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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-21

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 21

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

139 head

▼ 123 vs last sale 262▼ 86 vs year ago 225 · −38.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00-5.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Good demand for this light offering of slaughter cattle today.

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	1,799	109.70	1,973	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,257	172.60	2,170	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,191	169.21	2,015	46
Heifers	Select	Average	1,345	150.33	2,022	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	172.02	1,995	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,441	171.42	2,470	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,307	155.72	2,035	3thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,115	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,673	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,160	172.02/cwt	163.00–175.50	1,995	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,371	170.85/cwt	168.00–172.50	2,342	12
Steers	—	Select	1,403	158.58/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,225	2
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,415	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	2,469	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,528	172.47/cwt	168.50–174.50	2,635	3
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,542	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	2,687	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,740	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	2,845	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,055	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,583	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,180	169.35/cwt	163.75–170.00	1,998	44
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,229	172.64/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,122	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,277	172.57/cwt	170.00–174.50	2,204	17
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,428	166.09/cwt	165.00–167.50	2,372	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,490	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,242	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,767	101.37/cwt	98.00–103.50	1,791	3
Bulls	—	—	1,830	118.03/cwt	115.50–119.50	2,160	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 Nov 21, 2023

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

Receipts 139Last week 262Year ago 225

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were 3.00-5.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Good demand for this light offering of slaughter cattle today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,767	98.00–103.50	101.37
3	—	1,830	115.50–119.50	118.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	165.00–167.50	166.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,277	170.00–174.50	172.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,180	163.75–170.00	169.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	150.00–151.00	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,229	170.00–173.00	172.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	156.00–161.00	158.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	174.50	174.50
3	—	1,542	174.25	174.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,371	168.00–172.50	170.85
3	—	1,528	168.50–174.50	172.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,160	163.00–175.50	172.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	163.50	163.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	150.00	150.00

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.