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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-16

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 16

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

147 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 210▲ 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 1.00 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	1,287	174.63	2,248	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	165.62	2,153	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,375	149.35	2,054	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,409	177.44	2,500	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,450	167.33	2,426	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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,150	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,921	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,165	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,027	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,406	177.16/cwt	170.00–179.10	2,491	65
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,461	180.10/cwt	180.10–180.10	2,631	8
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,600	167.50/cwt	166.50–168.50	2,680	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,165	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,748	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,182	173.83/cwt	171.00–175.00	2,055	13
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,185	165.28/cwt	164.50–166.00	1,959	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,303	174.80/cwt	170.00–176.50	2,278	44
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,415	165.95/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,348	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,445	149.13/cwt	140.00–155.50	2,155	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,473	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	2,644	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,590	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,671	1

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 May 16, 2023

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

Receipts 147Last week 210Year ago 0

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	166.50–168.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,406	170.00–179.10	177.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,461	180.10	180.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,182	171.00–175.00	173.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	164.50–166.00	165.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	165.00–167.00	165.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	140.00–155.50	149.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,303	170.00–176.50	174.80

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.