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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-07

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 7

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Jan 31Feb 7Feb 14 →

Receipts

264 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 104▲ 86 vs year ago 178 · +48.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.5 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.1 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,470	121.00	1,779	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,316	153.86	2,024	101
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,286	147.07	1,891	20
Heifers	Select	Average	1,356	131.74	1,787	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,369	155.27	2,126	121
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	143.78	1,715	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,255	136.00	1,707	1thin

Every lot

11 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,193	143.78/cwt	141.00–146.50	1,715	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,205	150.57/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,814	29
Steers	—	Select	1,255	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,707	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,421	156.75/cwt	150.00–160.35	2,227	92
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,165	127.38/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,484	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,203	151.48/cwt	151.00–154.50	1,822	23
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,209	148.07/cwt	147.00–148.50	1,790	8
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,337	146.40/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,957	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,349	154.56/cwt	151.00–159.00	2,085	78
Heifers	—	Select	1,471	134.35/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,976	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,779	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 Feb 7, 2023

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

Receipts 264Last week 104Year ago 178

Compared to last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.5 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.1 higher. 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
3	—	1,193	141.00–146.50	143.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,205	150.00–158.00	150.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,421	150.00–160.35	156.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,209	147.00–148.50	148.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,165	124.00–131.00	127.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,203	151.00–154.50	151.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,337	144.00–148.00	146.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,471	128.00–138.00	134.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,349	151.00–159.00	154.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	121.00	121.00

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.