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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-04

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 4

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11 →

Receipts

217 head

▼ 223 vs last sale 440▲ 24 vs year ago 193 · +12.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were .50 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 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	1,321	144.21	1,905	85
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	134.95	1,659	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,113	119.75	1,332	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,385	144.64	2,004	103
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	138.13	1,779	12
Steers	Select	Average	998	117.50	1,173	4thin

Every lot

12 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	998	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,173	4
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,135	145.30/cwt	141.00–153.50	1,649	15
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,189	138.64/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,648	6
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,387	137.62/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,909	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,428	144.53/cwt	141.00–148.50	2,064	88
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	890	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,024	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,196	134.44/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,608	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,229	140.92/cwt	139.50–144.50	1,732	31
Heifers	—	Select	1,335	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,662	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,367	144.32/cwt	140.00–145.75	1,973	28
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,380	148.03/cwt	147.75–154.00	2,043	26
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,460	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,022	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 Oct 4, 2022

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

Receipts 217Last week 440Year ago 193

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were .50 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,189	136.00–140.00	138.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	998	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,135	141.00–153.50	145.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,387	131.00–140.00	137.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,428	141.00–148.50	144.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,196	129.00–138.00	134.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,229	139.50–144.50	140.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,380	147.75–154.00	148.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,367	140.00–145.75	144.32

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.