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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-15

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 15

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

225 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 248▼ 77 vs year ago 302 · −25.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday. choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	785	108.00	848	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,219	187.78	2,290	125
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,040	177.00	1,841	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,705	160.50	2,737	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,271	191.07	2,428	88
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	180.68	2,268	3thin

Every lot

9 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,117	200.12/cwt	187.00–219.00	2,235	27
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,255	180.68/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,268	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,339	187.07/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,505	61
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,040	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,841	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,123	190.16/cwt	183.00–211.50	2,135	63
Heifers	—	Choice	1,292	186.10/cwt	181.50–188.00	2,404	54
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,489	180.31/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,685	8
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,705	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	2,737	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	785	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	848	3

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 Aug 15, 2023

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

Receipts 225Last week 248Year ago 302

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	785	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,117	187.00–219.00	200.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	180.00–181.00	180.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,339	184.00–190.00	187.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,123	183.00–211.50	190.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,489	180.00–181.00	180.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,292	181.50–188.00	186.10

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.