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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-11

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 11

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

143 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 187▼ 229 vs year ago 372 · −61.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale was not covered last week. No comparison today. Upward trend. 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	1,295	175.44	2,271	51
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,139	165.80	1,888	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,140	153.08	1,745	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	177.92	2,538	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	158.45	2,158	10

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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	930	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,525	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,252	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,191	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,410	157.83/cwt	153.50–164.00	2,225	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,442	178.18/cwt	173.00–179.75	2,569	56
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,139	165.80/cwt	162.50–167.50	1,888	3
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,140	153.08/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,745	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,195	174.76/cwt	169.00–175.50	2,088	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,336	175.73/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,348	36

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 Apr 11, 2023

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

Receipts 143Last week 187Year ago 372

Sale was not covered last week. No comparison today. Upward trend. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,336	168.00–179.00	175.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,195	169.00–175.50	174.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,140	150.00–155.00	153.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,139	162.50–167.50	165.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,442	173.00–179.75	178.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,410	153.50–164.00	157.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,252	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	164.00	164.00

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.