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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-27

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 27

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

440 head

▼ 175 vs last sale 615▲ 234 vs year ago 206 · +113.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 3.25 lower. 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	145.28	1,851	141
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,177	133.20	1,567	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,413	115.13	1,627	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	144.99	2,096	162
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,280	132.97	1,703	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,383	117.12	1,620	28

Every lot

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,079	134.01/cwt	130.50–137.00	1,446	10
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,130	121.92/cwt	118.50–125.00	1,378	8
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,156	142.27/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,645	8
Steers	—	Select	1,309	120.22/cwt	117.00–126.50	1,574	14
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,361	132.55/cwt	128.50–137.50	1,804	25
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,420	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	2,109	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,461	145.09/cwt	139.00–147.50	2,120	152
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,893	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,959	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,033	136.75/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,413	16
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,071	145.24/cwt	141.50–146.75	1,556	23
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,137	117.62/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,337	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	145.29/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,909	118
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,357	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,730	7
Heifers	—	Select	1,541	114.27/cwt	105.00–118.50	1,761	16
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,630	110.75/cwt	110.50–111.00	1,805	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,693	124.76/cwt	123.50–126.00	2,112	2

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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 440Last week 615Year ago 206

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 3.25 lower. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,314	139.00–148.00	145.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,541	105.00–118.50	114.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,357	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	123.50–126.00	124.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,071	141.50–146.75	145.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,137	111.00–121.00	117.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,033	133.00–138.00	136.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	110.50–111.00	110.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,079	130.50–137.00	134.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,893	103.50	103.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,461	139.00–147.50	145.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,309	117.00–126.50	120.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,361	128.50–137.50	132.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,156	139.00–144.50	142.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,130	118.50–125.00	121.92

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.