers	—	Select	1,402	94.97/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,331	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,620	113.75/cwt	113.75–113.75	1,843	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Oct 12, 2021

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

Receipts 201Last week 193Year ago 297

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were steady, choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Demand was good today. Trading active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,334	116.50–122.85	121.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,402	90.00–98.00	94.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,620	113.75	113.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,260	115.50–122.00	119.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,011	89.00–99.00	95.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	103.00–110.00	107.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,432	117.00–121.75	120.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,279	115.00–123.50	123.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	84.00–94.00	86.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	104.00–111.00	107.03

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.