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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 20

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27 →

Receipts

615 head

▲ 390 vs last sale 225▲ 337 vs year ago 278 · +121.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 higher. Several load lots today. 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	1,207	145.83	1,760	201
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	137.36	1,735	89
Heifers	Select	Average	1,163	125.74	1,462	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,368	145.26	1,987	216
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,358	136.95	1,860	83
Steers	Select	Average	1,142	125.85	1,437	10

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,128	125.78/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,419	9
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,134	143.86/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,631	17
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,218	131.06/cwt	130.50–137.00	1,596	12
Steers	—	Select	1,270	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,607	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,382	137.94/cwt	130.00–138.50	1,906	71
Steers	—	Choice	1,388	145.38/cwt	139.50–149.75	2,018	199
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,128	143.93/cwt	141.50–146.00	1,624	119
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,163	125.74/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,462	9
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,263	137.36/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,735	89
Heifers	—	Choice	1,322	148.58/cwt	142.50–149.25	1,964	82

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 Sep 20, 2022

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

Receipts 615Last week 225Year ago 278

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 higher. Several load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,218	130.50–137.00	131.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,128	125.00–128.00	125.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,134	141.00–150.00	143.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,382	130.00–138.50	137.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	1,388	139.50–149.75	145.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,263	134.50–138.00	137.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,163	122.00–127.00	125.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,128	141.50–146.00	143.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,322	142.50–149.25	148.58

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.