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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 8

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Feb 1Feb 8Feb 15 →

Receipts

178 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 174▲ 178 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 1.6 higher, choice slaughter heifers 3.25 lower. Trade active. Good demand.

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	1,347	135.28	1,822	78
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	124.02	1,519	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,515	108.69	1,647	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	139.48	2,002	84
Steers	Select	Average	1,603	104.00	1,667	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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,145	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,168	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,285	136.65/cwt	132.50–139.00	1,756	33
Steers	—	Choice	1,533	141.31/cwt	133.00–143.25	2,166	51
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	2,060	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,184	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,138	122.03/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,389	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,210	134.14/cwt	129.50–139.50	1,623	33
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,355	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,721	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,444	136.21/cwt	132.50–141.50	1,967	44
Heifers	—	Select	1,515	108.69/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,647	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,605	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,119	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 Feb 8, 2022

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

Receipts 178Last week 174Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 1.6 higher, choice slaughter heifers 3.25 lower. Trade active. Good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,285	132.50–139.00	136.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,533	133.00–143.25	141.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	120.00–125.00	122.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,210	129.50–139.50	134.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	125.00–129.00	127.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	102.00–115.00	108.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,444	132.50–141.50	136.21

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.