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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-02

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 2

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

210 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 180▲ 3 vs year ago 207 · +1.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.9 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 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	1,371	175.96	2,412	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	161.88	1,838	29
Heifers	Select	Average	1,119	154.36	1,728	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,441	176.91	2,550	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,361	164.47	2,238	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,272	152.44	1,939	6thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,134	155.62/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,765	3
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,182	165.03/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,951	4
Steers	—	Select	1,410	149.26/cwt	143.00–154.00	2,105	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	176.42/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,510	54
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,539	163.91/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,523	4
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,540	179.58/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,766	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,051	155.62/cwt	148.00–157.50	1,636	18
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,076	161.37/cwt	158.50–167.00	1,736	23
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,213	176.20/cwt	171.50–176.75	2,137	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,363	163.85/cwt	159.50–170.00	2,233	6
Heifers	—	Select	1,366	149.81/cwt	145.00–156.50	2,046	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,386	175.76/cwt	172.25–179.85	2,436	60
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,453	177.58/cwt	175.00–178.50	2,580	6

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 May 2, 2023

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

Receipts 210Last week 180Year ago 207

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.9 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,386	172.25–179.85	175.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,366	145.00–156.50	149.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,363	159.50–170.00	163.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,076	158.50–167.00	161.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,453	175.00–178.50	177.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,213	171.50–176.75	176.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,051	148.00–157.50	155.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,182	161.00–169.00	165.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,540	178.00–182.00	179.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,134	153.00–157.00	155.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,423	170.00–179.00	176.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	143.00–154.00	149.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,539	161.00–167.00	163.91

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.