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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-25

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 25

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

180 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 138▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.5 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.25 lower. 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	1,302	178.81	2,328	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,216	164.53	2,001	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,278	143.52	1,834	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,424	178.31	2,539	51
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	166.66	2,138	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,294	146.44	1,895	8thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,078	168.35/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,815	4
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,179	145.30/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,713	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,400	165.69/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,320	7
Steers	—	Select	1,409	147.57/cwt	140.00–154.00	2,079	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,424	178.31/cwt	174.50–181.25	2,539	51
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,111	143.29/cwt	133.00–150.00	1,592	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,149	178.75/cwt	176.50–181.00	2,054	12
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,198	164.19/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,967	14
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,300	166.12/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,160	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,335	178.82/cwt	174.00–182.50	2,387	56
Heifers	—	Select	1,361	143.63/cwt	138.00–152.00	1,955	8

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 Apr 25, 2023

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

Receipts 180Last week 138Year ago 0

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.5 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.25 lower. 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
4	—	1,078	161.00–172.00	168.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	140.00–151.00	145.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,400	160.00–173.00	165.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,409	140.00–154.00	147.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,424	174.50–181.25	178.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,198	163.00–171.00	164.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,111	133.00–150.00	143.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,149	176.50–181.00	178.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	164.00–169.00	166.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,361	138.00–152.00	143.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,335	174.00–182.50	178.82

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.