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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-14

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Mar 14

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Mar 7Mar 14Mar 21 →

Receipts

161 head

▼ 74 vs last sale 235▲ 27 vs year ago 134 · +20.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers .50 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	1,335	163.59	2,185	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	143.27	1,960	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,083	132.28	1,433	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,398	165.16	2,308	91
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	145.54	1,877	6thin

Every lot

8 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	1,132	158.62/cwt	153.50–164.00	1,796	14
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,159	141.23/cwt	137.00–150.00	1,637	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,420	149.84/cwt	149.50–150.00	2,128	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,446	166.35/cwt	156.00–168.25	2,405	77
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,083	132.28/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,433	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,181	161.38/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,906	11
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,368	143.27/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,960	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,374	164.14/cwt	157.50–169.00	2,255	44

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 14, 2023

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

Receipts 161Last week 235Year ago 134

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers .50 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,181	159.00–165.00	161.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	131.00–134.00	132.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,374	157.50–169.00	164.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	139.00–151.00	143.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,446	156.00–168.25	166.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	149.50–150.00	149.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,132	153.50–164.00	158.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,159	137.00–150.00	141.23

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.