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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-21

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 21

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

114 head

▼ 281 vs last sale 395▲ 114 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 lower, choice slaughter heifers .75 lower. Trade active. Good demand for the light offerings.

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	1,294	132.87	1,719	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,105	117.84	1,302	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,348	101.00	1,361	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,390	133.15	1,850	42
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	115.39	1,348	3thin

Every lot

8 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,168	115.39/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,348	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,228	131.17/cwt	127.00–135.75	1,611	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,523	134.78/cwt	132.00–135.00	2,053	23
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,049	117.81/cwt	112.00–119.50	1,236	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,136	125.20/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,422	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,333	134.79/cwt	129.75–135.35	1,797	36
Heifers	—	Select	1,348	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,361	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,699	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 Dec 21, 2021

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

Receipts 114Last week 395Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers .75 lower. Trade active. Good demand for the light offerings.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	115.00–116.00	115.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,228	127.00–135.75	131.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,523	132.00–135.00	134.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,049	112.00–119.50	117.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,136	122.00–130.00	125.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	100.00–102.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,333	129.75–135.35	134.79

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.