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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-30

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 30

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

262 head

▼ 93 vs last sale 355▼ 65 vs year ago 327 · −19.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago both choice slaughter steers and choice slaughter heifers were 6.00 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	1,350	135.34	1,827	142
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,121	113.08	1,268	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,218	88.84	1,082	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	135.60	1,988	69
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,181	123.03	1,453	6thin

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	1,181	123.03/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,453	6
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,344	136.83/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,839	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,504	135.40/cwt	127.50–138.00	2,036	49
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,915	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,336	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,068	113.91/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,217	11
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,090	92.45/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,008	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,210	134.73/cwt	127.00–137.60	1,630	48
Heifers	—	Choice	1,421	135.65/cwt	127.00–138.25	1,928	94
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,600	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,248	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,773	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 Nov 30, 2021

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

Receipts 262Last week 355Year ago 327

Compared to the sale two weeks ago both choice slaughter steers and choice slaughter heifers were 6.00 higher. Demand 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
6	—	1,181	120.50–126.00	123.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,344	128.00–138.00	136.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,504	127.50–138.00	135.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,068	111.00–123.00	113.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,090	86.00–97.00	92.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,210	127.00–137.60	134.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,421	127.00–138.25	135.65

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.