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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 15

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

134 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 148▲ 134 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 1.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers .50 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

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	1,310	136.92	1,793	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,243	126.91	1,578	31
Heifers	Select	Average	1,193	113.30	1,352	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	138.08	1,932	157
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,465	124.34	1,821	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,327	115.20	1,529	7thin

Every lot

13 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,140	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,425	1
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,273	114.88/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,462	5
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,312	135.17/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,773	38
Steers	—	Choice	1,427	139.01/cwt	133.50–143.00	1,984	119
Steers	—	Select	1,463	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,697	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,546	124.17/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,920	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,193	113.30/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,352	3
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,213	127.11/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,542	26
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,293	136.77/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,768	82
Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	138.83/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,824	25
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,388	127.87/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,775	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,717	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,564	129.80/cwt	129.50–130.00	2,030	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Mar 15, 2022

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

Receipts 134Last week 148Year ago 0

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers .50 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,546	123.00–126.00	124.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	115.00–117.00	115.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,427	133.50–143.00	139.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,273	111.00–119.00	114.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,312	129.00–140.00	135.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	111.00–115.00	113.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,293	132.00–139.00	136.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,213	119.00–130.00	127.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,564	129.50–130.00	129.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,388	124.00–130.00	127.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,314	133.00–144.00	138.83

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.