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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-31

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jan 31

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

104 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 200▼ 70 vs year ago 174 · −40.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.2 lower. Winter snowstorm over the weekend impacted the limited numbers today.

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	1,374	153.42	2,107	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,118	141.84	1,586	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,145	122.73	1,406	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	155.25	2,307	19
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,214	139.51	1,694	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,005	125.00	1,256	1thin

Every lot

9 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,005	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,256	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,214	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,694	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,486	155.25/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,307	19
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,027	141.25/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,451	14
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,043	122.10/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,274	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,190	153.27/cwt	152.50–154.00	1,824	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,350	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,674	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,382	153.43/cwt	149.00–157.00	2,120	44
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,437	143.89/cwt	139.50–145.50	2,068	4

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 104Last week 200Year ago 174

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.2 lower. Winter snowstorm over the weekend impacted the limited numbers today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,382	149.00–157.00	153.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,437	139.50–145.50	143.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	152.50–154.00	153.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	116.00–128.00	122.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,027	137.00–143.00	141.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,486	154.00–157.00	155.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,214	139.00–140.00	139.51

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.