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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 19

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

139 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 201▲ 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher, choice slaughter heifers .50 higher. Demand was good. 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	1,234	120.47	1,487	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,076	108.65	1,169	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,044	87.49	913	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	123.02	1,763	60
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,303	108.00	1,407	2thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,195	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,297	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,259	121.37/cwt	117.00–123.50	1,528	10
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,347	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,684	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,410	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,516	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,476	123.25/cwt	120.50–124.00	1,819	47
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,044	87.49/cwt	82.00–92.00	913	6
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,076	108.65/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,169	8
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,139	116.20/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,324	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,236	122.21/cwt	118.75–123.75	1,511	43
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,431	114.95/cwt	112.50–117.50	1,645	5

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 139Last week 201Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher, choice slaughter heifers .50 higher. Demand was good. Trading 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
1	—	1,195	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,259	117.00–123.50	121.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,476	120.50–124.00	123.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,076	106.00–110.00	108.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	82.00–92.00	87.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,139	112.00–120.00	116.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,431	112.50–117.50	114.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,236	118.75–123.75	122.21

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.