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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-23

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, May 23

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

203 head

▲ 56 vs last sale 147▼ 135 vs year ago 338 · −39.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 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	1,263	177.63	2,244	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,384	168.22	2,329	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,318	176.39	2,325	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	168.63	2,108	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,663	152.50	2,535	2thin

Every lot

10 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	1,155	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,790	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,188	170.34/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,024	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,205	176.27/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,124	17
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,343	166.06/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,230	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,369	176.44/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,415	38
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	2,170	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	3,255	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,158	167.39/cwt	163.50–169.50	1,938	13
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,185	177.83/cwt	175.25–180.00	2,107	42
Heifers	—	Choice	1,338	177.44/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,374	44
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,502	168.65/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,533	25

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 203Last week 147Year ago 338

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,338	172.00–181.00	177.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,502	165.00–170.00	168.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,185	175.25–180.00	177.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,158	163.50–169.50	167.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,369	173.00–181.00	176.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	165.00–167.00	166.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,170	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,205	173.00–179.00	176.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	170.00–171.00	170.34

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.