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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Sep 12

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Aug 29Sep 12Sep 19 →

Receipts

186 head

▼ 166 vs last sale 352▼ 39 vs year ago 225 · −17.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison as the sale last week was not covered. 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	1,233	185.68	2,290	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	173.74	2,168	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,498	165.95	2,486	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,320	188.04	2,482	87
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,465	174.21	2,551	8thin

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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,113	178.96/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,992	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,115	197.24/cwt	184.00–207.50	2,199	16
Steers	—	Choice	1,366	185.97/cwt	181.50–188.50	2,540	71
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,530	173.55/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,655	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,840	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,091	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,105	174.38/cwt	171.00–177.00	1,927	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,111	183.39/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,037	21
Heifers	—	Choice	1,288	186.71/cwt	181.00–188.75	2,405	47
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,340	174.24/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,335	4
Heifers	—	Select	1,498	165.95/cwt	163.00–168.50	2,486	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,595	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	2,688	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Sep 12, 2023

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

Receipts 186Last week 352Year ago 225

No comparison as the sale last week was not covered. 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	—	1,113	178.00–180.00	178.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,115	184.00–207.50	197.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	169.00–176.00	173.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,366	181.50–188.50	185.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,105	171.00–177.00	174.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,111	180.00–188.00	183.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	168.50	168.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	170.00–178.00	174.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,498	163.00–168.50	165.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,288	181.00–188.75	186.71

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.