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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-28

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Nov 28

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

277 head

▲ 138 vs last sale 139▼ 62 vs year ago 339 · −18.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, choice slaughter steers were steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Several large groups of both steers and heifers in the offering. Good demand 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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,329	171.90	2,285	127
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	170.07	2,324	40
Heifers	Select	Average	1,040	153.00	1,591	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,390	171.63	2,386	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	163.90	2,082	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,517	154.47	2,343	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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,236	165.33/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,043	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,304	162.47/cwt	160.50–165.00	2,119	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,382	171.43/cwt	169.00–172.50	2,369	40
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,385	172.10/cwt	170.00–172.60	2,384	41
Steers	—	Select	1,415	156.21/cwt	155.50–157.00	2,210	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,580	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,710	1
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,720	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,597	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,730	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	2,777	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,030	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,607	1
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,050	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,575	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,178	171.92/cwt	171.00–172.00	2,025	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,312	171.61/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,252	43
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,325	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,272	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,338	172.05/cwt	170.00–172.75	2,302	83
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,383	166.64/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,305	14
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,538	171.92/cwt	171.50–172.00	2,644	13

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 Nov 28, 2023

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

Receipts 277Last week 139Year ago 339

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,236	160.00–168.00	165.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	155.50–157.00	156.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	171.50	171.50
40	—	1,382	169.00–172.50	171.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,385	170.00–172.60	172.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	160.50–165.00	162.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,178	171.00–172.00	171.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,538	171.50–172.00	171.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,338	170.00–172.75	172.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,383	162.00–170.00	166.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,312	170.00–174.00	171.61

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.