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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-28

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Feb 28

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

117 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 192▼ 173 vs year ago 290 · −59.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 5.1 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,301	160.33	2,086	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,383	150.38	2,079	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	162.27	2,261	41
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,484	152.01	2,255	7thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,149	161.31/cwt	161.00–161.50	1,853	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,187	148.69/cwt	146.50–153.00	1,765	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,427	162.40/cwt	157.50–165.00	2,317	36
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,706	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	2,636	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,030	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,524	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,151	156.35/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,800	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,342	161.42/cwt	156.00–165.25	2,166	51
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,420	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,166	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,660	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	2,465	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.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Feb 28, 2023

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

Receipts 117Last week 192Year ago 290

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 5.1 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
51	—	1,342	156.00–165.25	161.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,151	156.00–162.00	156.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,427	157.50–165.00	162.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,706	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,149	161.00–161.50	161.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,187	146.50–153.00	148.69

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.