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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 16

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

355 head

▲ 161 vs last sale 194▼ 178 vs year ago 533 · −33.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers .50 higher. Demand 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	1,277	127.95	1,634	153
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	108.78	1,376	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,349	128.43	1,733	168
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	117.16	1,488	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	990	100.73	997	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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	990	100.73/cwt	100.00–102.00	997	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,117	115.66/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,292	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,218	127.31/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,551	64
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	129.20/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,841	103
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,500	119.42/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,791	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,340	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,090	111.17/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,212	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,201	126.96/cwt	117.00–131.00	1,525	97
Heifers	—	Choice	1,409	129.67/cwt	123.00–132.50	1,827	56
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,615	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,680	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Nov 16, 2021

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

Receipts 355Last week 194Year ago 533

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers .50 higher. Demand good. Trading active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,409	123.00–132.50	129.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,201	117.00–131.00	126.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	110.00–112.00	111.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,425	124.00–132.00	129.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	118.00–121.00	119.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,218	122.00–130.00	127.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	990	100.00–102.00	100.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,117	110.00–119.00	115.66

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.