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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-22

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 22

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

118 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 134▼ 28 vs year ago 146 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.25 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.75 higher. 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	89.00	1,277	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	139.00	1,822	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,414	125.72	1,778	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,323	110.50	1,462	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	141.00	1,988	34
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,542	124.49	1,920	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,428	105.79	1,511	3thin

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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,150	138.28/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,590	11
Steers	—	Select	1,428	105.79/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,511	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,534	142.30/cwt	138.75–144.25	2,183	23
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,542	124.49/cwt	122.00–132.50	1,920	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,238	137.85/cwt	132.00–139.50	1,707	32
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,285	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,658	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,323	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,462	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,422	125.53/cwt	121.50–130.50	1,785	17
Heifers	—	Choice	1,476	141.63/cwt	137.50–143.00	2,090	14
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,435	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,277	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 Mar 22, 2022

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

Receipts 118Last week 134Year ago 146

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 3.25 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.75 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,476	137.50–143.00	141.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	110.00–111.00	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,422	121.50–130.50	125.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,238	132.00–139.50	137.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,534	138.75–144.25	142.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	101.00–110.00	105.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,542	122.00–132.50	124.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,150	137.00–140.00	138.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	89.00	89.00

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.