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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 5

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Mar 29Apr 5Apr 12 →

Receipts

368 head

▲ 198 vs last sale 170▲ 139 vs year ago 229 · +60.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.3 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Demand good. Trade 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,410	90.50	1,276	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,289	137.64	1,775	108
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,191	121.48	1,447	33
Heifers	Select	Average	1,035	105.57	1,093	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,441	142.86	2,059	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	129.86	1,647	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	880	117.12	1,031	8thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	880	117.12/cwt	115.00–117.50	1,031	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,145	130.56/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,495	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,237	138.57/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,714	35
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,453	128.80/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,871	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,506	144.22/cwt	137.00–150.00	2,172	110
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	992	105.05/cwt	96.00–112.50	1,042	33
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,106	133.01/cwt	127.00–139.00	1,471	43
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,116	120.20/cwt	116.00–125.50	1,341	26
Heifers	—	Choice	1,400	141.16/cwt	134.00–144.10	1,976	63
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,471	126.22/cwt	124.50–129.50	1,857	7
Heifers	—	Select	1,480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,702	2
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,580	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,643	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,753	126.42/cwt	125.00–128.00	2,216	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,410	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,276	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 Apr 5, 2022

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

Receipts 368Last week 170Year ago 229

Compared to last Tuesday choice slaughter steers were 2.3 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,400	134.00–144.10	141.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,471	124.50–129.50	126.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,116	116.00–125.50	120.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	125.00–128.00	126.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,106	127.00–139.00	133.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	992	96.00–112.50	105.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,506	137.00–150.00	144.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	125.00–133.00	128.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	880	115.00–117.50	117.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	130.00–132.00	130.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,237	135.00–145.00	138.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	90.50	90.50

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.