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Dunlap Livestock Auction

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

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Dec 12

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

← Nov 28Dec 12Dec 19 →

Receipts

271 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 277▲ 116 vs year ago 155 · +74.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the sale two weeks ago; CME cattle futures have been in the decline, leaving the market weak. Choice slaughter steers were 8.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 6.00 lower. 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	1,391	165.22	2,298	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	161.76	2,031	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,366	147.13	2,010	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,497	163.83	2,453	120
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	159.04	2,071	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,319	144.00	1,899	4thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,183	145.51/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,721	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,190	161.49/cwt	155.00–165.75	1,922	18
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,347	163.82/cwt	161.00–164.50	2,207	17
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,377	155.46/cwt	150.50–157.00	2,141	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,434	163.19/cwt	160.50–165.50	2,340	39
Steers	—	Select	1,455	142.48/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,073	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,500	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,310	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,543	164.03/cwt	160.00–165.60	2,531	50
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,693	164.89/cwt	162.00–165.35	2,792	14
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,787	152.03/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,717	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,169	163.54/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,912	9
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,207	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,823	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,367	159.47/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,180	7
Heifers	—	Select	1,385	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,967	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,391	165.22/cwt	162.00–166.75	2,298	77
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,457	2

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 Dec 12, 2023

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

Receipts 271Last week 277Year ago 155

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,391	162.00–166.75	165.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,367	156.00–160.00	159.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,755	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,169	160.00–167.00	163.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,207	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,190	155.00–165.75	161.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,377	150.50–157.00	155.46
1	—	1,500	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,434	160.50–165.50	163.19
50	—	1,543	160.00–165.60	164.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	140.00–145.00	142.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,347	161.00–164.50	163.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,693	162.00–165.35	164.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,787	150.00–154.00	152.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	141.00–150.00	145.51

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.