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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-07

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 7

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Feb 28Mar 7Mar 14 →

Receipts

235 head

▲ 118 vs last sale 117▲ 87 vs year ago 148 · +58.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 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	1,327	163.47	2,170	116
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,103	149.31	1,647	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,247	130.84	1,631	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,380	163.46	2,256	79
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	152.04	1,838	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,230	139.33	1,714	3thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,073	150.00/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,610	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,170	159.89/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,871	9
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,183	136.99/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,621	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,263	152.85/cwt	149.00–156.00	1,930	5
Steers	—	Select	1,325	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,908	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,402	163.47/cwt	159.00–168.25	2,292	64
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,458	168.75/cwt	168.75–168.75	2,460	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	985	130.30/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,283	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,028	157.85/cwt	155.50–161.00	1,623	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,093	149.76/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,637	13
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,230	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,765	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,287	130.92/cwt	130.50–135.50	1,685	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,338	163.67/cwt	155.50–166.10	2,190	112

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 Mar 7, 2023

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

Receipts 235Last week 117Year ago 148

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 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
2	—	1,073	149.00–151.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,263	149.00–156.00	152.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,402	159.00–168.25	163.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	134.00–140.00	136.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,170	159.00–160.00	159.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	168.75	168.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	125.00–136.00	130.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,028	155.50–161.00	157.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,093	140.00–152.00	149.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,287	130.50–135.50	130.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,338	155.50–166.10	163.67

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.