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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-08

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 8

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

248 head

▼ 65 vs last sale 313▼ 54 vs year ago 302 · −17.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as the sale last week was not reported. Upward trend. 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	1,171	185.40	2,171	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	176.27	2,330	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,275	161.52	2,059	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,379	187.51	2,587	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	175.28	2,223	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,427	162.78	2,323	5thin

Every lot

12 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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,167	185.73/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,167	14
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,180	205.03/cwt	195.00–213.00	2,419	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,201	176.70/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,122	10
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,364	173.24/cwt	168.00–177.00	2,363	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,405	187.43/cwt	180.00–190.10	2,633	132
Steers	—	Select	1,427	162.78/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,323	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	995	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,652	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,104	184.20/cwt	180.00–185.75	2,034	34
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,166	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,041	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,280	187.35/cwt	185.00–188.50	2,398	21
Heifers	—	Select	1,368	160.03/cwt	158.00–163.50	2,189	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,400	176.91/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,477	10

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 Aug 8, 2023

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

Receipts 248Last week 313Year ago 302

No comparison today, as the sale last week was not reported. Upward trend. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,280	185.00–188.50	187.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	158.00–163.50	160.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,400	176.00–177.00	176.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,104	180.00–185.75	184.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,166	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,405	180.00–190.10	187.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,427	155.00–165.00	162.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	168.00–177.00	173.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	195.00–213.00	205.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,167	180.00–192.00	185.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,201	171.00–178.00	176.70

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.