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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-18

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jul 18

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

187 head

▼ 123 vs last sale 310▼ 42 vs year ago 229 · −18.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. 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	1,213	184.84	2,241	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	177.17	2,257	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,310	155.78	2,041	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,342	185.81	2,494	96
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	174.20	2,254	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,355	165.15	2,238	3thin

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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,106	189.10/cwt	186.60–197.00	2,091	18
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,118	171.95/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,922	2
Steers	—	Select	1,355	165.15/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,238	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,397	185.05/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,585	78
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,470	176.46/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,594	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,058	186.68/cwt	183.00–205.00	1,975	20
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,110	161.01/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,787	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,147	175.56/cwt	169.50–177.50	2,014	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,347	183.24/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,468	23
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,350	178.13/cwt	176.50–178.50	2,405	10
Heifers	—	Select	1,355	154.62/cwt	150.00–164.50	2,095	9

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 Jul 18, 2023

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

Receipts 187Last week 310Year ago 229

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. 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
2	—	1,118	171.00–173.00	171.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,106	186.60–197.00	189.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	176.00–177.00	176.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	161.00–169.00	165.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,397	180.00–188.00	185.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,147	169.50–177.50	175.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	160.00–162.00	161.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,058	183.00–205.00	186.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,350	176.50–178.50	178.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,355	150.00–164.50	154.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,347	180.00–187.00	183.24

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.