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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 17

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Dec 13Jan 17Jan 24 →

Receipts

228 head

▲ 73 vs last sale 155▲ 28 vs year ago 200 · +14.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the holidays and weather, there hasn't been a recently reported sale. No comparison today. Upward trend noted. 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	1,363	157.58	2,148	126
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	139.05	1,749	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,373	128.28	1,761	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	158.24	2,237	75
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,497	139.64	2,090	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,145	120.78	1,383	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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,005	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,477	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,098	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,762	2
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,145	120.78/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,383	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,422	158.18/cwt	152.00–161.35	2,249	73
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,620	137.80/cwt	134.00–148.00	2,232	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,089	143.78/cwt	142.00–144.50	1,566	4
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,175	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,528	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,195	155.61/cwt	152.50–158.00	1,860	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,365	155.56/cwt	150.00–161.50	2,123	54
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,370	135.90/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,862	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,398	159.86/cwt	159.75–162.00	2,235	59
Heifers	—	Select	1,406	127.99/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,800	6

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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jan 17, 2023

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

Receipts 228Last week 155Year ago 200

Due to the holidays and weather, there hasn't been a recently reported sale. No comparison today. Upward trend noted. 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
1	—	1,005	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,145	120.00–121.00	120.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,620	134.00–148.00	137.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,422	152.00–161.35	158.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	142.00–144.50	143.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,195	152.50–158.00	155.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,398	159.75–162.00	159.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,370	132.00–144.00	135.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	123.00–129.00	127.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,365	150.00–161.50	155.56

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.