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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-29

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 29

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Nov 22Nov 29Dec 6 →

Receipts

339 head

▲ 114 vs last sale 225▲ 77 vs year ago 262 · +29.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 2.75 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 3.4 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,505	112.00	1,686	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,281	114.96	1,473	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	154.12	2,014	177
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	142.57	1,715	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,209	122.98	1,487	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	155.62	2,262	115
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	143.02	1,907	12

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,145	153.02/cwt	149.00–157.50	1,752	3
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,169	144.83/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,693	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,462	155.69/cwt	148.00–158.25	2,276	112
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,498	141.20/cwt	136.00–146.00	2,115	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,033	119.96/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,239	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,122	152.60/cwt	147.00–159.50	1,712	33
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,187	142.58/cwt	136.00–145.50	1,692	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,275	142.50/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,817	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,349	154.47/cwt	148.00–157.75	2,084	144
Heifers	—	Select	1,385	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,745	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,686	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,281	114.96/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,473	8

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 Nov 29, 2022

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

Receipts 339Last week 225Year ago 262

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 2.75 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 3.4 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,349	148.00–157.75	154.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	142.00–143.00	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,122	147.00–159.50	152.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	119.00–121.00	119.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,187	136.00–145.50	142.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,462	148.00–158.25	155.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	136.00–146.00	141.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	149.00–157.50	153.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,169	141.00–147.00	144.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,281	110.00–119.00	114.96

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.