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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Oct 17

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

175 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 185▼ 230 vs year ago 405 · −56.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; choice slaughter steers were 1.00 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,402	159.00	2,229	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,302	181.46	2,363	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	169.85	2,128	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	182.33	2,617	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,405	175.75	2,469	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,323	166.50	2,203	14

Every lot

15 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,108	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,784	3
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,163	183.38/cwt	181.50–189.00	2,133	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,365	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,361	1
Steers	—	Select	1,382	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,322	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,385	182.28/cwt	179.50–184.00	2,525	37
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,445	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	2,579	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,547	182.21/cwt	180.50–183.00	2,819	29
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,088	181.85/cwt	179.50–182.50	1,979	5
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,101	172.02/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,894	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,315	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,393	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,315	181.44/cwt	178.00–183.00	2,386	66
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,465	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,505	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,525	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	2,753	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,650	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,640	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,402	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,229	7

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 Oct 17, 2023

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

Receipts 175Last week 185Year ago 405

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,547	180.50–183.00	182.21
37	—	1,385	179.50–184.00	182.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,382	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,163	181.50–189.00	183.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	178.50	178.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,402	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,315	178.00–183.00	181.44
1	—	1,525	180.50	180.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,088	179.50–182.50	181.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,101	170.00–175.00	172.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	182.00	182.00

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.